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17.1 & 17.2 Progressive Era: Intro-Economic-Women

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed
a)
Industrialization
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Prohibition
2.

Which of these Amendments banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol to reduce domestic violence in homes during the Progressive Era:

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

3.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are most closely associated with the idea that-
a)
Settlement houses should be built to help educate immigrants
b)
National Parks should be created by the federal government
c)
factories should be prohibited since they damage society
d)
suffrage should be granted to women
4.
During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish-
a)
free public schools located in inner-city neighborhoods
b)
settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor
c)
newspapers that helped to inform Americans about slum conditions
d)
laws that restricted certain immigrant groups
5.

What event lead to laws being passed for greater workplace safety, especially in regards to fire?

a)

GAP Factory fire

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

c)

Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

d)

The great fire of NYC

6.
How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?
a)
Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.
b)
Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.
c)
Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.
d)
Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.
7.
The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in - 
a)
a system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
the expansion of citizens' direct participation in the democratic process
c)
a redistribution of the tax burden among citizens
d)
mopre sources of revenue for state governments
8.

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

a)

It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.

b)

It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.

c)

It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

d)

It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

9.

Select all that apply: Which of these were goals of the Progressive Movement?

a)

Protecting the social welfare

b)

Promoting moral improvement

c)

Economic reform

d)

Efficency in government and industry

e)

Preventing immigrants from entering the country

10.

What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

a)

living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

b)

working conditions of a textile mill

c)

food production of a meatpacking plant

d)

medical care of soldiers in WWI