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Unit 2 Vocab: Jim Crow and the Progressive Era

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who would say this "An education where I learn to use my hands will help me get a job and support my family"

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

Who would say this "An education where I learn to use my hands will help me get a job and support my family"

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Abraham Lincoln

3.

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.


Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

4.

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

5.

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

a)

muckrakers

b)

suffragists

c)

immigrants

d)

abolitionists

6.

____________?____________


A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed.


What is the most likely title for this?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

7.

The campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop the consumption of alcohol was called-

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Temperance Movement

c)

Alcoholics Anonymous

d)

Social Welfare

8.

What is a Political Machine?

a)

A ballot box

b)

A political group with an authoritative boss who keeps power through corruption

c)

A political group who seek to expose the corruption in politics

d)

A polling machine which counts votes

9.

Which amendment allowed the government to collect income taxes?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

10.

What was "the Jungle"?

a)

a novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the horrors of the meat packaging industry

b)

a novel about the life of a human who was adopted by a jaguar and bear

c)

The name given to NYC under William Tweed

d)

A muckraker product that made fire exits a requirement

11.

What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory?

a)

There was a fire and people were trapped inside without fire exits

b)

The roof collapsed

c)

The workers were fired for demanding the right to vote

d)

Immigrant workers were savagely attacked for "stealing white jobs"

12.

What was "the Jungle"?

a)

a novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the horrors of the meat packaging industry

b)

a novel about the life of a human who was adopted by a jaguar and bear

c)

The name given to NYC under William Tweed

d)

A muckraker product that made fire exits a requirement

13.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

14.

Tests given to African Americans who wanted to register to vote-

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Grandfather Clause

15.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of the above

16.

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.


Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

17.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
18.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans

19.

Which President was known for his "square deal" concerning labor and business?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William H. Taft

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

20.

People like Jane Addams advocated for all of the following except-

a)

Better schools

b)

Juvenile courts

c)

Longer work hours

d)

Prison reform

21.

What allows citizens to remove corrupt officials?

a)

Recall

b)

Initiative

c)

Referendum

d)

Secret Ballot

22.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans