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Progressive Unit Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Famer's Political Party

a)

A.I.M.

b)

Populists

c)

Chicanos

d)

Famer's Unite

2.

Plessy v. Ferguson ruling

a)

Integration of public schools

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Separate is Unequal

d)

Separate But Equal

3.

Plessy v. Ferguson created a legal justification for

a)

Integration of Schools

b)

Child Labor Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

4.

He believed that blacks would advance through vocational work

a)

WEB Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Homer Plessy

5.

Organization founded by WEB Dubois

a)

NAACP

b)

NCAPP

c)

AANP

d)

CAPP

6.

Which groups were most influential in passing the Pure Food & Drug Act?

a)

Southern farmers and clergy members

b)

Factory owners and bankers

c)

Muckrakers and women's organizations

d)

College students and immigrants

7.

This means the careful use and protection of natural resources.

a)

Conservation

b)

Preservation

c)

Deforestation

8.

(TEKS 15B) In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in --

a)

working with labor unions to increase worker salaries

b)

taking responsibility for the safety of consumers

c)

setting limits on the growth of private industry

d)

implementing social welfare programs

9.

(TEKS 5B) Jane Addams MOST contributed to Progressivism by -- 

a)

supporting the emerging philosophy of Social Darwinism

b)

promoting social reform on American Indian reservations

c)

forming the Women’s Christian Temperance Union

d)

spreading the settlement house movement by founding Hull House

10.

Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

11.

Amendment that ended slavery

(a)  

12.

Amendment that gave blacks citizenship and equal rights

(a)  

13.

Amendment that gave blacks suffrage

(a)  

14.

Amendment gave women the right to vote

(a)  

15.

Amendment that created a graduated income tax

(a)  

16.

Amendment that allowed the direct election of senators

(a)  

17.

Which one of two laws did the federal government do in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

Interstate Commerce Act

d)

Indian Removal Act

18.

A goal of the Progressives during the Progressive Era was to.

a)

end child labor

b)

end political corruption

c)

expand direct democracy

d)

all of the above

19.

W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?

a)

he wrote How the Other Half Lives?

b)

he helped found the NAACP

c)

he called for African Americans to obtain job training

d)

he mostly lectured in college about race issues

20.

Before 1913, the selection of U.S. senators was not cohesive (of many ways). What was the solution?

a)

Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1964

b)

Congress passed the 15th amendment

c)

Congress passed the 17th amendment

d)

The Supreme Court ruled that states can define their own election laws.

21.

Thinking of the herb legalization example used in class, how does an initiative election work?

a)

It allows voters to decide if a bill (proposal) becomes a law.

b)

It allows voters to removed an elected official from office

c)

It allows voters to decide how much to pay in income taxes.

d)

It allows voters to propose a bill for public consideration.

22.

What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in conservation?

a)

He influenced the creation of the National Parks System

b)

He called on Americans to stop consuming oil

c)

He signed a law banning the use of fossil fuels.

d)

He advocated for conservative values.

23.

What was the Pendleton Act?

a)

it established consistent traffic signs across the country

b)

it legalized the spoils system

c)

it delegated the power of nominating candidates to the staets

d)

it established a merit system by examination for potential office holders

24.

The Gilded Age (1880s-1900s) featured the growing power of big business and their monopolization of industries. Such economic power prevented competition and manipulated consumer prices. What did Congress do as a response?

a)

Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Congress passed laws protecting monopolies

d)

Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act

25.

This muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of the streets of New York City caused by widespread homelessness and poverty of newcomers.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Jacob Riis

26.

How does a referendum election work?

a)

It allows voters to decide if a bill becomes a law.

b)

It allows Congress to decide if a bil becomes a law

c)

It allows voters to propose bills.

d)

It allows voters to remove an elected official from office.

27.

How does a recall election work?

a)

It allows voters to decide if a bill becomes a law.

b)

It allows Congress to decide if a bil becomes a law

c)

It allows voters to propose bills.

d)

It allows voters to remove an elected official from office.

28.

What did the 17th amendment do?

a)

It allowed for the direct election of senators.

b)

It banned the sale of alcohol.

c)

It allowed women's suffrage

d)

It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

29.

What did the 18th amendment do?

a)

It allowed for the direct election of senators.

b)

It banned the sale of alcohol.

c)

It allowed women's suffrage

d)

It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

30.

What did the 19th amendment do?

a)

It allowed for the direct election of senators.

b)

It banned the sale of alcohol.

c)

It allowed women's suffrage

d)

It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote