WorksheetsThe progressive ERA
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 20mins
what was the gilded age?
Allowing political machines to remain in control of cities
An age of rampant corruption in businesses + politics
Allows for the federal taxation of alcohol
The legal ban of alcohol by the government
What is the progressive & what is their goal?
A higher tariff to protect American business and industry.
Changed people's perceptions on Unions. For the first time, unions won.
A group of people who were looking to make changes in the American society.
People who supported Temperance and Prohibition were excited about the passage of the 21st Amendment.
How does the progressive era and the gilded age connect?
Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to immigrants while guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans.
There was no difference between it
. They both saw the same way of obtaining the goal of woman's suffrage
The progressives tried to correct problems in the gilded age.
Allows for the legislature of each state to directly appoint the Senators.
What were the goals of the progressives? Select all that apply.
To change and reform society
Social welfare.
Diverse political pressure groups
Social darwinism
What is a muckraker?
A journalist who went & documented all of the problems in society
Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Owner of a speakeasy operating
Th legal ban of alcohol by the government whereas Temperance is a choice by individuals to moderate or not consume alcohol
What were 3 muckrakers mentioned during this unit?
Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riss.
William Howard, Ida Tarbell, Woodrow Wilson,
Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Jacob Riss.
Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, Alice Paul,
Temperance was looking to ________
Allows for the Governor of each state to directly appoint Senators.
Guarantee most men the right to vote.
Made slavery legal only in US Territories
Limit alcohol consumption.
Define prohibition?
People who supported Temperance and Prohibition were excited about the passage of the 21st Amendment
Allowing African Americans a chance to get ahead.
Banning of all alcohol from being manufactured produced, sold, or bought / transported.
Passage of laws for regulating food and drugs for Americans
Carry Nation was known for?
Known for leading the expansion of the American steel industry.
Temperance movement leader who went into bars and salons and using her hatchet to destroy barrooms.
Proved that unions would not be able to secure the needed changes to the sweatshop environment
Known for being one of the most active in the womens rights movement.
Definition of suffrage?
Stopped the slave trade which eventually would lead to the dying out of slavery in the US
The rights for women to vote.
Policy of gov that separates people
Allows for the people to directly elect Senators.
Major difference between Alice Paul & Carrie Chapman Catt?
There was no difference between the women. They both saw the same way of obtaining the goal of woman's suffrage
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
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
Alice Paul went to jail for her beliefs and Carrie Chapman Catt did not
What amendment granted the right for women to vote?
13th amendment
14th amendment
18th amendment
19th amendment
What president signed the amendment into law?
Wilson
Lincoln
Carnegie
Ulysses S. Grant
What amendment banned alcohol?
14th
18th
15th
11th
Difference between segregation and discrimination?
SEG guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves. / Discrim guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans
SEG is a policy of gov that separates people / discrimination is a personal preference that can apply to private business
SEG is a personal preference that can apply to private business / Discrimination is a policy of gov that separates people
SEG guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans / Discrimination guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves.
What did the 13th amendment do?
Ended slavery.
Granted citizenship and all rights of to citizenship
Cannot be denied the right to vote based on race
Prohibition of alcohol
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
Alice Paul
Carrie Nation
Booker T. Washington
Woodrow Wilson
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
Andrew Carnegie.
Jacob Riis.
Woodrow Wilson
W.E.B. Du Bois.
The implementation of a poll tax, literacy test, and Jim Crow laws were designed to do what?
Reduce the inequality between whites and African Americans.
The right to vote, education, travel, and public institutions.
Sought to correct problems in the gilded age.
Limit alcohol consumption.
These 3 progressive amendments were considered the Civil War Era amendments because they addressed the issues related to slavery..
14th, 15th, 16th
13th, 14th, 15th
13th, 18th, 19th
15th, 16th, 18th
The following are all goals of the progressives EXCEPT..
Allowing political machines to remain in control of cities.
Moral improvement
Reform the economy
Protecting welfares of the customers
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?
Guaranteed rights and citizenship to Native Americans.
Guaranteed rights and citizenship to recently freed slaves.
Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to immigrants..
Guaranteed voting rights and citizenship to women.
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?
Allows for the people to directly elect Senators.
Allows for the Governor of each state to directly appoint Senators.
Allows for the legislature of each state to directly appoint the Senators.
Allows for Senators to serve terms of up to 4 years.
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?
Guarantees African-American women the right to vote.
Guarantees most men the right to vote.
Guarantees white land-owning men the right to vote.
Guarantees all people the right to vote, men and women.
Which muckraker said.. "the slum is the measure of civilization."
Carrie Nation
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
What TYPE of person would say this quote:
"I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction---"
Suffragist
Muckraker
Robber barons
The president..
