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WorksheetsProgressive Era Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 22mins
How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race
By eliminating the poll tax
By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender
By lowering the voting age
What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?
Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal
Document labor conditions during an economic crisis
Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda
Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms
The 16th Amendment established...
Direct election of senators
A tax on alcoholic drinks
An income tax
African American suffrage
The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in—
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
The expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process
A redistribution of the tax burden among citizens
More sources of revenue for state governments
Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the—
Food and Drug Administration
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Commerce
Institution of Education Sciences
What was the most likely topic of discussion between these men?
Limiting the power of major railroad companies
Creating alternative maritime shipping routes
Designating additional land as national parks
Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists
During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reformers was to—
Prevent party leaders from amending campaign platforms
Increase the influence of business owners on regulatory legislation
Promote the principle of direct democracy
Limit the use of judicial review by circuit courts
What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted below helped advance the cause of gender equality?
It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.
It gave women new economic rights such as property ownership.
It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.
It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.
Civil rights activists like Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois advocated for...
Women’s suffrage
Full legal equality for African Americans
Prohibition of alcoholic drinks
Establishing democratic reforms
The primary cause for the creation of the organization in the picture is—
Abolishment of slavery in the 13th amendment
Jim Crow laws treated African Americans as second class citizens
Passage of the 18th amendment
Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to gain full legal equality
The purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to—
Expand the power of monopolies
Allow African Americans to gain positions in government
Break up trusts/monopolies and regulate big business
Establish an income tax
Which agency name belongs on the blank line?
U.S. Geological Survey
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Border Patrol
National Park Service
Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Southern farmers and clergy members
Factory owners and bankers
Muckrakers and women’s organizations
College students and immigrants
