WorksheetsCh16 - The Progressive Era and Expansionism
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?
the struggles of Hispanic Americans
the living and working conditions in Chicago's meat packing industries
the ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
the conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad
Who were muckrakers?
Corrupt politicians who scam the working class
Womens' suffrage protestors
Journalists who investigate the scandals politics, etc.
Big companies with monopolies
______________________ was a movement that believed the social challenges caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration in the 1890s and 1900s could be addressed
elitism
progressivism
communism
feminism
_________________ was a leading figure in the settlement house movement.
Joan Jett
Alice Paul
Jane Adams
Jane Kennedy
The campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol was called the _________________
distillery movement
inebriated movement
temperance movement
breathalize movement
_______________ founded the Women’s Trade Union League which worked for a federal minimum wage and a national eight-hour workday.
Woodrow Wilson
Alice Paul
Florence Kelley
Carrie Chapman Catt
____________ is the right to vote.
suffrage
atonement
exclusion
disenfranchisement
founded the National Women's Party, which used public protest marches to demand the right to vote
Anne Durham
Alice Paul
Ray Kinsella
Lucille Ball
stated that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex"
seventeenth amendment
eighteenth amendment
twentieth amendment
nineteenth amendment
________________ exposed the deplorable conditions poor people were forced to live under in How the Other Half Lives.
Terry Bolea
Michael Hickenbotham
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
What did the 17th Amendment provide for?
Cities must be run by commission governments.
All U.S. senators must be elected by popular vote.
Women must be allowed to vote in national elections.
Citizens could remove an elected official by recall.
The first state to allow women to vote was _________________
Wyoming
California
Arizona
New York
This theology emphasized helping others by following the moral and ethical example of Jesus and addressed the poverty in urban, industrial society.
Communism
Darwinism
Buddhism
Social Gospel
____________________ is the act of outlawing the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol
prohibition
disenfranchisement
exclusion
suffrage
A procedure by which citizens can vote to remove an elected public official from office is known as a _____________.
initiative
recall
direction
extradition
When President McKinley was assassinated, _________________ became the President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
William H. Taft
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.
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The Big Deal
The Art of the Deal
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
Hepburn Act
Foracker Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Americans saw Roosevelt as a ________________, someone who would fight to curb the power of big business by vigorously enforcing antitrust legislation.
bronco buster
rebel-rouser
trustbuster
robber barron
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.
Gifford Pinchot
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Ballinger
______________ won the 1912 Election despite not having a majority of the popular vote.
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene Debbs
William Howard Taft
This amendment gave Congress the power to collect an income tax
Sixteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
The Progressive Party was often referred to as the ______________________
Happy Honey Badger Party
Wise Elephant Party
Stubborn Donkey Party
Bull Moose Party
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.
W.E.B Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King
Wilson's _____________________, was similar to Roosevelt’s New Nationalism, calling for strict government controls over corporations.
New Freedom
Square Deal
Return to Normalcy
New Deal
What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?
Russia
England
Japan
Canada
Who was the Secretary of State that overseen the purchase of Alaska?
Booker T. Washington
Alfred Mahan
Frederick Turner
William Seward
Before being annexed by the United States the leader of the Hawaiian islands was...
Queen Fatuwaki
King Miavia
Queen Liliuokalani
Chief Leati Anoaʻi
One country taking over another economically, politically, and culturally.
westernization
imperialism
militarism
industrialization
_______________ is a policy in which a nation stays out of the affairs of other nations
isolationism
internationalism
expansionism
imperialism
The idea that theories of natural selection and that the fittest nations will survive is called _________________.
thin slicing
sphere of influence
social Darwinism
protectorates
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 ________________________.
Alfred T. Mahan
Frederick J. Turner
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Booker T. Washington
Zones in which European countries enjoyed special access to ports and markets.
squares of trade
triangles of destiny
spheres of influence
wheels of morality
_______________ was an American proposal that aimed to establish equal access to ports among countries trading with China in 1900.
Hidden Temple Policy
Open Door Policy
Golden Gate Policy
Forbidden Door Policy
_____________ was a 1900 political uprising in northern China against foreigners in the country.
The Peking Assault
The Boxer Rebellion
The Beijing Uprising
The Foreign Revolt
The Teller Amendment stated that the United States
could not aid Cuba
could not annex Cuba
could not go to war
could not develop colonies
Emilio Aguinaldo was a
Spanish ambassador
Filipino freedom fighter
Cuban freedom fighter
Spanish General
The ______________________ was a group of battleships designed to demonstrate to the world the US Navy's power.
Blue Bell Brigade
Great White Fleet
Great Grey Battalion
Rough Red Riders
"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" was the foreign diplomacy motto of which US President
William H. Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
How did the United States get access to the Canal Zone in Panama?
negotiated with Columbia
purchased it from Spain
killed mosquitoes
helped the Panamanian Rebels
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.
Paris Amendment
Platt Amendment
Turner Amendment
Taft Amendment
___________________ is a very aggressive form of nationalism.
imperialism
heroism
jingoism
darwinism
Governor of the Philippines in 1901 (hint: he would later become President of the United States)
William Jennings Bryan
William H. Taft
William McKinley
William Wallace
The following countries became US Territories after the Spanish American War...
Puerto Rico, Philippines, Cuba
Cuba, Guam, Panama
Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
Before becoming President, Teddy Roosevelt was a hero of the Spanish American War leading a group of volunteers known as the ___________________.
Renegades
Bad Boys
Freedom Fighters
Rough Riders
