WorksheetsModule 6 Practice Quiz (US2)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following tactics did bosses and political machines use to gain control of local governments? Choose the THREE correct answers.
hiring repeaters
using secret ballots
stuffing ballot boxes
using a merit system
trading favors for votes
What was the major goal of Progressive reformers?
to write articles that exposed troubling issues
to create changes that would help the urban poor
to push for changes in the government job system
to end the corrupt methods used by political machines
allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition
initiative
referendum
recall
direct primary
allowed voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed
initiative
referendum
recall
direct primary
allowed voters to remove an official before the end of his or her term
initiative
referendum
recall
direct primary
allowed voters to choose candidates to run for public office
initiative
referendum
recall
direct primary
Which of the following is an example of a legal success that reformers had in improving the conditions for child laborers?
the passage of laws that completely eliminated child labor
the creation of a committee that established rates for child workers
the upholding of the federal child labor laws by the Supreme Court
the passage of laws that punished parents for ignoring child labor laws
Which of the following are successes that labor unions and reformers had in improving working conditions? Choose the THREE correct answers.
higher wages
longer workweeks
laws restricting women’s working hours
laws ending child labor
workers’ compensation laws
Which are characteristics of the AFL? Select all that apply.
believed in the system of socialism
led by William “Big Bill” Haywood
led by Samuel Gompers
included only skilled workers
organized the “Uprising of the 20,000”
Which are characteristics of the IWW? Select all that apply.
believed in the system of socialism
led by William “Big Bill” Haywood
led by Samuel Gompers
included only skilled workers
organized the “Uprising of the 20,000”
Which are characteristics of the ILGWU?
believed in the system of socialism
led by William “Big Bill” Haywood
led by Samuel Gompers
included only skilled workers
organized the “Uprising of the 20,000”
How did women’s involvement in the Progressive movement lead to constitutional change?
Women reformers fought for the right to vote, which led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Many women took up the cause of temperance, which led to the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
Women reformers campaigned for senators to be directly chosen, which led to the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment.
Many women pushed for the government to impose direct income taxes, which led to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment.
W. E. B. DuBois
helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAAP)
formed the National Urban League to aid African Americans moving from the South
wrote articles about the unequal education for African American children
believed that African Americans should not openly challenge segregation
Booker T. Washington
helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAAP)
formed the National Urban League to aid African Americans moving from the South
wrote articles about the unequal education for African American children
believed that African Americans should not openly challenge segregation
Dr. George Edmund Haynes
helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAAP)
formed the National Urban League to aid African Americans moving from the South
wrote articles about the unequal education for African American children
believed that African Americans should not openly challenge segregation
Ida B. Wells
helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NCAAP)
formed the National Urban League to aid African Americans moving from the South
wrote articles about the unequal education for African American children
believed that African Americans should not openly challenge segregation
Which of the following correctly shows a limitation of Progressive reforms?
The temperance movement largely failed to meet its goals.
Women were not granted the right to vote in federal elections.
African Americans were unsuccessful in using the courts to fight discrimination.
New labor laws did not improve the living and working conditions of migrant workers.
Which of the following correctly shows how President Theodore Roosevelt supported Progressive reforms?
He created a new, modern banking system.
He convinced Congress to pass a meat inspection law.
He viewed the protection of nature and its resources as unimportant.
He started an agency to investigate and punish labor unions.
How was the administration of William Howard Taft different from that of Theodore Roosevelt?
Taft did not start any antitrust lawsuits.
Taft was strongly opposed to socialism.
Taft favored the regulation of big business.
Taft moved cautiously with reform and regulation.
This progressive president was the first to use the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up a monopoly, and convinced Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act to stop the sale and transport of mislabeled food and drugs.
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
This progressive president started twice as many antitrust lawsuits as his predecessor had, but angered progressives when he signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff, which reduced some rates on imports but raised others.
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
This progressive president backed the Underwood Tariff Act, passed the Clayton Antitrust Act, and created the Federal Trade Commission.
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
