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The Progressive Era

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was the name given to the reform-minded journalists who investigate and publish truthful reports to perform an auditing or watchdog function.

a)

muckraker

b)

temprest

c)

abolitionist

d)

crusader

2.

This was a progressive reform in government that enabled voters to remove an elected official from office before his or her term expired.

a)

recall

b)

initiative

c)

referendum

d)

ballot

3.

This was Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program that aimed at controlling corporations, providing consumer protection, and conserving natural resources.

a)

Great Society

b)

Square Deal

c)

New Deal

d)

New Freedom

4.

The book, written by Upton Sinclair, that described in noxious detail the filth, disease, and putrefaction in Chicago’s damp, ill-ventilated slaughterhouses was,

a)

The Jungle

b)

How The Other Half Lives

c)

Pilgrim’s Promise

d)

The Vanguard

5.

Theodore Roosevelt, at the end of his second term in office, handpicked this man to be his successor.

a)

Henry Cabot Lodge

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

6.

This was the name of William Howard Taft’s foreign policy strategy which called for American investors (bankers and businesses) to guarantee money and loans to foreign countries (especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia) as a way of boosting American political interests around the world.

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Moralistic Diplomacy

d)

Square Deal

7.

In the 1912 presidential campaign, Theodore Roosevelt’s National Progressive Party, was more commonly referred to by this name.

a)

Bull Moose Party

b)

Green Party

c)

Libertarian Party

d)

The War Hawks Party

8.

This was the name of the progressive reforms promised by Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 presidential campaign. Wilson’s reforms focused on three areas: tariff reform, business reform, and banking reform.

a)

Great Society

b)

New Freedom

c)

New Deal

d)

Square Deal

9.

In the election of 1912 Democrat Woodrow Wilson emerged victorious capturing 435 electoral votes, while winning only 42% of the popular vote. How do historians explain Wilson’s victory in 1912 (why did he win)?

a)

Republican party split the votes between Taft and Roosevelt

b)

South voted overwhelmingly for a native-son (Woodrow Wilson)

c)

Majority of the nation had turned away from the foreign policy initiatives of the Republican party (nation building and overseas expansion)

d)

Majority of the nation despised both Taft and Roosevelt due to their name-calling during the campaign

10.

This was the name of Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy strategy first proposed during the presidential election of 1912. It called for giving support to only those countries whose moral beliefs were similar to that of the United States.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Square Deal

c)

Moralistic Diplomacy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

11.

The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT

a)

protecting social welfare

b)

promoting business monopolies

c)

creating economic reform

d)

fostering efficiency in the workplace

12.

A major goal of reformers during the Progressive Era was to,

a)

end segregation in the South

b)

correct the abuses of big business

c)

limit immigration from Latin America

d)

enact high tariffs to help domestic industry grow

13.

This woman was an advocate for improving the lives of women and children and, in 1893, helped pass the Illinois Factory Act.

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Emma Willard

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Kaitlin O'Connor

14.

Jane Addams, and others, created these within cities in order to help immigrants and the poor receive basic health and educational needs.

a)

Abolitionist Societies

b)

Settlement Houses

c)

Gospel Unions

d)

Jim Crow Laws

15.

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis described the living conditions of,

a)

workers in urban slums

b)

African Americans in the segregated South

c)

the rich in their mansions

d)

Native American Indians on reservations

16.

Frances E. Willard founded this organization which spearheaded the prohibition crusade in the early 1900s, quickly becoming the largest women’s group in the nation’s history.

a)

Anti-Saloon League

b)

Temperance and Prohibition Society

c)

Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform

d)

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

17.

This man founded the Socialist Party in the United States in 1901.

a)

Philip Randolph

b)

Eugene Debs

c)

Eugene Dennis

d)

William Z. Foster

18.

This man began using time and motion studies to improve industry efficiency as his strategy of breaking manufacturing tasks into simpler parts soon became a management fad known as,

a)

“Fordism”

b)

“Grahamism”

c)

“Hawthronism”

d)

“Taylorism”

19.

This was the progressive political reform that saw a bill (proposed law) originating with the people instead of with a state legislature.

a)

ballot

b)

initiative

c)

recall

d)

referendum

20.

This amendment, ratified in 1913, was a result of the progressive movement of the early 1900s as it established the direct election of U.S. senators.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

21.

One of the progressive crusades of the early 1900s was the fight to end child labor. This law, passed in 1916, was one such attempt as it prohibited the transportation of goods produced with child labor across state lines.

a)

Fair Labor Act

b)

Keating-Owen Act

c)

Labor Standards Act

d)

National Child Labor Act

22.

