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Ch16 - The Progressive Era and Expansionism

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

a)

the struggles of Hispanic Americans

b)

the living and working conditions in Chicago's meat packing industries

c)

the ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil

d)

the conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad

2.

Who were muckrakers?

a)

Corrupt politicians who scam the working class

b)

Womens' suffrage protestors

c)

Journalists who investigate the scandals politics, etc.

d)

Big companies with monopolies

3.

______________________ was a movement that believed the social challenges caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration in the 1890s and 1900s could be addressed

a)

elitism

b)

progressivism

c)

communism

d)

feminism

4.

_________________ was a leading figure in the settlement house movement.

a)

Joan Jett

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Jane Kennedy

5.

The campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol was called the _________________

a)

distillery movement

b)

inebriated movement

c)

temperance movement

d)

breathalize movement

6.

_______________ founded the Women’s Trade Union League which worked for a federal minimum wage and a national eight-hour workday.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Carrie Chapman Catt

7.

____________ is the right to vote.

a)

suffrage

b)

atonement

c)

exclusion

d)

disenfranchisement

8.

founded the National Women's Party, which used public protest marches to demand the right to vote

a)

Anne Durham

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Ray Kinsella

d)

Lucille Ball

9.

stated that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex"

a)

seventeenth amendment

b)

eighteenth amendment

c)

twentieth amendment

d)

nineteenth amendment

10.

________________ exposed the deplorable conditions poor people were forced to live under in How the Other Half Lives.

a)

Terry Bolea

b)

Michael Hickenbotham

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Upton Sinclair

11.

What did the 17th Amendment provide for?

a)

Cities must be run by commission governments.

b)

All U.S. senators must be elected by popular vote.

c)

Women must be allowed to vote in national elections.

d)

Citizens could remove an elected official by recall.

12.

The first state to allow women to vote was _________________

a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Arizona

d)

New York

13.

This theology emphasized helping others by following the moral and ethical example of Jesus and addressed the poverty in urban, industrial society.

a)

Communism

b)

Darwinism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Social Gospel

14.

____________________ is the act of outlawing the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol

a)

prohibition

b)

disenfranchisement

c)

exclusion

d)

suffrage

15.

A procedure by which citizens can vote to remove an elected public official from office is known as a _____________.

a)

initiative

b)

recall

c)

direction

d)

extradition

16.

When President McKinley was assassinated, _________________ became the President of the United States

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

William H. Taft

17.

This approach in disputes between big business and labor would be a hallmark of Roosevelt’s presidency as he wanted to ensure fairness and balance to both sides.

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Square Deal

c)

The Big Deal

d)

The Art of the Deal

18.

In 1890, Congress had passed the __________________________ which gave the federal government the power to prosecute and break up corporations and trusts that monopolized, or threatened to monopolize, specific markets and industries

a)

Hepburn Act

b)

Foracker Act

c)

Pure Food and Drug Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

19.

Americans saw Roosevelt as a ________________, someone who would fight to curb the power of big business by vigorously enforcing antitrust legislation.

a)

bronco buster

b)

rebel-rouser

c)

trustbuster

d)

robber barron

20.

In 1908 Theodore Roosevelt declined to run for a second full term and instead backed his Secretary of War __________________, who would go on to win the Presidency in the 1908 Election.

a)

Gifford Pinchot

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Richard Ballinger

21.

______________ won the 1912 Election despite not having a majority of the popular vote.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Eugene Debbs

d)

William Howard Taft

22.

This amendment gave Congress the power to collect an income tax

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Fifteenth Amendment

c)

Eighteenth Amendment

d)

Seventeenth Amendment

23.

The Progressive Party was often referred to as the ______________________

a)

Happy Honey Badger Party

b)

Wise Elephant Party

c)

Stubborn Donkey Party

d)

Bull Moose Party

24.

In October 1901, Roosevelt invited _______________________, who had built a political machine among black Republicans in the South, to dine with his family at the White House. The goal being to gain votes to help him in the 1904 Election.

a)

W.E.B Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Martin Luther King

25.

Wilson's _____________________, was similar to Roosevelt’s New Nationalism, calling for strict government controls over corporations.

a)

New Freedom

b)

Square Deal

c)

Return to Normalcy

d)

New Deal

26.

What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?

a)

Russia

b)

England

c)

Japan

d)

Canada

27.

Who was the Secretary of State that overseen the purchase of Alaska?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Alfred Mahan

c)

Frederick Turner

d)

William Seward

28.

Before being annexed by the United States the leader of the Hawaiian islands was...

a)

Queen Fatuwaki

b)

King Miavia

c)

Queen Liliuokalani

d)

Chief Leati Anoaʻi

29.

One country taking over another economically, politically, and culturally.

a)

westernization

b)

imperialism

c)

militarism

d)

industrialization

30.

_______________ is a policy in which a nation stays out of the affairs of other nations

a)

isolationism

b)

internationalism

c)

expansionism

d)

imperialism

31.

The idea that theories of natural selection and that the fittest nations will survive is called _________________.

a)

thin slicing

b)

sphere of influence

c)

social Darwinism

d)

protectorates

32.

The US Navy captain that proposed an international network of naval bases, a powerful battleship fleet, and an aggressive foreign policy to make the US a world power was ________________________.

a)

Alfred T. Mahan

b)

Frederick J. Turner

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Booker T. Washington

33.

Zones in which European countries enjoyed special access to ports and markets.

a)

squares of trade

b)

triangles of destiny

c)

spheres of influence

d)

wheels of morality

34.

_______________ was an American proposal that aimed to establish equal access to ports among countries trading with China in 1900.

a)

Hidden Temple Policy

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Golden Gate Policy

d)

Forbidden Door Policy

35.

_____________ was a 1900 political uprising in northern China against foreigners in the country.

a)

The Peking Assault

b)

The Boxer Rebellion

c)

The Beijing Uprising

d)

The Foreign Revolt

36.

The Teller Amendment stated that the United States

a)

could not aid Cuba

b)

could not annex Cuba

c)

could not go to war

d)

could not develop colonies

37.

Emilio Aguinaldo was a

a)

Spanish ambassador

b)

Filipino freedom fighter

c)

Cuban freedom fighter

d)

Spanish General

38.

The ______________________ was a group of battleships designed to demonstrate to the world the US Navy's power.

a)

Blue Bell Brigade

b)

Great White Fleet

c)

Great Grey Battalion

d)

Rough Red Riders

39.

"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" was the foreign diplomacy motto of which US President

a)

William H. Taft

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

40.

How did the United States get access to the Canal Zone in Panama?

a)

negotiated with Columbia

b)

purchased it from Spain

c)

killed mosquitoes

d)

helped the Panamanian Rebels

41.

The ________________ made Cuba a protectorate of the United States, allowing the US to have military bases in Cuba, treaty power, and the ability to intervene when necessary.

a)

Paris Amendment

b)

Platt Amendment

c)

Turner Amendment

d)

Taft Amendment

42.

___________________ is a very aggressive form of nationalism.

a)

imperialism

b)

heroism

c)

jingoism

d)

darwinism

43.

Governor of the Philippines in 1901 (hint: he would later become President of the United States)

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

William H. Taft

c)

William McKinley

d)

William Wallace

44.

The following countries became US Territories after the Spanish American War...

a)

Puerto Rico, Philippines, Cuba

b)

Cuba, Guam, Panama

c)

Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico

d)

Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines

45.

Before becoming President, Teddy Roosevelt was a hero of the Spanish American War leading a group of volunteers known as the ___________________.

a)

Renegades

b)

Bad Boys

c)

Freedom Fighters

d)

Rough Riders