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Progressive Era chapter 9

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Movement that aimed to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life

a)

Progress Era

b)

President Era

c)

Poertner Era

d)

Progressive Era

2.

Advocate for improving the lives of women and children. She helped to prohibit child labor and limited women’s working hour

a)

Florence Kelly

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Carrie Nation

3.

Book written by Upton Sinclair showed the horrors of the meat packing industry

a)

The Jungle Book

b)

Call of the Wild

c)

The Jungle

d)

Social Gospel

4.

Preservation of wilderness

a)

muckraker

b)

conservation

c)

scientific management

d)

prohibition

5.

How many antitrust lawsuits did Pres. T.R. file?

a)

90

b)

40

c)

94

d)

44

6.

1906, Congress passed this act which stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.

a)

Pure Food & Drug Act

b)

Payne Aldrich Tariff Act

c)

Meat Inspection Act

d)

Clayton Antitrust Act

7.

27th POTUS and later became a Chief Supreme Court Justice

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

William McKinley

8.

How many trusts did Pres. Taft break up while in office?

a)

over 100

b)

over 90

c)

over 80

d)

over 70

9.

Suffragist and peace activist who helped to secure the right to vote for women. She founded the League of Women Voters in 1920

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Susan La Fleche Picotte

d)

Carrie Chapman Catt

10.

Creator of the Model A, Model T- used scientific management by perfecting the assembly line to make cars affordable to the average citizen

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Upton Sinclair

11.

Select all that apply: The reasons why some men didn’t want women to be able to vote

a)

women wanted prohibition

b)

women were against child labor

c)

women did not want higher education

d)

women could possibly challenge their husband's views

e)

women did not want to change society

12.

1906, Pres. Teddy Roosevelt reform that dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspections that was in use until 1990’s.

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

d)

Payne Aldrich Tariff

13.

Became the first Native American to earn their doctoral degree

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Suzzette La Flesche

c)

Carrie Nation

d)

Susan La Fleche Picotte

14.

Studies to see how quickly each task could be performed in a factory.

a)

assembly line

b)

Ford's factory

c)

scientific management

d)

prohibition

15.

What were the 4 Progressive Goals? Select all that apply

a)

Protecting Social Welfare

b)

Promoting Moral Improvement

c)

Promoting Segregation

d)

Creating Economic Reform

e)

Fostering Efficiency

16.

Omaha Native American woman who was an activist and speaker for Native American rights

a)

Susan La Fleche Picotte

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Carrie Nation

d)

Suzzette La Flesche

17.

Muckraker journalist who is most famous for writing the book The Jungle

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Woodrow Wilson

18.

President Teddy Roosevelt’s domestic plan that reflected 3 goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

a)

Rectangle Deal

b)

Circle Deal

c)

Square Deal

d)

Oval Deal

19.

26th POTUS, American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner, war hero, and much more.

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

William McKinley

20.

(1820-1906) Women’s suffrage advocate (right to vote). Helped to found the NWSA- National Women Suffrage Association

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Carrie Chapman Catt

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Susan La Fleche

21.

People who believed that new ideas and honest, efficient government could bring about reform that would improve society

a)

Prohibitionists

b)

Progress Cheerleaders

c)

Progress reformers

d)

Progressivism

22.

in 1912, this amendment gave citizens the right to directly vote for their Senators instead of the state legislature

a)

18th Amendments

b)

17th Amendments

c)

16th Amendments

d)

15 Amendments

23.

Spoke out against the evils of alcohol and used a hatchet to destroy bottles and kegs

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Carrie Chapman Catt

c)

Susan La Flesche

d)

Carrie Nation

24.

Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life. These were mass published.

a)

muckrakers

b)

prohibitionists

c)

suffragettes

d)

conservationists

25.

28th POTUS, Democrat, Led US to enter WII, Create the League of Nations

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

26.

Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. Passed in 1920

a)

20th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

27.

This was the nickname for the Progressive Party :

a)

The Teddy Roosevelt Party

b)

The Whig Party

c)

The Bull Moose Party

d)

The New Freedom Party

28.

The banning of alcoholic beverages

a)

temperance

b)

suffrage

c)

conservation

d)

prohibition

29.

What were the 3C's of Teddy Roosevelt's plan

a)

conservation of natural resources

b)

control of alcohol

c)

control of corporations

d)

consumer protection

30.

Federal council who hears both sides and then makes a decision, once the decision is made, it is final.

a)

Temperance commission

b)

Prohibition commission

c)

Arbitration commission

d)

Scientific commission

31.

Passed by Congress in 1909, dropped tariff (taxes on imported goods) on over 650 items but it raised rates 220 items and didn’t change any rates on over 1,000 items.

a)

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

b)

Just pick the blue one.

c)

No, seriously pick the blue one!

d)

Why are you even reading this?

32.

Head of the U.S. Forest Service under Pres. Roosevelt. Believed that wilderness areas could be scientifically managed to yield public enjoyment while allowing private development

a)

Garfield Pinocchio

b)

Gifford Pinchot

c)

Clifford the Big Red Dog

d)

I can't think of another clever name

33.

Strictly limited the distribution of free railroads passes. These passes were typically used to bribe people

a)

Elkins Act of 1903

b)

Meat Inspection Act

c)

Hepburn Act of 1906

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act

34.

The banning of alcoholic beverages

a)

Prohibition

b)

Temperance

c)

Social Gospel

d)

Conservation

35.

Organized effort to have people make the choice to not drink alcohol

a)

prohibition

b)

scientific management

c)

temperance Movement

d)

suffrage

36.

When was the Progressive Era

a)

1890-1930

b)

1890-1900

c)

1900-1930

d)

1900-1920