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Unit 2: Progressive Era

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "effective" mean?

¿Qué significa la palabra "efectivo"?

Từ "hiệu quả" nghĩa là gì?

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2.

What is it called when all the workers refuse to work until the business owner agrees to change?

a)

Boycott

b)

Strike

c)

Protest

d)

Riot

3.

What is it called when people refuse to buy from one company?

a)

Strike

b)

Riot

c)

Boycott

d)

Protest

4.

What is it called when people organize a non-violent demonstration to publicly express disagreement?

a)

Strike

b)

Riot

c)

Boycott

d)

Protest

5.

What is it called when people violently and publicly express disagreement?

a)

Strike

b)

Riot

c)

Boycott

d)

Protest

6.

What is the group of workers who organize actions together to force the business owner to listen to the workers?

a)

Union

b)

Protesters

c)

Workers

d)

Business leaders

7.

A muckraker is a journalist. Muckrakers goal is to ______.

a)

expose corruption

b)

hide the truth

c)

tell the truth

d)

show when a business is corrupt

e)

help a corrupt business

8.

Jacob Riis is a muckraker. His photos showed terrible conditions in the tenements. What changed because of him?

a)

Indoor Plumbing/Toilets

b)

End safety laws

c)

Nothing

d)

Running water / sinks in apartments

e)

playgrounds at schools and parks

9.

Ida Tarbell is a muckraker. She exposed the Standard Oil company and helped small oil business. What changed because of her writing?

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act/Law

b)

Helped Rockefeller increase his monopoly

c)

Ended the monopoly

d)

Ended one business controlling market competition

e)

End oil business in the United States

10.

Upton Sinclair is a muckraker. He exposed the meat packing industry. What changed because of him?

a)

Meat Inspection Act 1906

b)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

c)

Bureau of Chemistry

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act 1906

e)

Nothing

11.

What was Women's Suffrage organizing to change?

a)

Women's right to work

b)

Women's right to marry

c)

Women's right to vote

d)

Women's right to equal pay

12.

What methods did Women's Suffrage use to earn the right to vote?

a)

Protest

b)

Riot

c)

Strike

d)

Picket

e)

Boycott

13.

Women's suffrage wanted women to have the right to vote. They protested and picketed the White House/President. Were the women effective to create change with protests?

a)

Yes, the 19th amendment was passed

b)

Yes, they earned the right to vote

c)

No, President Wilson did not listen

d)

No, women cannot vote

14.

Propaganda is using pictures/words to persuade people to agree with your ideas. Women's suffrage used propaganda to encourage men to give women the right to vote. Was the propaganda effective to earn the women the right to vote?

a)

Yes, the 19th amendment was passed

b)

No, men did not want to help women

c)

No, men were afraid of women's freedom

d)

Women cannot vote

e)

19th amendment = women can vote

15.

Ronan Farrow is a journalist. He published articles about women who experience sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood. Who is Ronan Farrow similar to?

a)

Suffragettes

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Prohibition supporters

16.

What is the #MeToo movement?

a)

End sexual assault and sexual harassment

b)

Expose corrupt oil businesses

c)

To help meat packing industry safety

d)

To help women earn the right to vote

e)

Social media organizing to show how many women are affected by sexual assault

17.

What was Prohibition organizing to change?

a)

Women's right to work

b)

To make alcohol illegal

c)

Women's right to vote

d)

For better working conditions

18.

What methods did Prohibition use to change the law to make alcohol illegal?

a)

Protest

b)

Riot

c)

Strike

d)

Propaganda

e)

Ask Congress to create a law (Amendment)

19.

Prohibition wanted alcohol to be illegal. They protested and used propaganda to persuade Congress & voters to support Prohibition. Were the methods effective to create change?

a)

Yes, the 18th amendment was passed.

b)

Yes, alcohol was illegal --> 18th Amendment

c)

Mafia created illegal alcohol

d)

People did not think about Prohibition

e)

Congress did not listen to voters

20.

Propaganda is using pictures/words to persuade people to agree with your ideas. Prohibition used propaganda to encourage Congress to vote for Prohibition (18th Amendment). Was the propaganda effective to make alcohol illegal?

a)

Yes, Congress passed the 18th amendment

b)

Yes, Congress decided alcohol was illegal

c)

No, Congress did not listen to voters

d)

Alcohol is legal

21.

What are workers' rights?

a)

40 hour work week

b)

Weekends (no work Saturday/Sunday)

c)

Safe working conditions

d)

Minimum wage

e)

Fire exits

22.

What are workers' rights? (There are multiple correct answers)

a)

40 hour work week

b)

Weekends (no work Saturday/Sunday)

c)

Safe working conditions

d)

Minimum wage

e)

Fire exits

23.

What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

a)

A riot about fire safety

b)

A fire that killed 150+ people

c)

A strike for fire safety

d)

A union

24.

What is different because of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

a)

Fire exits

b)

People die in fires

c)

Automatic sprinklers

d)

Fire alarms

e)

Emergency exit doors

25.

What is the Labor Movement?

a)

Unions that organized to change laws

b)

People asking to work 100 hours/week

c)

Strikes/Protests that changed the laws

d)

Organizing for safe working conditions

e)

People asking to work 40 hours/week

26.

What was the Haymarket Riot?

a)

Violent protest

b)

Fighting for an 8 hour work day

c)

Women asking for right to vote

d)

Women asking for alcohol to be illegal

27.

What was the Homestead Strike?

a)

3-months, workers refused to work

b)

Fighting for better pay, safe working conditions

c)

Women asking for right to vote

d)

Congress decided alcohol was illegal

28.

Who was Lilly Ledbetter?

a)

A suffragette

b)

A woman who helped change equal pay laws

c)

Supreme Court Justice

d)

Senator

29.

How is Lilly Ledbetter similar to the Labor Movement?

a)

Lilly changed equal pay laws, similar to Homestead Strike asking for better wages

b)

Lilly is not similar to the Labor Movement

c)

Lilly helped women earn the right to vote

d)

Lilly fought for better wages for women, similar to Labor movement fighting for better wages

30.

What is the Strike for 15?

a)

Fast-food workers fighting for $15/hour minimum wage

b)

People on Strike for 15 days

c)

Workers on Strike for 15 minutes

d)

Workers on strike for 15 months

31.

How is Strike for 15 similar to the Labor Movement and Homestead Strike?

a)

Homestead, Labor Movement & Strike for 15 demanded better pay

b)

They are not similar

c)

Strike for 15 and Homestead used similar methods - refuse to work

d)

Both helped change minimum wage laws

32.

Select the words that also (también) mean "law"

a)

Act

b)

Amendment

c)

Attorney

d)

Congress

33.

Select the words that also (también) mean Labor

a)

Worker

b)

Employee

c)

Difficult

d)

Angry

34.

What is the minimum wage for Colorado?

a)

$7.25/hour

b)

$12/hour

c)

$22/hour

d)

$6.91/hour

35.

What is the minimum wage for the United States?

a)

$7.25/hour

b)

$12/hour

c)

$22/hour

d)

$6.91/hour