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Progressive Era Quiz 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

a)

Progressives

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Sensationalists

d)

Investigative reporters

2.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

3.

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

a)

Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William McKinley

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

4.

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

a)

because of the negative impact of industrialization

b)

because of the negative impact of the civil war

c)

because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

d)

because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

5.

People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

a)

Right to vote for 18 year olds

b)

Right to vote for African Americans

c)

Right to vote for women

d)

Right to vote for those in prison

6.

What was the name of the political machine in NYC in the 1800s?

a)

Rockefeller Hall

b)

Carnegie Hall

c)

Ordway Hall

d)

Tammany Hall

7.

Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?

a)

African American suffrage

b)

Immigrant rights

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Prohibition

8.

This act prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route.

a)

Interstate Highway Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Sherman Anti Trust Act

9.

one of the founders of the NAACP

a)

MLK

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Ida B. Wells

10.

Considered a Progressive President who initiated the 'Square Deal'

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

William Jennings Bryan

11.

fought for women's suffrage along side Elizabeth Cady Santon, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B. Dubios

d)

Susan B, Anthony

12.
Progressive Era reformers tried to reduce the gap in wealth between the rich and the poor by
a)
creating the Federal Reserve System
b)
giving voters the power of referendum and recall
c)
implementing a graduated income tax
d)
establishing the Federal Trade Commission
13.
Primaries, the secret ballot, and the use of referendum and recall were efforts made during the Progressive Era to
a)
preserve the power of political machines
b)
provide equal political rights for Native American Indians
c)
protect States rights against federal power
d)
increase citizen participation in government
14.
Which book is associated with this photo?
a)
The Octopus by Frank Norris
b)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
c)
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens