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WorksheetsChapter 6 - The Progressive Era
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 26mins
City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called ________________.
political machines
political mobs
voting leagues
voting drives
William Howard Taft's main criticism of President Theodore Roosevelt was that he _________________.
claimed more power for his presidency than the Constitution allowed.
opposed big business regulation.
hurt conservation efforts by leasing public lands to big business.
encouraged the formation of monopolies.
Theodore Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers, and business people was called __________________________.
the Great Society.
the Fair Play Accord.
the Square Deal.
the New Way.
Business leaders opposed granting women the right to vote mainly because they thought ______________________
women voters would support minimum wage and child labor laws.
women should focus on the prohibition of alcohol.
women voters would support government anticorruption efforts.
only married women should have a voice in government.
Politicians best confronted corruption in Washington during the Gilded Age by _______________________
increasing security at the polls.
passing a law that established a new system for granting federal jobs.
recruiting honest, reform minded candidates to run for office.
identifying it as a partisan problem.
Who encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities rather than fight discrimination directly?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Which statement best describes the result of work place laws passed during the Progressive movement?
increased trust between labor and big business
eased reformers' minds but were not always enforced
caused big business to take operations abroad
led to decreased government interference in the economy
Journalists who wrote about problems in society during the Progressive age were known as __________.
Progressives
reformers
muckrakers
capitalists
Child labor continued even after the reforms of the early 1900s because ______________________
greedy factory owners lied about workers' ages.
poor families needed the income, however little.
corruption made government monitoring useless.
the courts established high child wage rates.
What was the main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930?
Mexicans could cross the U.S. border with relative ease.
Mexicans became a key part of the Southwest economy.
Mexicans could occupy areas that once belonged to Mexico.
Mexicans immigrated with their children and extended families.
Which of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that government had proposed or passed?
the recall
direct primary
the initiative
the referendum
In its first decade, the ____________________ brought attention to racial inequality by using the courts to fight grandfather clauses that had been used to prevent African Americans in the South from voting.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
During the Gilded Age, American reformers called for an end to ________________________, the practice of giving government jobs to supporters after a candidate wins an election.
civil service
the spoils system
________________________ founded the National Woman's Party (NWP).
Alice Paul
Julia Ward Howe
_____________________________'s reforms angered Progressives because they did not destroy trusts completely.
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
A union member might have claimed that _________________________ was unfair because its emphasis on competition caused managers to consider profits more important than safe working conditions.
capitalism
socialism
The __________________ Amendment helped expand voting rights by allowing voters, and not state legislatures, to elect senators.
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
To help the conservation movement, Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill requiring manufacturers to limit the use of fossil fuels.
True
False
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and other accidents led to passage of laws improving factory safety.
True
False
A major aim of the Society of American Indians was to preserve Native Americans' traditional culture.
True
False
Progressive reforms improved education for medical professionals.
True
False
A procedure called an initiative allows voters to propose new laws by using petitions.
True
False
Workers' compensation laws prohibited companies from paying wages to employees injured on the job.
True
False
In the fight against discrimination, Ida B. Wells drew attention to the lynching of African Americans.
True
False
Progressive Era Amendments
raise income tax
17th Amendment
(Direct Election of Senator)
Prohibition of Alcohol
19th Amendment
introduce new legislation.
Initiative
removed from office.
Recall
Direct Election of Senators
17th Amendment
Change of Policy
Referendum
What does Suffrage mean?
Right to Learn
Right to Vote
Right to Free Speech
Right to Join Military
Choose all the challenges/issues people faced during the progressive era.
Child Labor
Women's Rights
Prohibition
Slavery
The ____ Amendment stated that the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the US is hereby prohibited.
19th
13th
15th
18th
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
18th
19th
15th
13th
The 19th Amendment was passed in ___ allowing women the right to vote.
1900
1998
1920
1880
Why did children work in factories and dangerous jobs during the progressive era?
to have enough money to buy things they wanted
to survive
because school didn't exist and they wanted something to do
What does this picture represent?
Child Labor
Women's Suffrage
Prohibition
What does this picture represent?
Child Labor
Prohibition
Women's Suffrage
What does this picture represent?
Child Labor
Prohibition
Women's Suffrage
What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution accomplish?
It allowed voters to elect their United States senators directly.
It established a system of national parks.
It outlawed child labor in the United States
It established a tax on people's incomes.
What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?
Boycott
Strike
Strikebreakers
Walk out
Why would people go on strike?
To demand better working conditions
To demand for more money
To demand to work less hours
All of these are correct
Who made the least amount of money working in factories?
African American Men
Women
Children
Immigrant men
What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?
GAP Factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The great fire of NYC
Why was The Jungle an important book?
It wasn't a book
It showed the poor condition of factories
It showed poor conditions of meat factories
It showed the poor condition of tenements
People who tried to find solutions to problems
Muckrakers
Progressives
Politicians
Crooks
What did the 16th Amendment do?
Allowed the government to tax people's income
Allowed the government to relocate immigrants
Allowed the government the right to vote
Allowed people the right to vote
What did the 17th Amendment do?
Allowed the government to tax their income
Allowed people to vote
Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators
Allowed citizens to vote for their governors
