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The Progressive Era

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 3hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor were reform movements that took place during this era-

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Imperialism

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Roaring 20's

2.

The ratification of this amendment granted women’s suffrage -

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

3.

The growing political influence of this group led to the ratification of the 18th and 19th Amendments.

a)

Nativists

b)

Women

c)

Men

d)

Activists

4.

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

a)

Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

b)

19th and 22nd Amendments

c)

Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

d)

16th and 18th Amendments

5.

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

Supporters of Political Machines

b)

Nativists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Industialists

6.

What organization did W.E.B. Dubois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?

a)

Muckrakers Movement

b)

Black Panthers

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

7.

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer’s safety as a response to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Administration

b)

NAACP

c)

National Park Service

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

8.

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big businesses like railroads and dissolve monopolies?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965

c)

Homestead Act & Dawes Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Interstate Commerce Act

9.

What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

10.

What civil service reform legislation led to less corruption in the government because it established a merit-based system for government jobs?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Pendleton Act

c)

Teapot Dome Scandel

d)

Pure Food & Drug Act

11.

Key Reforms of the Progressive Era

· Initiative

· Referendum

· Recall

· Direct Primary

· 17th Amendment


How did the reforms listed above impact the US?

a)

A system of separate schools for new immigrants

b)

They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government

c)

More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.

d)

They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class

12.

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal led to the creation of National Parks?

a)

Consumer Protection

b)

Control of Corporations

c)

Conservation

d)

Congressional Representation

13.
Jim Crow laws were laws that
a)
denied citizenship to Asian immigrants.
b)
promoted discrimination against women
c)
separated the races
d)
taxed voters
14.

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

a)

Railroads

b)

Telephone

c)

Dry farming

d)

Sewing machine

15.

Which figure would support the idea of Social Darwinism?

a)

John Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

16.

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

a)

Many Americans moved west to farm

b)

Native Americans were placed on Reservations

c)

The discovery of Gold increased western migration

d)

Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

17.

Who accepted bribes in return for favors?

a)

Industrialists

b)

Natavists

c)

Political bosses

d)

Immigrants

18.
Which political party founded by Theodore Roosevelt divided the Republican vote in 1912 and allowed a Democrat to be elected president?
a)
Socialist Party
b)
Progressive Party
c)
Free Soil Party
d)
Federalist Party
19.
Prior to becoming president Teddy Roosevelt served in what political position?
a)
Vice President
b)
Governor of New Jersey
c)
Secretary of State
d)
Supreme Court 
20.

Teddy Roosevelt was known as a "trust-buster." What does that mean?

a)

He worked to break up small businesses

b)

He worked with big monopolies to make them stronger

c)

He worked to break up large monopolies

d)

He let the companies operate without any government interference

21.
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
22.

He was handpicked as Roosevelt's successor.

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

23.
How did Taft anger progressives?
a)
raised tariffs
b)
lowered tariffs
c)
eliminated tariffs
d)
shot a cow
24.

This was the name of Wilson's progressive agenda for the nation:

a)

New Freedom

b)

New Nationalism

c)

New Deal

d)

New Movement

25.

This amendment created an income tax:

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

20

26.

The New Freedom reformed what Wilson called the triple wall of privileges not include

a)

Tariff

b)

Banks

c)

Trusts

d)

Transportation

27.

_____ is the right to vote.

a)

Suffrage

b)

anti-semitism

c)

dominion

d)

emancipation

28.

Was there a secret voting in 1820?

a)

Yes- they would right there name and put in a lock box.

b)

No- men would vote by saying whom they were voting for.

29.

Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves and gave voting rights to males at least 21 years of age?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

19th amendment

30.

Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

a)

easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

b)

easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

c)

easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

31.

"Be it enacted by... Congress... That no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any article or... product of any mine or quarry situated in the United States, in which... children under the age of sixteen years have been employed or permitted to work..."


This quote reflects the public's support for the -

a)

control of the mining industry

b)

abolition of child labor

c)

regulation of product transportation

d)

limitation of foreign trade

32.

In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the

enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."


Which agency does this excerpt refer?

a)

National Park Service

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

Environmental Protection Agency

d)

Department of Homeland Security

33.

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addam's Settlement House movement in

Chicago?

a)

founding of women's colleges

b)

introduction of prison reform

c)

assimilation of immigrants

d)

establishment of public libraries

34.

Which statement describes a referendum?

a)

petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill

b)

opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill

c)

removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate

d)

casting of votes in a confidential manner