NEW
Font size
WorksheetsProgressive Era Quiz 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:
Progressives
Muckrakers
Sensationalists
Investigative reporters
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
because the American people were disillusioned by WWI
People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?
Right to vote for 18 year olds
Right to vote for African Americans
Right to vote for women
Right to vote for those in prison
What was the name of the political machine in NYC in the 1800s?
Rockefeller Hall
Carnegie Hall
Ordway Hall
Tammany Hall
Women like Alice Paul participated in which movement?
African American suffrage
Immigrant rights
Women's suffrage
Prohibition
This act prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route.
Interstate Highway Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Homestead Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act
one of the founders of the NAACP
MLK
W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
Considered a Progressive President who initiated the 'Square Deal'
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
William Jennings Bryan
fought for women's suffrage along side Elizabeth Cady Santon, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Dubios
Susan B, Anthony
