Worksheetsprogressive era quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
· Initiative
· Referendum
· Recall
· Direct Primary
· 17th Amendment
How did the reforms listed above impact America?
President Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts were influenced by a desire to—
protect natural resources for the future
increase revenues through land sales
reduce the role of the federal government
return tribal lands to Native American Indians
He believed that blacks would advance through vocational work
WEB Dubois
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Homer Plessy
Who exposed Rockefeller when they wrote "History of Standard Oil"?
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Supported prohibition and 18th Amendment?
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Women's Suffrage Movement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Women's rights organization
Wanted to end corruption and create equal rights. Also known as Bull Moose Party?
Progressive Party
Populist Party
Federal Reserve act
Democratic Party
(TEKS 15B) In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in --
working with labor unions to increase worker salaries
taking responsibility for the safety of consumers
setting limits on the growth of private industry
implementing social welfare programs
(TEKS 5B) Jane Addams MOST contributed to Progressivism by --
supporting the emerging philosophy of Social Darwinism
promoting social reform on American Indian reservations
forming the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
spreading the settlement house movement by founding Hull House
The number of factories using assembly lines decreased.
A progressive movement worked to stop the use of child labor.
A political movement worked to lower taxes for businesses.
The number of people joining labor unions decreased.
the creation of the Temperance Society
the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
the initiation of the Settlement House movement
the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
Limiting the power of major railroad companies
Creating alternative maritime shipping routes
Designating additional land as national parks
Reducing the influence of environmental lobbyists
People like Upton Sinclair were ___________________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.
Supporters of Political Machines
Nativists
Muckrakers
Industialists
Which US Amendment was started to collect income taxes from the general public?
16th
17th
18th
19th
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?
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
This Amendment called for the direct election of US Senators:
16th
17th
18th
19th
The Progressive Movement was characterized by
politically active farmers who were united by a platform to abandon the gold standard for currency
constant civil disobedience on the part of activists determined to secure equality for African Americans.
the belief that the United States should involve itself more actively in foreign affairs and become expansionist.
efforts to better American society through reform, expanded democracy, science, and government regulation.
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?
Malcom X
Booker T Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
W.E.B. DuBois
