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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which President pushed to break up the monopolies and ensure competition?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
d)
Hoover
2.
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
3.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
4.
A modern day muckraker would be a:
a)
police man/woman
b)
politician
c)
farmer
d)
reporter/journalist
5.
Prohibition of Alcohol
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
6.

The Progressive goal to implement women's suffrage was accomplished by -

a)

A national referendum

b)

an executive order

c)

A supreme Court decision

d)

a constitutional amendment

7.

The Pendleton Act required jobs to be -

a)

based on the political party affiliation of the applicant

b)

determined by a merit system based on civil service examinations

c)

based on the approval of lawmakers

d)

set aside for business executives of large corporations

8.

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

a)

Workers secured a greater share of company profits.

b)

The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced.

c)

The federal government could dissolve business monopolies.

d)

Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations.

9.

The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in —

a)

a system of separate schools for new immigrants

b)

the expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process

c)

a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens

d)

more sources of revenue for state governments

10.

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

b)

Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

c)

Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

d)

Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.

11.

What did the 17th amendment do?

a)

Income taxes

b)

Gave all men the right to vote

c)

Direct election of senators

d)

Single term for president

12.

What is a muckraker?

a)

A city official who is corrupt

b)

A gardener who gets muddy

c)

A citizen who gets petitions signed

d)

A journalist who uncovers wrongdoing

13.

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

14.

The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 protected Americans from certain abusive practices of -

a)

banks

b)

corporations

c)

government officials

d)

union leaders

15.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
16.
Which act was rushed to Congress and passed shortly after the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle in 1906? 
a)
Federal Reserve Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Australian Ballot Act
d)
Meat Inspection Act
17.

Which phrase describes a major goal of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

a)

To provide stability for the national economy by creating a central banking system.

b)

To raise money for wartime needs by selling government bonds.

c)

To give incentives for U.S. entrepreneurs by offering low-interest loans.

d)

To encourage competition in U.S. industry by breaking up corporate trusts.

18.

What was the main goal of the women’s suffrage movement?

a)

to give women the right to vote

b)

to elect a woman president

c)

to give women the right to own property

d)

to give African Americans the right to vote

19.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
20.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
21.

Movement lead by protestant ministers that was part of the beginnings of the Progressive Era.

a)

The secular movement

b)

Sunday School

c)

The Social Gospel Movement

d)

The Christian Movement

22.
The right to vote
a)
Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Prohibition
d)
Progressives
23.

Wisconsin’s Republican governor _____ decreased the power of political machines and used university professors and other experts to help write new laws and work in state agencies.

a)

Robert M. La Follette

b)

William Marcy Tweed

c)

Progressives

d)

Seventeenth Amendment

24.

Who was the governor from Wisconsin that pushed for political reforms in his state such as direct primaries and tax reform?

a)

Bobby Maxwell

b)

Jim Vance

c)

Howard Wallace

d)

Robert LaFollette

25.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and loses
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
Wilson runs as a Republican and loses
26.
What third party did Teddy Roosevelt found and run under during the 1912 Presidential Election?
a)
Tea Party
b)
Whig Party
c)
Green Party
d)
Bull Moose Party
27.
I created the modern banking system by the establishment of the federal reserve system.
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Wilson 
c)
Taft
28.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
29.

What aspect of society was neglected during the Progressive Era?

a)

Child Labor

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Working Conditions

d)

Government Corruption

30.

Select all answers that were part of Wilson's Triple Wall of Privilege.

a)

Trusts

b)

Banks

c)

Tariffs

d)

Temperance

31.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first reformer president.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Progressive Party of 1912 was also known as the...

(a)  

33.

True or False: William Howard Taft is the only US President who also served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

a)

True

b)

False

34.
Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
a)
He signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.
b)
He reduced America's involvement in foreign affairs.
c)
He popularized conservation and respect for natural wonders.
d)
He refused to take legal action against monopolies and trusts.
35.
Which of the following best states the goal of prohibitionists?
a)
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to children
b)
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c)
To reduce accidents in the workplace
d)
To reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
36.

The Progressive Era was a time during which:

a)

the Industrial Age began.

b)

intense social and political changes were made to improve society.

c)

wealthy company owners started taking advantage of their workers.

d)

the government allowed the company owners to take advantage of their workers.

37.

Who were the Robber Barons during the Progressive Era?

a)

Thieves who robbed workers.

b)

Workers who robbed company owners.

c)

Company owners who eliminated other companies who competed against them.

d)

Government officials who took money from the government.

38.

The reformers were predominantly members of _________

a)

the white house

b)

NAACP

c)

the boys and girls club

d)

the middle class

39.

Select all that apply: Which of these were goals of the Progressive Movement?

a)

Protecting the social welfare

b)

Promoting moral improvement

c)

Economic reform

d)

Efficency in government and industry

e)

Preventing immigrants from entering the country

40.

What did the WCTU believe? (choose 2)

a)

opposed slavery

b)

opposed women's suffrage

c)

opposed prohibition

d)

opposed alcohol production and sales

41.
Exposed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sincliar
d)
Lincoln Steffins
42.
Exposed the Standard Oil Trust 
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Jacob Riis
43.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four parts of Roosevelt's domestic program?
a)
Conservation
b)
Consumer Protection
c)
Controlling Corporations
d)
Creating Laissez Faire Government
44.
Government’s right to tax income (income taxes)
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
45.
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 
46.
I was born in the north where I worked for Women's Suffrage and I was an Agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, who am I?
a)
Lucretia Mott
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
47.

The person who ultimately brought down Boss Tweed was a cartoonist by the name of

(a)  

48.

The (a)   Movement had the goal of banning alcohol in the United States.