In 1911 a fire broke out in this New York City factory resulting in the deaths of 146 workers (many were women and children). In the aftermath of the fire the New York legislature passed much stronger laws regulating hours and factory conditions.

a)

Binghamton Factory

b)

McKee Factory

c)

Parker Building

d)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

23.

This was the first test of Theodore Roosevelt’s new domestic program aimed at controlling corporations. Roosevelt was successful as the striking workers received a reduced workday and a 10% pay increase.

a)

Coal Miners Strike of 1902

b)

Diamond Workers Strike of 1902

c)

U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1902

d)

Utah Coal Strike of 1902

24.

Theodore Roosevelt urged Congress to pass this act which said that meat shipped over state lines were subject to federal inspection from corral to can.

a)

Chicago Meat Inspection Act of 1906

b)

Consumer Safety Inspection Act of 1906

c)

Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906

d)

Homestead Meat Act of 1906

25.

Theodore Roosevelt urged Congress to pass this act which prevented the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.

a)

Agriculture and Drug Act of 1906

b)

Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act of 1906

c)

Food and Drug Inspection Act of 1906

d)

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

26.

Which statement best summarizes President Theodore Roosevelt’s views about conservation?

a)

Environmental issues are best decided by the private sector

b)

Unlimited access to natural resources is the key to business growth

c)

Wilderness areas and their resources should be protected for the public good

d)

Decisions about the use of natural resources should be left to the states

27.

American’s saw the disappearance of the frontier has tragic and dangerous. Many Americans in the early 1900s felt that the frontier was the source of these national characteristics.

a)

Capitalism and Prosperity

b)

Individualism and Democracy

c)

Invention and Individualism

d)

Prosperity and Entrepreneurship

28.

After the 1904 election Theodore Roosevelt made this strategic blunder when he announced that he would,

a)

not run for a 3rd term

b)

officially turn the Panama Canal over to the Panama government effective immediately

c)

recognize the communist Soviet Union

d)

take the nation off the gold standard

29.

The cartoon illustrates President Theodore Roosevelt’s attempt to

a)

ignore antitrust laws

b)

conserve natural resources

c)

limit the power of monopolies

d)

eliminate foreign ownership of United States corporations

30.

William Howard Taft was a trusted administrator under Theodore Roosevelt, however, when compared to Roosevelt Taft,

a)

lacked Roosevelt’s energy and personality

b)

was a stronger leader than Roosevelt

c)

was more sympathetic towards trusts

d)

was too aggressive towards Congress and failed to win support for his legislation

31.

Trying to honor his campaign promise Taft signed this bill which had the original aim of reducing tariffs. However, after a number of senators tacked on hundreds of upward tariff revisions the final bill did little to reduce U.S. tariffs and did more to outrage progressives.

a)

Johnson-Anderson Bill

b)

Payne-Aldrich Bill

c)

Taft-Douglas Bill

d)

Wilmot-Wilson Bill

32.

The 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot quarrel erupted because,

a)

Ballinger opened public lands in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska to corporate development

b)

Ballinger supported - and voted for - the Taft-Douglas Tariff Bill of 1911

c)

Taft fired Pinchot for insubordination when he spoke out against Taft’s conservation policies

d)

Taft learned that Pinchot was secretly taking conservation orders from Roosevelt

33.

After returning from his Africa expedition Theodore Roosevelt quickly began speaking out against Taft’s policies. In Osawatomie, Kansas Roosevelt proclaimed his new progressive doctrine known as the,

a)

Fair Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

New Freedom

d)

New Nationalism

34.

In early 1911 the National Progressive Republican League was formed and this man quickly became the leading progressive candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

a)

Henry Cabot Lodge

b)

John M. Parker

c)

Robert M. La Follette

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

35.

In February 1912, Theodore Roosevelt transformed the race for the presidency when he declared that he would be a candidate for the presidency because,

a)

his first term didn’t count as an actual term since he arrived at the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley

b)

the dawn of a new century meant that the nation must look towards the future and make new presidential traditions

c)

the nation’s domestic and foreign policies were in serious need of help and he felt that only he could ‘save’ the nation

d)

the three term tradition applied only to three consecutive terms

36.

Woodrow Wilson began his professional life as a brilliant academic lecturer, president of Princeton University, and governor of,

a)

Delaware

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

37.

Theodore Roosevelt’s National Progressive Party had in its party platform the direct election of senators, woman suffrage, and,

a)

a federal law against child labor

b)

adoption in all states of the initiative, referendum, and recall

c)

an eight hour work day

d)

minimum wage for women

e)

All of those listed

38.

