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WorksheetsProgressive Era/ Spanish American War
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Progressive Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16
b)
17
c)
18
d)
19
2.
Which of the following best states the goal of prohibitionists?
a)
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to children
b)
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c)
To reduce accidents in the workplace
d)
To reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
3.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
4.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
5.
What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?
a)
Banned the use of assembly lines
b)
Allowed the government to have unlimited power
c)
Cleaned up food producing factories
d)
Advocated for minority groups
6.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
7.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
8.
Period of history when alcohol was outlawed in the country
a)
Prohibition
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
18th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
9.
Whites Only Water Fountain
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
a)
Racial Rules
b)
Lincoln Laws
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
10.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
11.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
12.
Imperialism is __________.
a)
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
b)
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
c)
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
d)
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
13.
During Industrialization/Gilded Age one negative aspect in the south was?
a)
big businesses were successful
b)
Jim Crow laws dominated society
c)
bad weather
d)
lack of trains
14.
Territories gained as a result of the Spanish-American war include Puerto Rico, Guam and-
a)
Cuba
b)
Spain
c)
Philippines
15.
What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?
a)
The Magic
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The USS Maine
16.
What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?
a)
Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
b)
Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
c)
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
d)
Cuba wanted independence from Spain
17.
Which territory did the United States NOT take as a territory and gave them independence?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Guam
c)
Philippines
d)
Cuba
18.
What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Repubicanism
c)
Militarism
d)
Imperialism
19.
True or False:
The United States went to war to gain control of Cuba.
The United States went to war to gain control of Cuba.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Incident that started the Spanish American war
a)
The Maine blows up
b)
The lusitania blows up
21.
Who was the African-American that spoke out for equal rights during the Progressive era?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
MLK jr
d)
W.E.B Du Bois
22.
Which American President fought big business having too much power?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
George Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Bush
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