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progressive era quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the purpose of Muckrakers?
a)
Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
b)
Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
c)
Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
d)
Writers who wrote patriotic short stories
2.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
3.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
4.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
5.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
6.
Wrote about lynchings in the South to bring attention to the crime.
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Francis WIllard
d)
Ida B Wells
7.
Key Reforms of the Progressive Era
·  Initiative
·  Referendum
·  Recall
·  Direct Primary
·  17th Amendment

 
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
a)
A system of separate schools for new immigrants
b)
They gave citizens a greater voice in the democratic process of government
c)
More sources of revenue and taxes in state governments.
d)
They successfully brought economic relief to the urban working class
8.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
9.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
a)
lynching was a federal crime.
b)
school segregation was unconstitutional.
c)
voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
d)
racial segregation in public facilities was legal.
10.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts were influenced by a desire to—

a)

protect natural resources for the future

b)

increase revenues through land sales

c)

reduce the role of the federal government

d)

return tribal lands to Native American Indians

11.

He believed that blacks would advance through vocational work

a)

WEB Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Homer Plessy

12.

Who exposed Rockefeller when they wrote "History of Standard Oil"?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

13.

Supported prohibition and 18th Amendment?

a)

Women's Christian Temperance Union

b)

Women's Suffrage Movement

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

Women's rights organization

14.

Wanted to end corruption and create equal rights. Also known as Bull Moose Party?

a)

Progressive Party

b)

Populist Party

c)

Federal Reserve act

d)

Democratic Party

15.

(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

16.

(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

17.
a)

The number of factories using assembly lines decreased.

b)

A progressive movement worked to stop the use of child labor.

c)

A political movement worked to lower taxes for businesses.

d)

The number of people joining labor unions decreased.

18.
a)

the creation of the Temperance Society

b)

the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment

c)

the initiation of the Settlement House movement

d)

the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

19.
a)

Limiting the power of major railroad companies

b)

Creating alternative maritime shipping routes

c)

Designating additional land as national parks

d)

Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists

20.

People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

Supporters of Political Machines

b)

Nativists

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Industialists

21.

Which US Amendment was started to collect income taxes from the general public?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

22.

He was the first Progressive President of the United States. He also advocated a “Square Deal” for Americans. He switched parties and ran for President as a 3rd party Bull Moose candidate. Who was this man?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William McKinley

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

23.

This Amendment called for the direct election of US Senators:

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

24.

The Progressive Movement was characterized by

a)

politically active farmers who were united by a platform to abandon the gold standard for currency

b)

constant civil disobedience on the part of activists determined to secure equality for African Americans.

c)

the belief that the United States should involve itself more actively in foreign affairs and become expansionist.

d)

efforts to better American society through reform, expanded democracy, science, and government regulation.

25.

This African American reformer was among the first prominent African Americans to advocate for equality by obtaining a college degree and was influential in the creation of the NAACP. Who is he?

a)

Malcom X

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

W.E.B. DuBois