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Worksheets1898 to 1920
Total questions: 148
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Imperialism is when big countries pick on little countries to steal their raw materials
a)
true
b)
false
2.
During the 1890s, Hawaii's queen was removed from power by American planters
a)
true
b)
false
3.
The Panama Canal is located in Central America
a)
true
b)
false
4.
The Panama Canal decreased travel time between the East and West Coasts of the Americas
a)
true
b)
false
5.
The Panama Canal increased trade between the Western Coast of the USA and Europe
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Factories in the USA benefitted from American imperialism
a)
true
b)
false
7.
The way the USA proved to the world that it was a World Power, was through imperialism
a)
true
b)
false
8.
Yellow Journalism was one of the reasons for the Spanish American war
a)
true
b)
false
9.
The sinking of the ship the U.S.S. Maine was one of the reasons for the Spanish American War
a)
true
b)
false
10.
Yellow journalism was the clickbait of the early 1900s
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Yellow journalism was made by people who wanted to make as much money as possible
a)
true
b)
false
12.
Philliphines was land that the United States took from Spain after the Spanish-American War
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Guam was land that the United States took from Spain after the Spanish-American War
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Puerto Rico was land that the United States took from Spain after the Spanish-American War
a)
true
b)
false
15.
To be a World Power means you are one of the most powerful countries in the entire world
a)
true
b)
false
16.
The Spanish American War convinced the American government that a Canal through Central America was needed
a)
true
b)
false
17.
Alfred T. Mahan wrote a book about the importance of Naval power
a)
true
b)
false
18.
Alfred T. Mahan said that strong countries should have strong navies
a)
true
b)
false
19.
During the Progressive Era, a lot of Guilded Age problems were starting to get fixed
a)
true
b)
false
20.
During the Progressive Era, laissez-faire period of government came to an end
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, are the order of Progressive Presidents
a)
true
b)
false
22.
Teddy Roosevelt became President after someone killed the previous President
a)
true
b)
false
23.
A Bully Pulpit is what Teddy Roosevelt used to convince people to follow his ideas
a)
true
b)
false
24.
People who use the Bully Pulpit have to talk a lot in order to convince people
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Teddy Roosevelt's "big stick" was the US military
a)
true
b)
false
26.
A progressive is someone who wants to regulate the economy more
a)
true
b)
false
27.
Jane Addams founded the Settlement House Movement
a)
true
b)
false
28.
The Settlement House Movement provided housing to immigrants
a)
true
b)
false
29.
The Settlement House Movement taught immigrants to read and write
a)
true
b)
false
30.
The Settlement House Movement helped immigrants find good jobs
a)
true
b)
false
31.
The Jungle is about meatpacking factories
a)
true
b)
false
32.
Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle
a)
true
b)
false
33.
The Jungle talked about how factory owners would still sell meat from cows who died from diseases
a)
true
b)
false
34.
The US Government began regulation of the meatpacking industry after the Jungle was written
a)
true
b)
false
35.
The US government began regulation of food and drugs after the Jungle
a)
true
b)
false
36.
Progressives disagreed with Social Darwinists about poor people
a)
true
b)
false
37.
NAWSA wanted to pass the 19th amendment
a)
true
b)
false
38.
Protesters for Women's Suffrage (Suffragettes) fought hard to pass the 19th amendment
a)
true
b)
false
39.
NWP wanted to pass the 19th amendment
a)
true
b)
false
40.
NWP would do acts of Civil Disobedience
a)
true
b)
false
41.
Civil Disobedience means to break the law on purpose to bring awareness to an issue
a)
true
b)
false
42.
Henry Ford created the Model T
a)
true
b)
false
43.
Assembly line production made it easier to replace workers who don’t want to work anymore
a)
true
b)
false
44.
Assembly line production made factory work very efficent and productive
a)
true
b)
false
45.
Black people who did not respect the laws of White Supremacy were tortured
a)
true
b)
false
46.
Black people who did not respect the laws of White Supremacy were lynched
a)
true
b)
false
47.
People who believe that White Supremacy is good are racist
a)
true
b)
false
48.
Jim Crow laws were based on White Supremacy
a)
true
b)
false
49.
Jim Crow laws wanted to stop Black people from voting
a)
true
b)
false
50.
Grandfather Caluse is where you couldn’t vote unless you could prove your grandpa lived in the USA
a)
true
b)
false
51.
Poll taxes are where you couldn't vote unless you paid money
a)
true
b)
false
52.
