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Ch 12 Struggle for reform version 2

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Amendment granted women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

2.

What term means the movement to make social change?

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Mass Production

d)

Women's Suffrage Movement

3.

___________ created the Hull House, a settlement house that provided programs like English classes and childcare for poor immigrants.

a)

Mary McLeod Bethune

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Lucy Stone

d)

Susan B. Anthony

4.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton did what?

a)

Created a settlement house called the Hull House to help needy families

b)

Helped organize a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York and later she and Anthony led the women’s suffrage movement for 50 years.

c)

Protested women's rights.

d)

Created a newspaper called the Chicago Defender

5.
Define Muckraker.
a)
photographers who took pictures during the progressive era
b)
people who were writers during the progressive era
c)

people who were involved in corruption in business and society

d)

journalists and photographers who exposed the problems in society

6.
What does suffrage mean?
a)

the call to reduce or bring an end to the drinking of alcohol

b)

right to go on strike with a union

c)
right to better housing
d)
right to vote
7.

Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived? He photographed living conditions in tenements.

a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
8.

What organization was created in 1917 by W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Wells-Barnett and others, to fight in court for fair and equal treatment for African Americans in the United States?

a)

NAACP

b)

AFL

c)

ACLU

d)

FBI

9.

Which of the following is true about Booker T. Washington?

a)

He helped create the NAACP which would fight for equal rights of African Americans through the court system.

b)

He was born a slave but pursued education. He started the Tuskegee Institute and became a leader in the African American community.

c)

He created the Chicago Defender newspaper which played an important role in the Great Migration

d)

He was an immigrant who became an influential muckraker as an author of the book The Jungle

10.

What was the name of the college that Booker T. Washington started?

a)

The Washington Institute

b)

The University of Alabama

c)

The Tuskegee Institute

d)

Fisk University

11.

He was one of the founders of the NAACP and went to Harvard.

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B. Dubois

d)

Homer Plessy

12.
What is suffrage?
a)
Sadness
b)

The call to end the drinking of alcohol

c)
Right to vote
d)
Freedom of speech
13.

Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

John Marshall Harlan

14.

In 1906, Upton Sinclair shocked the nation when he published a book called The Jungle. This novel revealed details about which industry?

a)

national zoos

b)

textile mills

c)

meat packing plants

d)

coal mines

15.
John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt worked together on which movement?
a)
safe food and drug laws
b)

conservation of wildlife

c)
racial equality
d)
child labor laws
16.

Mary Harris Jones was a leader in the fight against

a)
discrimination
b)
food safety
c)
pollution
d)
child labor
17.

What did the Sherman antitrust act do?

a)

end segregation

b)

stop monopolies (break up big businesses into smaller ones)

c)

label ingredients on food and drugs

d)

require inspections of meat in meat packing plants

18.
What did the NAACP focus on?
a)
child labor
b)
equal rights
c)
conservation
d)

safety in food production

19.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
18
b)
19
c)

17

d)
21
20.

Which agency was created as a direct result of a novel about the meatpacking industry?

a)

Food and Drug Administration

b)

Federal Trade Commission

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

World Health Organization

21.
Term given to growth of cities
a)
urbanization
b)

migration

c)

ruralization

d)
industrialization 
22.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources
a)
Precipitation
b)

Construction

c)
Conservation
d)

urbanization

23.
One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to
a)
limit the amount of sugar in snack products.
b)

to protect striking workers in the food industry

c)
control the price put on beverages and food products.
d)
ensure that products were labeled accurately.
24.

The book, "The Jungle" written by Upton Sinclair created public awareness and led to the passing of what?

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

U.S. Forest Service

d)

Fair Housing Act

25.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
26.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
27.

The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and a leader in the African American community

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B Dubois

d)

Upton Sinclair

28.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

the fight to bring an end to segregation laws.

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.

29.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
30.
Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge
a)
the Brown v. Board of Education case
b)
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
equal pay for equal work
31.

