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Progressive Era

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Progressive Reform Movement?

a)

the fight for equal voting rights

b)

a movement to solve unequal civil rights

c)

a response to social and political problems

d)

a military struggle between countries

2.

The Progressive Reform Movement mostly involved which group of people?

a)

upper elite class

b)

middle class

c)

lower class

d)

none of these

3.

Why was the Progressive Reform Movement started?

a)

problems at the city government level only

b)

problems at the state government level only

c)

problems at the national government level only

d)

problems at all levels of government

4.

What is a progressive?

a)

a person that wanted to "bust" corporate trusts

b)

a writer that exposed government corruption

c)

a person that believed in change and improvement of society

d)

a person that runs for a public political office

5.

Why was the Progressive Movement so important in cities?

a)

It helped with overcrowded housing.

b)

It helped with cleaner water for citizens.

c)

It helped with proper sanitation.

d)

All of these.

6.

The focus on problems in factories due to...

a)

unsafe working conditions

b)

women and child labor

c)

long hours with no breaks

d)

all of these

7.

Progressives believed in strong labor unions, collective bargaining, and strikes.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Child Labor Law reformers advocated for...

a)

longer work hours for children

b)

children to provide half of their family's income

c)

children to attend school

d)

children to work on the farm until 18 years old

9.

Working class families opposed Child Labor Laws.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The federal government immediately passed laws for better working conditions and child labor.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the main problem with Big Business, monopolies, and trusts?

a)

The didn't have enough power.

b)

They had too much power.

c)

City governments were too involved.

d)

National government was too involved.

12.

Which president encouraged the Progressive Movement and was known as a "Progressive President?"

a)

Joe Biden

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

13.

Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair encouraged Roosevelt and were known as what?

a)

Trustbusters

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

14.

What was a trust?

a)

business owners that drive out competition

b)

business owners that helped entrepreneurs

c)

a branch of government during the 19th century

d)

a law restricting child labor

15.

Why was Roosevelt known as a trustbuster?

a)

He controlled most trusts in the US

b)

He successfully broke up corrupt trusts.

c)

He wrote about the truths of the American Government.

d)

He was not called a trustbuster.

16.

What is a muckraker?

a)

a person that wanted to "bust" corporate trusts

b)

a writer that exposed government corruption

c)

a person that believed in change and improvement of society

d)

a person that runs for a public political office

17.

Roosevelt did many things as president, such as...

a)

Passed the Meat Inspection Act

b)

Passed the Pure Food & Drug Act

c)

Regulated railroads

d)

all of these

18.

Because Roosevelt created national monuments, wildlife refuges, and national parks, he was knows as what?

a)

Democratic President

b)

Conservationist President

c)

Environmental President

d)

Refuge President

19.

Which types of laws were passed to regulate the sale of alcohol?

a)

Red and prohibition laws

b)

Blue and bootlegging laws

c)

Prohibition and blue laws

d)

Bootlegging and speakeasy laws

20.

Which amendment outlaws the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages?

a)

1st

b)

16th

c)

18th

d)

21st

21.

Choose ALL that apply: Prohibition promoted illegal activities such as...

a)

bootlegging

b)

muckraking

c)

progressing

d)

speakeasies

22.

Which amendment repealed the Prohibition Amendment (18th)?

a)

1st

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

24th

23.

Which of the following was NOT part Blue Laws?

a)

Outlawed consumption of alcohol on Sundays.

b)

Promoted moral behavior

c)

Promoted immoral behavior

d)

Led to less abuse of alcohol

24.

Which of the following was NOT part Prohibition Laws?

a)

Outlawed making and selling alcohol

b)

Led to less abuse of alcohol

c)

Promoted immoral behavior

d)

Led to more abuse of alcohol because of bootlegging and speakeasies