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WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Booker T. Washington pushed African Americans to attend higher education
True.
False.
Who are muckrakers?
people who keep secrets.
workers who rake the leaves.
journalists, authors, and photographers who expose the truth to the public.
business owners who offer jobs to the poor.
Muckrakers name stuck as...
a badge of honor.
a badge of disrespect.
W.E.B. DuBois believed..
African Americans should attend higher education. (such as college)
industrial training would lead to lower jobs.
white and blacks could work together, but live separate lives.
we should fight against segregation.
Who wrote "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair.
Jacob Riis.
Ida Tarbell.
The Goverment.
The Meat Inspection Act...
ensured meat was processed under bad conditions.
required meat to be examined for human consumption.
banned meat.
banned meat from being inspected.
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
required businesses to NOT use oil
banned pure food and drugs.
allowed businesses to put bad product in our food.
required food to be labeled and approved by FDA
People used the (a) system- government officials give jobs to family/friends that are not necessarily qualified for the job.
Who are progressives?
people who didn't care about society.
passing from a higher to a lower level of organization retrogressive evolution.
reformers who wanted to fix the problem they saw in american society.
senators.
Tragedy that served as a CATALYST for changes in labor:
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
Labor Act.
Progressives.
Teddy Roosevelt disaster.
Laissez Faire is a policy of letting things take their own force without interfering.
False.
True.
When was the Civil Service Commission Act set up?
(required workers to take a test)
1883
1990
2007
1678
What did the 16th Amendment do?
a tax that affected the poor more than the rich.
direct election of senators.
banned alcohol.
authorized congress to collect taxes.
What did the 17th Amendment do?
direct election of senators.
women's rights.
banned alcohol.
collected taxes.
What did the 18th Amendment do?
gave women rights.
banned making, selling, and transporting of alcohol.
gave the government money to collect taxes.
What amendment repealed on the 18th.
19th
25th
21st
16th
What did the 19th Amendment do?
allowed transport of alcohol.
gave a job to citizens that were homeless.
let the people vote for the senators.
gave women rights.
What was Teddy Roosevelt often called?
Horse Hunter.
Bull Moose.
Republican.
Democrat.
Taft's presidency caused a (a) between the progressives.
Did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois have the same idea to respond to problems?
yes.
no.
