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Progressives Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jane Addams, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell had headlines that tried to help with what?

a)

Support monopolies

b)

Correct abuses of the Industrial Revolution

c)

Improved depressed urban areas

d)

Solve the issues of American farmers

2.

The populist and progressive movements were similar in their approach to reform because they both

a)

Supported the return of power to the state government

b)

promoted the use of violent strikes and protests against big businesses

c)

Opposed strict laissez-faire attitudes of the federal government

d)

lobbied for immediate social and economic equality for Af.Americans.

3.

What is the purpose of Populism?

a)

To encourage the government to take control of the inventions of the industrial revolution

b)

To stop immigrants from Europe from taking over factory jobs

c)

To force Robber barons to give up their riches so that workers could benefit

d)

To represent the interests of rural farmers and connect then to the rest of society

4.

What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech in support of Women’s Suffrage

b)

It was the first large gathering in the Women’s Suffrage movement

c)

Women planned the first march in front of the White House

d)

Women prepared letters to ask for the end of the sale of Alcohol

5.

What was the Progressive Movement?

a)

A period with a shift from making things by hand to making things with machines

b)

A period of large scale immigration to the US

c)

A period of economic decline & agriculture hardships

d)

A period of social and political reform in the US

6.
Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices. 
a)
Ida B. Wells 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Susan B. Anthony 
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
7.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
8.
American reformer and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women’s suffrage movement.
a)
Jane Addams 
b)
Susan B. Anthony 
c)
Ida B. Wells 
d)
Ida Tarbell 
9.
Co-founder of Hull Houses- which was an all-purpose community center for poor immigrant people living in crowded city neighborhoods. 
a)
Jane Addams 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Frances Willard 
d)
Susan B Anthony 
10.
Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities. 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
11.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
12.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Ida B. Wells

13.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
14.
Which law pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Child Labor Act
15.
Who fought for women's suffrage?
a)
Ida Wells
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Booker T Washington
d)
Jane Addams
16.
What does the FDA do?
a)
Break up trusst
b)
fight for civil rights
c)
regulate food and drugs
d)
enforce voting rights laws
17.

A modern day muckraker would be a:

a)

farmer

b)

politician

c)

farmer

d)

reporter/journalist

18.
Which of these is most associated with the muckrakers?
a)
womens suffrage
b)
a graduated income tax
c)
creation of National Park Service
d)
creation of Meat Inspection Act
19.
What is the 19th Amendment?
a)
creation of income tax
b)
direct election of Senators
c)
prohibition (banning of alcohol)
d)
women's suffrage
20.

The Populist Party was made up of mostly

a)

farmers

b)

muckrakers

c)

rich entreprenuers

d)

factory workers