On October 14, 1912, the presidential campaign of 1912 came to a screeching halt when an assassination attempt was made against,

a)

Eugene Debs

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

39.

Once his time in office came to an end William Howard Taft taught law for eight years at Yale University and eventually served as,

a)

Ambassador to Great Britain

b)

Chairman of the Federal Reserve

c)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

d)

President of Harvard University

40.

While Woodrow Wilson won the electoral college (and the presidency) in 1912, it is said that the real ‘winner’ of the election was,

a)

Germany as Wilson’s policies would allow Germany to build up its armed forces in preparation for World War I

b)

the Progressive movement and their policies

c)

the South as Wilson ushered in new policies that focused on diminishing the rights African Americans

d)

Theodore Roosevelt as he prevented Taft from getting a second term

41.

Woodrow Wilson was greatly influenced by his Southern ancestry. Some historians say that Wilson sympathized with the Confederacy’s attempt to win its independence and this in turn influenced Wilson’s support of,

a)

Native American tribes and their attempts to acquire self-government

b)

Germany – during World War I – and their attempt at national unity

c)

the racial superiority of the white race

d)

self-determination for the peoples of other nations

42.

Woodrow Wilson referred to the tariff, the banks, and the trusts as the,

a)

Bureaucracy of Inefficiency

b)

Syndicate of Corruption

c)

Tripartite Pact

d)

Triple Wall of Privilege

43.

This amendment was adopted in February of 1913. It allowed the U.S. Congress to levy an income tax on American citizens as a way to generate revenue for the federal budget.

a)

15th amendment

b)

16th amendment

c)

17th amendment

d)

18th amendment

44.

This was the most important piece of economic legislation between the Civil War and the New Deal. It created a board of advisors whose job it was to oversee a nationwide system of twelve regional reserve districts, issue paper money, and increase the amount of money in circulation as needed.

a)

Emergency Banking Act of 1914

b)

Federal Reserve Act of 1913

c)

Glass-Steagall Act of 1913

d)

The Banking Act of 1914

45.

The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 empowered a presidentially appointed commission to turn a searchlight on industries engaged in interstate commerce. The commissioners were expected to,

a)

crush monopolies

b)

protect the health of consumers

c)

regulate American trade with nations around the world

d)

regulate the meatpacking industry

46.

Woodrow Wilson enacted a number of progressive reforms, however, his progressivism had its limits as he – most historically significant for the time period – stopped short of supporting laws that provided for better treatment of,

a)

African Americans

b)

children

c)

Native Americans

d)

women

47.

Woodrow Wilson hated,

a)

Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick-ism” [a]

b)

William Howard Taft’s “dollar diplomacy” [b]

c)

Wall Street bankers as he was extremely suspicious of their motives [c]

d)

Both a and c

e)

All of those listed

48.

This man emerged as the chief rival to Mexican President Venustiano Carranza. Wilson reluctantly supported Carranza, especially after this man killed 16 American engineers traveling through northern Mexico.

a)

Emiliano Zapata

b)

Eulalio Gutiérrez

c)

Francisco Madero

d)

Pancho Villa

49.

After a series of revolutions and disorders erupted in Latin America, in 1914-1915 Woodrow Wilson dispatched U.S. marines to this island in order to protect American lives and property.

a)

Cuba

b)

Haiti

c)

Nevis

d)

Puerto Rico

50.

By January 1917, the focus on Mexico began to diminish as the threat of war with this European nation began to capture the attention of millions of Americans.

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

51.

In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as,

a)

servants.

b)

teachers.

c)

clerks.

d)

telephone operators.

52.

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

a)

dangers faced by coal miners.

b)

corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company.

c)

unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.

d)

illegal deals between special interests and the government.

53.

Which of the following did NOT stimulate U.S. imperialism?

a)

need for a new source of cheap labor

b)

thirst for new economic markets

c)

desire for military strength

d)

a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture

54.

The rapid growth of industry in the United States helped fuel imperialism because

a)

America needed unspoiled places for its workers to vacation.

b)

Americans had more time to read about foreign places.

c)

the United States was producing too many goods for its own people to buy.

d)

Americans wanted to take over foreign factories and learn their secrets.

55.

What does the cartoon imply about the Open Door Policy?

a)

It favored American interests over other foreign interests in China.

b)

It treated all foreign interests in China fairly.

c)

It weakened American influence in China.

d)

It mainly benefited America's competitors.