WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?
expansion of political machines
growth of American cities
development of tenement housing
increase in crime
Many of the business trusts created in the late 1800s were eventually declared illegal primarily
because they
eliminated competition by forming monopolies
combined companies that manufactured different products
donated large sums of money to political candidates
allowed children to work under unsafe conditions
During the late 1800s, many United States farmers believed their economic problems would be solved if the federal government would
raise interest rates
outlaw strikes by labor unions
put more money into circulation
regulate the amount of grain that was produced
Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
the 14th and 15th amendments
the Freedmen’s Bureau
Black Codes
tenant farming and sharecropping
The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe
dissatisfied workers who went on strike
Northerners who went South following the Civil War
investigative journalists who exposed societal problems
women who supported the Prohibition movement
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) in response to
foreign influences on the United States economy
public demand for better roads
monopolistic practices that were harmful to small businesses
the failure of federal banks to provide loans to individuals
During the late 1800s, an open immigration policy was most strongly supported by
abolitionists
conservationists
yellow journalists
industrialists
In the late 1800s, the term robber baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they
favored free trade
eliminated competition using ruthless methods
opposed the formation of corporations
provided workers with high wages
Which Progressive Era muckraker’s book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act?
Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives
Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Frank Norris’s The Octopus
In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in an attempt to
ensure the safety of American consumers
establish price controls on the cattle industry
limit the power of Congress
give big business greater control over the economy
Which statement best describes an attitude shared by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan?
Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful.
Strong labor unions are essential to the health of the economy.
Natural resources belong to all citizens and should not be used for private gain.
Concentrating economic power in the hands of a few individuals is a threat to the country
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they
were better educated than native-born Americans
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
adapted easily to American culture
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
“…We therefore formulate, and for ourselves adopt the following pledge, asking our sisters and brothers of a common danger and a common hope, to make common cause with us, in working its reasonable and helpful precepts [principles] into the practice of everyday life. I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same.…” — National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1908 (adapted)
According to this passage, those who adopted this pledge believed that
religion had no place in national politics
Congress should repeal Prohibition
alcohol consumption was damaging to society
only the government can solve social problems
One major goal of the Progressive movement was to
balance the federal budget by decreasing spending
provide unemployment insurance to workers
limit direct citizen control over government
pass laws to help solve economic and social problems
In the latter half of the 1800s, a large labor supply, an abundance of natural resources, and the construction of new railroads contributed most directly to the
growth of American industry
dependence on imported goods
demand for limits on immigration
rejection of high tariffs by the United States
What was the purpose of states adopting initiative, referendum, and recall during the Progressive Era?
supporting new political parties
increasing the power of voters over the political process
reestablishing property qualifications for voting
extending voting rights to immigrants
In the early 1900s, Progressives succeeded in strengthening federal control over the money supply by...
passing the Clayton Antitrust Act
creating the Federal Reserve System
enacting the Underwood Tariff bill
establishing the gold standard
The Granger movement and the formation of the Populist Party were similar in that each was an
effort to
end the practice of sharecropping
improve conditions for farmers
provide housing for urban dwellers
increase profits for railroad companies
In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890),Congress intended to
prevent large corporations from eliminating their competition
distinguish good trusts from bad trusts
regulate rates charged by railroads
force large trusts to bargain with labor unions
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to
authorize Congress to set interest rates
regulate the nation’s money supply
allow the government to own the nation’s banks
take over the responsibility of printing money
