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WorksheetsThe Progressive Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A "muckraker" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
2.
A "political machine" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
3.
Who exposed bad business practices in the OIL industry?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
4.
Which act regulated banking?
a)
Federal reserve act
b)
Finance act
5.
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
6.
Which amendment allowed women to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
13th
7.
A law passed in 1890 that prohibited businesses to become monopolies and therefore encourage competition.
a)
Compromise of 1877
b)
Child Labor Act
c)
Trust
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
8.
1904 - Exposed corruption in city and state gov’t in his book, “The Shame of the Cities.”
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
WEB DuBois
9.
Rockefeller and Carnegie are regarded by many as...
a)
Hardworkers
b)
Yellow Journalists
c)
Muckrakers
d)
Robber Barons
10.
The main purpose of a trust is to...
a)
eliminate competition.
b)
efficiently use technology.
c)
guarantee profit.
d)
form unions.
11.
American reformer and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women’s suffrage movement.
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Ida Tarbell
12.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
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