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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the Nineteenth Amendment expand the democratic process?

a)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of race

b)

By eliminating the poll tax

c)

By prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of gender

d)

By lowering the voting age

2.

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

a)

Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

b)

Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

c)

Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

d)

Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

3.

The 16th Amendment established...

a)

Direct election of senators

b)

A tax on alcoholic drinks

c)

An income tax

d)

African American suffrage

4.

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

5.

Public response to revelations such as the one in this excerpt led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the—

a)

Food and Drug Administration

b)

Centers for Disease Control

c)

Department of Commerce

d)

Institution of Education Sciences

6.

What was the most likely topic of discussion between these men?

a)

Limiting the power of major railroad companies

b)

Creating alternative maritime shipping routes

c)

Designating additional land as national parks

d)

Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists

7.

During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reformers was to—

a)

Prevent party leaders from amending campaign platforms

b)

Increase the influence of business owners on regulatory legislation

c)

Promote the principle of direct democracy

d)

Limit the use of judicial review by circuit courts

8.

What was one way the constitutional amendment excerpted below helped advance the cause of gender equality?

a)

It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government.

b)

It gave women new economic rights such as property ownership.

c)

It established the idea that women should contribute to all sectors of the economy.

d)

It contributed to a long-term decline in the number of men voting in elections.

9.

Civil rights activists like Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois advocated for...

a)

Women’s suffrage

b)

Full legal equality for African Americans

c)

Prohibition of alcoholic drinks

d)

Establishing democratic reforms

10.

The primary cause for the creation of the organization in the picture is—

a)

Abolishment of slavery in the 13th amendment

b)

Jim Crow laws treated African Americans as second class citizens

c)

Passage of the 18th amendment

d)

Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to gain full legal equality

11.

The purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to—

a)

Expand the power of monopolies

b)

Allow African Americans to gain positions in government

c)

Break up trusts/monopolies and regulate big business

d)

Establish an income tax

12.

Which agency name belongs on the blank line?

a)

U.S. Geological Survey

b)

Bureau of Reclamation

c)

U.S. Border Patrol

d)

National Park Service

13.

Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?

a)

Southern farmers and clergy members

b)

Factory owners and bankers

c)

Muckrakers and women’s organizations

d)

College students and immigrants