What was the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

d)

Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

32.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)

"I have a dream"

c)

"I failed my way to success."

d)

"Preparation is the key to success."

33.

Which of the people below was the most important figure in the Women's Suffrage Movement?

a)

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Dorthea Dix

d)

Jane Addams

34.
Which conclusion below is the most accurate?
a)
The Northern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
b)
The Western region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
c)
The Southern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
d)
The Eastern region of the United States showed the most support towards the Women's Suffrage Movement.
35.

Why did women in the West get suffrage sooner than the rest of the United States?

a)

The suffrage movement focused there efforts there more than other places in the United States.

b)

Pioneer women work side by side with men on the land which affected how they were viewed.

c)

Slavery ended in the West sooner and this encourage men to give women the right to vote

d)

None of the above

36.
Which international conflict actually helped the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
The American Civil War
b)
World War I
c)
The French and Indian War
d)
The Revolutionary War
37.
How did U.S. involvement in World War I impact the Women’s Suffrage Movement?
a)
Returning soldiers were exposed to the Woman Suffrage Movement in England and became more supportive.
b)
President Wilson decided to support voting rights for women after witnessing the contributions women made in the war effort.
c)
Congress refused to consider requests for domestic issues.
d)
People no longer considered granting women the right to vote because the war was a priority.
38.

Which of the following happened due to the growth of factories?

a)

farms and ranches were abandoned

b)

prices for products dropped

c)

housing was knocked down to build factories

d)

urbanization and housing shortages

39.

First started by Samuel Gompers, these organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

NAACP

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Trusts

d)

Suffrage organizations

40.

Refusal to purchase products from a company until changes are made.

a)

boycott

b)

strike

c)

temperance

d)

muckrake

41.

A refusal to work (most successful method of unions to demand changes)

a)

strikes

b)

suffrage

c)

boycott

d)

strikebreaker

42.

What conclusions can you draw about trusts that controlled industries in the early 1900s?

a)

As trusts grew, less attention was paid to the worker

b)

The first progressives were the trust owners

c)

Trusts protected children against dangerous working conditions

d)

When a new trust formed, working conditions got better for workers

43.

What did government do in order to provide programs that could improve citizen's lives,

a)

They made strikes and boycotts legal.

b)

They used muckrakers to expose government corruption.

c)

The government taxed people's income to pay for these programs.

d)

Government workers went on strike on the citizen's behalf.

44.
Mary McLeod Bethune had a vision that African American women could be successful by 
a)
getting an education. 
b)

marrying wealthy landowners

c)
protesting. 
d)
waiting for the law to allow equal treatment. 
45.

Which of the following people created a school for African American girls in Florida. She believed education was important.

a)

Mary McCleod Bethune

b)

Ida Wells Barnett

c)

Lucy Stone

d)

Susan B. Anthony

46.

What Were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Laws that integrated black and white people

b)

Laws that made it illegal to separate black and white people

c)

Laws that made it legal to separate blacks and whites in public places

d)

Traffic laws that all people followed when driving an automobile

47.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
48.

Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was acceptable practice as long as facilities are equal. It stated that "separate but equal" is legal.

a)

Mawer v. Utter

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

49.

Who worked as a teacher and researcher at Tuskegee Institute and taught farming methods that helped farmers become more successful?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Robert S. Abbot

50.

Which organization later fought to end school segregation through the court case Brown v Board of Education?

a)

Tuskegee Institute

b)

Chicago Defender

c)

National Woman Suffrage Association

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

51.
How did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fight for women's suffrage?
a)
giving speeches about abolishing slavery
b)
giving speeches about fair pay for women
c)
writing books about their history
d)
giving speeches about the right to vote
52.
Who worked closely with Susan B. Anthony in gaining the right to vote for women?
a)
Mary McLeod Bethune
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Eleanor Roosevelt
d)
Thurgood Marshall
53.

Which amendment to the constitution created an income tax that is used to fund government programs?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

54.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowed people to vote to elect their state senators?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

55.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th