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Progressivism and Imperialism

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
2.
Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines
a)
Medicine Man
b)
Food Amendment
c)
Label Lemons
d)
Pure Food and Drug Act
3.
What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?
a)
starting a system of women’s colleges
b)
winning elections for public office
c)
securing the right to vote
d)
separating men and women in prison
4.
Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health? 
a)
William McKinley
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
Herbert Hoover
5.
Which received LEAST attention among Progressive policymakers?
a)
Food and Drug purity
b)
Racial equality
c)
Fair labor practices
d)
Antitrust reforms
6.
The temperance movement warned people of the ____.
a)
dangers of alcohol
b)
evils of slavery
c)
weakness of reform
d)
need for education
7.
National parks were established for the purpose of
a)
protecting natural wonders from human destruction
b)
preventing the pollution of critical forests and waterways
c)
allowing government management of energy resources
d)
producing hydroelectric power and controlling flooding in remote regions
8.
This gave women the right to vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
9.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

10.

The Rough Riders, led by Teddy Roosevelt were made up of

a)

enlisted soldiers

b)

Cubans

c)

isolationists

d)

volunteers

11.

What did the 16th amendment do?

a)

established the federal income tax

b)

established state income tax

c)

direct election of senators

d)

none of the aboe

12.

What did the 17th amendment do?

a)

established federal income tax

b)

established state income tax

c)

direct election of senators

d)

none of the above

13.

When Roosevelt ran against Taft, he ran under what Party?

a)

Independent

b)

Republican

c)

Democrat

d)

Bull Moose Party

14.

Who won the election of 1912?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

William Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin D Roosevelt

15.

The law that recreated the banking system & stabilized US currency was the

a)

Federal Trade Commission Act

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Federal Highway Act

d)

Federal Farm Loan Act

16.

This foreign policy idea promotes staying out of world affairs.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Isolationism

c)

Globalism

d)

Communism

17.

These events lead the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898.

a)

America annexing Hawaii

b)

Spain annexing Puerto Rico

c)

Cubans publishing Yellow Journalism

d)

The U.S.S. Maine sinking

18.

Why did Americans in Hawaii want to be annexed by the United States?

a)

Queen Liluokalani was persecuting American sugar growers.

b)

Hawaii provided Americans with sugar and pineapples which would benefit U.S. trade.

c)

Laws forced Americans to return land to the Hawaiian government.

19.
At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 
a)
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
b)
Spain, Cuba, Guam
c)
Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
d)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
20.
This was created to regulate monopolies
a)
Interstate Commerce Commission
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Roosevelt Anti-Trust Act
d)
Slayton Anti-Trust Act
21.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Theodore Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
22.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and loses
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
Wilson runs as a Democrat and loses
23.
This man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William McKinley
24.

The USS Maine exploded while it was in Havana, _____. This was a leading cause to the start of the Spanish American War.

a)
Cuba
b)
Guam
c)
Mexico
d)
Panama
25.
He was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era. 
a)
Alfred T Mahan 
b)
Rough Riders 
c)
Theodore Roosevelt 
d)
Henry Cabot Lodge 
26.

This person, along with Joseph Pulitzer, competed to sell the most newspapers in New York.

a)

William Randolph Hearst

b)

Nellie Bly

c)

Charles Foster Kane

d)

William Henderson

27.

What happened to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

a)

The United States joined forces with Cuba and controlled all of the island countries in the Caribbean.

b)

The United States began a war with Mexico.

c)

The United States became a world imperial power.

d)

The United States began a war with Canada.

28.
Wrote "How the other half lives" exposing conditions in the slums
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Jane Addams
29.
The term used to remove an elected official from from office is
a)
remedy
b)
recall
30.
Roosevelt's plan after the election of 1904 was known as the 
a)
Big Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Meal Deal
d)
Let's make a deal
31.

This social reformer was known for opening the Hull House in Chicago for immigrants, women, and children in order to improve their social standing and address the issues of poverty.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Woodrow Wilson

32.

Muckrakers attempted to....

a)

Clean up the filth in the streets

b)

expose corruption

c)

Win legal battles

33.
Which of the following DID NOT cause imperialism?
a)
European nations wanted to protect the rights of Pacific Islanders.
b)
America needed more resources for their growing country.
c)
Europe raced to control as many of the resources in Africa as possible.
d)
The US and Europe wanted to be able to trade with China.
34.
How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about European countries becoming involved in Latin America?
a)
He welcomed them; he thought America needed help keeping Latin American countries under control.
b)
He thought European countries should have all of their American colonies returned to them.
c)
He wanted to keep European countries away from affairs in Latin America; he believed the US should "police" the Americas themselves
d)
None are true
35.
Why was Teddy Roosevelt called a trustbuster?
a)
He wasn't a very trustworthy politician.
b)
He used new laws to help break apart monopolies.
c)
He trusted the meatpacking industry and did nothing to change their procedures.
d)
He won elections by stating that he would protect forests, but gave the lumber industry more forests to cut down.
36.
Who was president during the Spanish-American War and initially tried to avoid war?
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
William Taft
c)
William McKinley
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
37.
Who arranged the purchase of Alaska; the purchase was initially called a "folly"?
a)
Liliuokalani
b)
Commodore Matthew Perry
c)
William McKinley
d)
William H. Seward
38.
Who spoke softly and carried a big stick and pushed for the completion of the Panama Canal?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
William H. Seward
c)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
39.
What started Prohibition?
a)
Anti-Trust Laws
b)
18th Amendment
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
The AFL
40.

What was the goal of those who supported the Seventeenth (17th) Amendment, providing the direct election of U.S. Senators?

a)

make the Senate more responsive to the people

b)

base Senate representation on state populations

c)

provide equal voting to minority groups

d)

expand the power of the legislative branch

41.

A major reason for the creation of the Federal Reserve System (1913) was to --

a)

regulate the supply of money in the economy.

b)

lend money directly to consumers at low interest rates.

c)

finance public works projects.

d)

invest government money in private industries.

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