Literacy tests were where you couldn't vote unless you knew how to read things like the US constitution
a)
true
b)
false
53.
People who are lynched are usually taken away by a mob (group) of people
a)
true
b)
false
54.
Most people who got lynched had a rope tied around their neck
a)
true
b)
false
55.
Black people were lynched frequently during the Guilded Age (1877 to 1900)
a)
true
b)
false
56.
Black people were lynched frequently during the Progressive Era (1900-1920)
a)
true
b)
false
57.
Lynchings were one reason for why the Great Migration occurred
a)
true
b)
false
58.
The Great Migration was the movement of Black people out of southern states
a)
true
b)
false
59.
Jim Crow Laws were one reason for why the Great Migration occurred
a)
true
b)
false
60.
Booker T. Washington believed that Black people would gain equality by increasing their education
a)
true
b)
false
61.
W.E.B Du Bois founded the Niagara Movement which fought for full Black equality
a)
true
b)
false
62.
The NAACP was co-founded by Booker T. Washington
a)
true
b)
false
63.
The NAACP was co-founded by W.E.B Du Bois
a)
true
b)
false
64.
Booker T. Washington focused on finding Black people vocational training, rather than full equality
a)
true
b)
false
65.
W.E.B Du Bois focused on full equality, rather than finding Black people vocational training
a)
true
b)
false
66.
A conservationist is someone who wants to protect the environment for future generations to enjoy
a)
true
b)
false
67.
The National Park Service is something that conservationists support
a)
true
b)
false
68.
Theodore Roosevelt is known for being a conservationist
a)
true
b)
false
69.
Woodrow Wilson is known for being a conservationist
a)
true
b)
false
70.
Direct Democracy is when the people directly vote, rather than having representatives vote
a)
true
b)
false
71.
During the Progressive Era, progressives tried to make representatives more accountable to the people
a)
true
b)
false
72.
A recall is when you can remove a public official before their term is over
a)
true
b)
false
73.
A referendum is when you allow the general public to challenge laws that are passed by putting it up for a majority vote
a)
true
b)
false
74.
A initiative is when the general public makes their own laws by creating them and putting them up for a majority vote
a)
true
b)
false
75.
The 1916 Child Labor Act made it illegal to sell products in different states that were made with child labor
a)
true
b)
false
76.
The Federal Reserve prints money in the USA
a)
true
b)
false
77.
The Federal Reserve regulates interest rates in the USA
a)
true
b)
false
78.
The Monroe Doctrine said that European countries couldn't mess with the Americas
a)
true
b)
false
79.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine said that the US would collect debt money if Europe needed debts collected
a)
true
b)
false
80.
Ida B Wells was a Civil Rights Leader
a)
true
b)
false
81.
Ida B Wells brought attention to the crimes of lynching by White Supremacists
a)
true
b)
false
82.
The US government increased the money spent on the Navy during the progressive era
a)
true
b)
false
83.
A Muckraker is someone who exposes all the bad stuff happening in America
a)
true
b)
false
84.
Ida B Wells was a muckraker
a)
true
b)
false
85.
Upton Sinclair was a muckraker
a)
true
b)
false
86.
Dollar Diplomacy is when Taft encouraged American companies to invest money in other countries
a)
true
b)
false
87.
The 18th amendment banned alcohol
a)
true
b)
false
88.
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote
a)
true
b)
false
89.
The Panama Canal is located in North America
a)
true
b)
false
90.
The Panama Canal is located in South America
a)
true
b)
false
91.
The Panama Canal did not affect the amount of trade between the East and West Coasts of the Americas
a)
true
b)
false
92.
Factories in the USA tried to prevent American imperialism, since they treated people bad
a)
true
b)
false
93.
Imperialism didn't affect the way the rest of the world saw the USA
a)
true
b)
false
94.
Yellow Journalism wasn't about the money, it was just people who were trying to troll
a)
true
b)
false
95.
Costa Rica was land that the USA took from Spain after the Spainsh-American War
a)
true
b)
false
96.
Lots of countries are World Powers, so its not that big of a deal if you are one
a)
true
b)
false
97.
The Panama Canal made fighting the Spanish-American War easier
a)
true
b)
false
98.
Alfred T. Mahan wrote the Jungle, which was about meatpacking
a)
true
b)
false
99.
Jane Addams wrote about lynching and the crimes of White Supremacy in the South
a)
true
b)
false
100.
Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt are the order of Progressive Presidents
a)
true
b)
false
101.
People who use the Bully Pulpit do a lot of negotiations on the side, in secret
a)
true
b)
false
102.
Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick was his Bully Pulpit
a)
true
b)
false
103.
A progressive is someone who wants more laissez-faire
a)
true
b)
false
104.
The Settlement House Movement tried to give white people more houses on Native American land
a)
true
b)
false
105.
The Settlement House Movement tried to give white people more Homesteads
a)
true
b)
false
106.
Ida B Wells wrote the Jungle, which was about meatpacking
a)
true
b)
false
107.
Ida B Wells wrote about Naval power, and how powerful countries have strong navies
a)
true
b)
false
108.
Progressives agreed with Social Darwinists, who said that poor people were lazy or stupid
a)
true
b)
false
109.
NAWSA was opposed to the passage of the 19th amendment
a)
true
b)
false
110.
NWP was opposed to the passage of the 19th amendment
a)
true
b)
false
111.
Women's suffrage wanted women to suffer more
a)
true
b)
false
112.
Civil Disobedience means you follow the law no matter what, because its your civic duty
a)
true
b)
false
113.
Alfred T. Mahan created the Model T
a)
true
b)
false
114.
Teddy Roosevelt created the Model T
a)
true
b)
false
115.
Booker T. Washington created the Model T
a)
true
b)
false
116.
W.E.B Du Bois created the Model T
a)
true
b)
false
117.
Black people were respected throughout the Progressive Era, regardless of where they lived
a)
true
b)
false
118.
White Supremacy did not exist during the Progressive Era
a)
true
b)
false
119.
Racism has nothing to do with White Supremacy
a)
true
b)
false
120.
Jim Crow Laws had nothing to do with racism
a)
true
b)
false
121.
Jim Crow Laws had nothing to do with White Supremacy
a)
true
b)
false
122.
Poll Taxes is where you couldn’t vote unless you could prove your grandpa lived in the USA
a)
true
b)
false
123.
Literacy Tests are where you couldn't vote unless you paid money
a)
true
b)
false
124.
Grandfather Clauses were were you couldn't vote unless you knew how to read things like the US constitution
a)
true
b)
false
125.
Lynchings were not a problem during the progressive Era
a)
true
b)
false
126.
Black people were rarely lynched during the Guilded Age (1877-1900)
a)
true
b)
false
127.
Black people were rarely lynched during the Progressive Era (1900-1920)
a)
true
b)
false
128.
The Great Migration included white people
a)
true
b)
false
129.
Jim Crow Laws had nothing to do with the Great Migration
a)
true
b)
false
130.
Lynchings had no impact on the Great Migration
a)
true
b)
false
131.
Booker T. Washington founded the Niagara Movement which fought for full Black equality
a)
true
b)
false
132.
W.E.B Du Bois believed that Black people would gain equality by increasing their education
a)
true
b)
false
133.
Booker T. Washington focused on full equality, rather than finding Black people vocational training
a)
true
b)
false
134.
W.E.B Du Bois focused on finding Black people vocational training, rather than full equality
a)
true
b)
false
135.
A conservationist is someone who wants more laissez-faire government
a)
true
b)
false
136.
Conservationists opposed the National Park Service
a)
true
b)
false
137.
The National Park Service did not save land, so conservationists opposed it
a)
true
b)
false
138.
Direct Democracy is when representatives vote
a)
true
b)
false
139.
A referendum is when you can remove a public official before their term is over
a)
true
b)
false
140.
A initiative is when you allow the general public to challenge laws that are passed by putting it up for a majority vote
a)
true
b)
false
141.
A recall is when the general public makes their own laws by creating them and putting them up for a majority vote
a)
true
b)
false
142.
The Federal Reserve is where all the alcohol was kept after the 19th amendment was passed
a)
true
b)
false
143.
Ida B Wells is known for bringing attention to Child Labor
a)
true
b)
false
144.
The Child Labor Laws outlawed all products made with child labor, regardless of where they were made or sold
a)
true
b)
false
145.
Dollar Diplomacy is when Roosevelt encouraged American companies to invest money in other countries
a)
true
b)
false
146.
Dollar Diplomacy is when Wilson encouraged American companies to invest money in other countries
a)
true
b)
false
147.
The 19th amendment banned alcohol
a)
true
b)
false
148.
The 18th amendment gave women the right to vote
a)
true
b)
false
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