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Progressive Era Assessment

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
a)
15th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
2.
Prohibition began with the 
a)
15th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
3.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
4.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
5.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
6.
I created the modern banking system by the establishment of the federal reserve system.
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Wilson 
c)
Taft
7.
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
a)
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
b)
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
c)
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
d)
T Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
8.
Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
9.

What did the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) do?

a)

it banned segregation in public schools

b)

it legalized public segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine

c)

it banned segregation in public transportation

d)

it delegated the issue of segregation to the states

10.

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

11.

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

12.

Famer's Political Party

a)

A.I.M.

b)

Populists

c)

Chicanos

d)

Famer's Unite

13.

Organization founded by WEB Dubois

a)

NAACP

b)

NCAPP

c)

AANP

d)

CAPP

14.

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

15.

Reforming means

a)

Changing something for the better

b)

Controlling something

c)

Buying something

d)

Approving Something

16.

Suffrage is -

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to suffer

c)

the right to live

d)

the right to speak

17.

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

a)

Standing guard to protect big business

b)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Leading a government take-over of large industries

d)

Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

18.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

19.

What do you call a change to the Constitution?

a)

amendment

b)

introduction

c)

preamble

d)

articles

20.

During the Progressive Era more American achieved individual rights

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which goal was shared by both the Populists and the Progressives?

a)

the free coinage of silver

b)

expansion of opportunities for immigrants

c)

greater control of the government by the people

d)

equality for African Americans

22.

“Today three-fourths of the people in New York City live in tenements, in the 19th century drift of the population to the cities is sending ever-increasing multitudes to crowd them.  The fifteen thousand tenant houses that were the despair of the sanitarium in the past generation have swelled into thirty seven thousand, and more than twelve hundred thousand persons call them home.”

-Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives, 1890

The main idea of this excerpt from Jacob Riis’ book is that-

a)

Cities are unable to handle the flow of new arrivals

b)

The treatment of African Americans remains almost as bad as under slavery

c)

Farmers can find a higher living standard if they leave the farm and move to the city

d)

Certain laws are needed to protect consumers from deceptive practices

23.

What is another name for trust?

a)

Belief

b)

Banking

c)

Anti-Trust

d)

Monopoly

24.

What did the Temperance Movement believe was contributing to the moral decline of the United States?

a)

Drugs

b)

Alcohol

c)

Relgion

d)

All of the above

25.

What did the Temperance Movement lead to?

a)

Prohibition of alcohol

b)

World War II

c)

Extreme riots and protests

d)

Increased consumption of alcohol

26.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

27.

This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Garrett v. NFL

28.

Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Lynching

29.

Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a

a)

Poll tax

b)

Lynching

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Grandfather clause

30.

This civil rights leader thought that Black Americans should accept racism and embrace a long term fight for equality

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

31.

Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?

a)

Eastern Shore

b)

South

c)

North

32.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans

33.

By 1910 where did the majority of African-Americans live?

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The East

d)

The West

34.

It was hard for black people to find jobs in the south because of __________, which made segregation legal.

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

Slave laws

c)

Segregational Act of 1900

d)

Civil Rights

35.

What area of New York did many African Americans move to? It became known for artistic, poetic, intellectual and musical creativity.

a)

The Bronx

b)

Harlem

c)

Staten Island

d)

Queens

36.
Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?
a)
The climate was better.
b)
There were more jobs.
c)
The housing was free.
d)
There were fewer taxes.
37.

True or False: The Great Migration had a huge impact on the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

True

b)

False