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The progressive ERA

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what was the gilded age?

a)

Allowing political machines to remain in control of cities

b)

An age of rampant corruption in businesses + politics

c)

Allows for the federal taxation of alcohol

d)

The legal ban of alcohol by the government

2.

What is the progressive & what is their goal?

a)

A higher tariff to protect American business and industry.

b)

Changed people's perceptions on Unions. For the first time, unions won.

c)

A group of people who were looking to make changes in the American society.

d)

People who supported Temperance and Prohibition were excited about the passage of the 21st Amendment.

3.

How does the progressive era and the gilded age connect?

a)

Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to immigrants while guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans.

b)

There was no difference between it

. They both saw the same way of obtaining the goal of woman's suffrage

c)

The progressives tried to correct problems in the gilded age.

d)

Allows for the legislature of each state to directly appoint the Senators.

4.

What were the goals of the progressives? Select all that apply.

a)

To change and reform society

b)

Social welfare.

c)

Diverse political pressure groups

d)

Social darwinism

5.

What is a muckraker?

a)

A journalist who went & documented all of the problems in society

b)

Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

c)

Owner of a speakeasy operating

d)

Th legal ban of alcohol by the government whereas Temperance is a choice by individuals to moderate or not consume alcohol

6.

What were 3 muckrakers mentioned during this unit?

a)

Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riss.

b)

William Howard, Ida Tarbell, Woodrow Wilson,

c)

Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Jacob Riss.

d)

Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, Alice Paul,

7.

Temperance was looking to ________

a)

Allows for the Governor of each state to directly appoint Senators.

b)

Guarantee most men the right to vote.

c)

Made slavery legal only in US Territories

d)

Limit alcohol consumption.

8.

Define prohibition?

a)

People who supported Temperance and Prohibition were excited about the passage of the 21st Amendment

b)

Allowing African Americans a chance to get ahead.

c)

Banning of all alcohol from being manufactured produced, sold, or bought / transported.

d)

Passage of laws for regulating food and drugs for Americans

9.

Carry Nation was known for?

a)

Known for leading the expansion of the American steel industry.

b)

Temperance movement leader who went into bars and salons and using her hatchet to destroy barrooms.

c)

Proved that unions would not be able to secure the needed changes to the sweatshop environment

d)

Known for being one of the most active in the womens rights movement.

10.

Definition of suffrage?

a)

Stopped the slave trade which eventually would lead to the dying out of slavery in the US

b)

The rights for women to vote.

c)

Policy of gov that separates people

d)

Allows for the people to directly elect Senators.

11.

Major difference between Alice Paul & Carrie Chapman Catt?

a)

There was no difference between the women. They both saw the same way of obtaining the goal of woman's suffrage

b)

Carrie Chapman Catt was more radical in practices and sought a Constitutional Amendment whereas Alice Paul wanted to be more cautious looking for a state by state solution at first

c)

Alice Paul was more radical in practices and sought a Constitutional Amendment whereas Carrie Chapman Catt wanted to be more cautious looking for a state by state solution at first

d)

Alice Paul went to jail for her beliefs and Carrie Chapman Catt did not

12.

What amendment granted the right for women to vote?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

18th amendment

d)

19th amendment

13.

What president signed the amendment into law?

a)

Wilson

b)

Lincoln

c)

Carnegie

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

14.

What amendment banned alcohol?

a)

14th

b)

18th

c)

15th

d)

11th

15.

Difference between segregation and discrimination?

a)

SEG guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves. / Discrim guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans

b)

SEG is a policy of gov that separates people / discrimination is a personal preference that can apply to private business

c)

SEG is a personal preference that can apply to private business / Discrimination is a policy of gov that separates people

d)

SEG guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans / Discrimination guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves.

16.

What did the 13th amendment do?

a)

Ended slavery.

b)

Granted citizenship and all rights of to citizenship

c)

Cannot be denied the right to vote based on race

d)

Prohibition of alcohol

17.

This Civil rights activist urged African Americans to postpone the fight for civil rights and instead concentrate on education to prepare themselves for full equality

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Woodrow Wilson

18.

This civil rights activist saw no advantage in giving up civil rights and was concerned with protecting and exercising voting rights. He was active in the formation of the NAACP

a)

Andrew Carnegie.

b)

Jacob Riis.

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois.

19.

The implementation of a poll tax, literacy test, and Jim Crow laws were designed to do what?

a)

Reduce the inequality between whites and African Americans.

b)

The right to vote, education, travel, and public institutions.

c)

Sought to correct problems in the gilded age.

d)

Limit alcohol consumption.

20.

These 3 progressive amendments were considered the Civil War Era amendments because they addressed the issues related to slavery..

a)

14th, 15th, 16th

b)

13th, 14th, 15th

c)

13th, 18th, 19th

d)

15th, 16th, 18th

21.

The following are all goals of the progressives EXCEPT..

a)

Allowing political machines to remain in control of cities.

b)

Moral improvement

c)

Reform the economy

d)

Protecting welfares of the customers

22.

The 14th Amendment states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." What did the 14th Amendment do?

a)

Guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans.

b)

Guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves.

c)

Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to immigrants..

d)

Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to women.

23.

The 17th Amendment states, "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote." What does the 17th Amendment do?

a)

Allows for the people to directly elect Senators.

b)

Allows for the Governor of each state to directly appoint Senators.

c)

Allows for the legislature of each state to directly appoint the Senators.

d)

Allows for Senators to serve terms of up to 4 years.

24.

The 15th Amendment states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." What does the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Guarantees African-American women the right to vote.

b)

Guarantees most men the right to vote.

c)

Guarantees white land-owning men the right to vote.

d)

Guarantees all people the right to vote, men and women.

25.

Which muckraker said.. "the slum is the measure of civilization."

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

26.

What TYPE of person would say this quote:

"I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction---"

a)

Suffragist

b)

Muckraker

c)

Robber barons

d)

The president..