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Progressive Era

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class

Date

During the early 1900s, the term "muckrakers" was used to describe-

pacifists who demonstrated against war

Politicians who criticized Progressive Era presidents

Writers who exposed the evil in American society

Newspaper columnists who reported in celebrities

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are most closely associated with the idea that-

Settlement houses should be built to help educate immigrants

National Parks should be created by the federal government

factories should be prohibited since they damage society

suffrage should be granted to women

The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

Reduce the number of farms

Build an overseas empire

Regulate big business

Reduce immigration

During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish-

free public schools located in inner-city neighborhoods

settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor

newspapers that helped to inform Americans about slum conditions

laws that restricted certain immigrant groups

The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states during the Progressive Era as ways to-

restrict the use of presidential vetoes

promote the formation of trusts

make government more democratic

limit immigration

In the early 1900s, the muckrakers provided a service to the American public by-

encouraging states to resist federal government authority

lobbying for less government regulation of business

revealing abuses in government and industry

calling for a strong military buildup

What federal agency was established in 1916 by Congress to manage national historic sites?

National Park Service

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation

Civilian Conservation Corps

What act did The Jungle help establish?

Pendleton Act

Pure Food and Drug Act

Federal Reserve Act

Dawes Act

a total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol

prohibition

suffrage

temperance

segregation

10.

The Progressive Era was a time during which:

the Industrial Age began.

intense social and political changes were made to improve society.

wealthy company owners started taking advantage of their workers.

the government allowed the company owners to take advantage of their workers.

11.

What was one major problem that the Progressives wanted to solve?

Unsafe and sometimes very dangerous working conditions.

The workers' wages were very low.

Workers worked for too many hours per day.

All of the above.

12.

Who was the first Progressive President?

President Lincoln

President McKinley

President Teddy Roosevelt

President Franklin Roosevelt

13.

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

Ida Tarbell

Lewis Hines

Jacob Riis

Upton Sinclair

14.

Which of the following is an initiative?

People have the right to remove a politician from office

People have the right to choose who will run for President

People have the right to propose a new law

People have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government

15.

The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to

break up monopolies

give equal rights to women

help people living in poverty

end racism

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Progressive Era

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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