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WorksheetsChapter 18: The Progressive Era Honors Study Guide
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
All of the following measures furthered direct democracy except . . .
the secret ballot
direct primaries
referendums
city managers
What law was passed after the publication of The Jungle?
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Hepburn Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
How did progressives try to prevent politicians from intimidating and bribing voters?
Direct Primary
Initiative
Referedum
Secret Ballot
What was the subject of The Jungle?
conservation
Jim Crow Laws
meatpacking
poor housing
What was most significant about the coal miners' strike in 1902?
the public sympathized with the miners
the federal government acted as a mediator
Coal was the major source of heat for the nation
the owners consented to a nine-hour workday.
What amendment called for the direct election of senators?
the Sixteenth Amendment
the Seventeenth Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
What amendment made a federal income tax legal?
the Sixteenth Amendment
the Seventeenth Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt crusaded for all of the following causes except . . .
conservation
segregation
trusbusting
the Panama Canal
What industry was "busted" by the Northern Securities case?
coal mining
meatpacking
railroads
oil
What theme did Theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign?
New Deal
New Freedom
New Nationalism
Square Deal
What reform measure has been called the "Magna Carta" of labor?
Nineteenth Amendment
Hepburn Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Northern Securities Case
Which black leader told blacks they must improve themselves economically before they could expect political equality?
George Washington Carver
Jim Crow
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
What minister was a leading advocate of the social gospel?
John Dewey
W.E.B. Du Bois
Walter Rauschenbusch
Booker T. Washington
American leaders were afraid to grant the Philippines independence too quickly because they . . .
wanted the Philippines to pay for the damages caused by their insurrection
wanted to keep the Philippine markets open for trade
feared that another country would take over the Philippines
believed the Filipinos would be incapable of ruling themselves
Woodrow Wilson is credited with all the following achievements except. . .
the Underwood Tariff Act
the Federal Reserve Act
the Federal Trade Commission Act
the Food and Drug Act
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
the Sixteenth Amendment
the Seventeenth Amendment
the Eighteenth Amendment
the Nineteenth Amendment
A graduated income tax is an income tax . . .
for those who hold academic degrees
charging one amount to all the people
charging a higher percentage to the rich
based on the size of a taxpayer's family
What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?
Big Stick
International Policeman
Great White Fleet
Square Deal
Progressive education emphasized . . .
memorization
history
experience
latin
Who often said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”?
William Howard Taft
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
What was the goal of the city manager form of government?
direct democracy
government intervention
government efficiency
conservation
What black agricultural scientist helped popularize the peanut?
George Washington Carver
W.E.B. Du Bois
Hiram Revels
Booker T. Washington
What was Taft's foreign policy called?
dollar diplomacy
battleship diplomacy
New Nationalism
Square Deal
Which of the following is not true about President Taft?
He dismissed Joseph Cannon.
He dismissed Gifford Pinchot.
He had a strained relationship with Theodore Roosevelt.
He adopted a foreign policy known as dollar diplomacy.
Which progressive ran on a platform called “New Nationalism” in 1912?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
What was probably the most significant agricultural advance during the Progressive Era?
combine
harvester
tractor
barbed wire
Match each of the following with the correct answer choice.
late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century movement that favored reform
progressivism
gas-and-water socialism
initiative
Prohibition
segregation
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government ownership of utilities
progressivism
gas-and-water socialism
initiative
Prohibition
segregation
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petition for the legislature to consider an action
progressivism
gas-and-water socialism
initiative
Prohibition
segregation
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ban on the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages
progressivism
gas-and-water socialism
initiative
Prohibition
segregation
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the forced separation of races
progressivism
gas-and-water socialism
initiative
Prohibition
segregation
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influencing foreign affairs through investment
dollar diplomacy
secular humanism
modernism
social gospel
grandfather clause
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denial of God and affirmation of man’s perfectibility
dollar diplomacy
secular humanism
modernism
social gospel
grandfather clause
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theological movement that rejected many Christian doctrines
dollar diplomacy
secular humanism
modernism
social gospel
grandfather clause
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belief that human reform came through improving one’s environment
dollar diplomacy
secular humanism
modernism
social gospel
grandfather clause
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crusader for women’s suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Robert La Follette
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B.DuBois
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made Wisconsin a “laboratory of democracy”
Susan B. Anthony
Robert La Follette
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B.DuBois
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wrote Up From Slavery
Susan B. Anthony
Robert La Follette
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B.DuBois
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Socialist candidate for president
Susan B. Anthony
Robert La Follette
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B.DuBois
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cofounder of the NAACP
Susan B. Anthony
Robert La Follette
Eugene Debs
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B.DuBois
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powerful Speaker of the House
Joseph Cannon
John Dewey
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Warfield
Billy Sunday
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chief advocate of progressive education
Joseph Cannon
John Dewey
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Warfield
Billy Sunday
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agricultural researcher
Joseph Cannon
John Dewey
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Warfield
Billy Sunday
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defender of orthodox Christianity
Joseph Cannon
John Dewey
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Warfield
Billy Sunday
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urban evangelist
Joseph Cannon
John Dewey
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Warfield
Billy Sunday
What did the Eighteenth Amendment enact?
(a)
What term was applied to laws in the South that forced segregation?
(a)
What board of five men was created during Wilson’s administration to help define and halt unfair trade practices?
(a)
Who perfected the assembly line method of production?
(a)
What twentieth-century movement denied the existence of God and affirmed the goodness and the perfectibility of man?
(a)
Who made the first successful airplane flight?
(a)
What legislation allowed many white Americans to avoid paying the poll tax and completing the literacy tests?
(a)
What term referred to progressive writers who exposed abuse and corruption?
(a)
What is the popular term for breaking up monopolies?
(a)
What theological movement rejected many Christian doctrines?
(a)
What organization was focused on fighting legal battles on behalf of blacks?
(a)
Which president was most closely associated with progressivism?
(a)
What process allowed voters to petition for a special election to decide whether to remove an elected official from office?
(a)
Name a mosquito-borne tropical disease whose occurrence was successfully reduced by medical officers.
(a)
What was built in Central America to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
(a)
Who campaigned under the motto “New Freedom” in 1912?
(a)
What philosophy regarding the use of national resources did Theodore Roosevelt promote?
(a)
In 1912 what party won the most electoral votes of any third party in presidential history?
(a)
What progressive religious movement sought to regenerate man by reforming society?
(a)
True or False
By requiring literacy tests, Southern states deprived many blacks of their right to vote.
(a)
True or False
The first income tax unfairly burdened the poor.
(a)
True or False
The women’s suffrage movement began long before the progressives began to crusade for it.
(a)
True or False
President William Howard Taft initiated more antitrust suits than President Theodore Roosevelt.
(a)
True or False
The Meat Inspection Act seriously hampered private production and hurt sales of meat.
(a)
True or False
The Roosevelt Corollary was popular among Europeans and Latin Americans.
(a)
True or False
The muckrakers were yellow journalists whose primary interest was to boost sales.
(a)
True or False
Henry Ford became famous for inventing the automobile.
(a)
True or False
Theodore Roosevelt earned the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth.
(a)
True or False
Dollar diplomacy was a great success.
(a)
True or False
The Pure Food and Drug Act required honest labeling of products.
(a)
True or False
In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court supported segregation.
(a)
True or False
Under the Hepburn Act, railroads had little say in the rates they could charge.
(a)
True or False
The progressive movement opposed the growth of federal government.
(a)
True or False
The Progressive Era was a thriving time for American agriculture.
(a)
True or False
Theodore Roosevelt believed that the United States should take a more active role in other nations’ affairs.
(a)
