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WorksheetsProgressive Era Vocab Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Procedure that allows the people to petition to place a proposed law on a ballot to vote on
a)
Initiative
b)
Referendum
c)
Recall
d)
Sherman Antitrust
2.
A person who fought for women's right to vote.
a)
suffragist
b)
muckraker
c)
conservationist
d)
temperance
3.
A person who advocates for the protection & preservation of the environment
a)
conservationist
b)
temperance
c)
suffragist
d)
muckraker
4.
Procedure that allows people to vote to approve or reject a state law
a)
Referendum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
muckraker
5.
Procedure that allows people of a state to remove an elected official
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
16th Amendment
6.
This act was passed in reaction to Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Clayton Antitrust Act
c)
Sherman Antitrust Act
d)
19th Amendment
7.
Law that placed restrictions on the makers of prepared foods & patent medicines
a)
Pure Food & Drug Act
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
16th Amendment
d)
17th Amendment
8.
1890 prohibits certain business activities that federal govt deems to be anti-competitive
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Muckraker Antitrust Act
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
9.
Amendment for women's suffrage
a)
19th Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
17th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
10.
Amendment -- Congress can collect an income tax
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
11.
Amendment proposed by the Populist Party to allow the direct election of Senators
a)
17th Amendment
b)
16th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
12.
Journalist who uncovers wrong doing in politics or business during the Progressive Era
a)
muckraker
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Joseph Pulitzer
d)
yellow journalist
13.
A preliminary election where voters decide their party's candidates.
a)
direct primary
b)
recall
c)
temperance
d)
Bull Moose Party
14.
prevents businesses from abusive practices such as mislabeling & false advertising
a)
Federal Trade Commission
b)
Meat Inspection Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
15.
Third party led by William J Bryan that wanted unlimited coinage of silver & 17th amend
a)
Populist Party
b)
Bull Moose Party
c)
Muckraker Party
d)
Roosevelt's Party
16.
American educator, author, & leader for African-Americans 1890-1915
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
W.E.B. Dubois
17.
American sociologist & civil rights leader who helped form the NAACP.
a)
W.E.B. Dubois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
18.
Developed the Hull House (a settlement house) to help the poor & immigrants during Progressive Era
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Frank Norris
d)
Susan B. Anthony
19.
Book written by Jacob Riis to reveal the lives of the poor living in tenements in New York
a)
How the Other Half Live
b)
The Jungle
c)
The Octopus
d)
Tenement Living
20.
Which of following Presidents is known as the "trust buster" & "conservationist President"
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Warren Harding
21.
Which of the following women is known for her involvement in the suffrage movement
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Madison Wofford
22.
Created by Woodrow Wilson to regulate the money supply
a)
Federal Reserve System
b)
U.S. Economic Act
c)
Inflation System
d)
Clayton Antitrust Act
23.
An influential conservationist known as the "Father of National Parks"
a)
John Muir
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
W.E.B. Dubois
24.
Reform movement developed within religious institutions sought to apply the teachings of Jesus
a)
Social Gospel Movement
b)
Women's Suffrage Movement
c)
Temperance Movement
d)
Niagra Movement
25.
Known for leading an anti-lynching campaign through newspaper writing and speaking tours.
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Francis Willard
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