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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 21mins
The Social Gospel suggested that Christians had a duty to....
address social issues and help the poor
All of the following gave citizens more power in the democratic process EXCEPT...
Initiative
Reuse
Referendum
Recall
Susan B Anthony was integral to getting which constitutional amendment passed?
19th
18th
14th
15th
Which year was the amendment that allowed women's suffrage passed?
1922
1918
1920
1898
What was the term for journalists who were trying to expose social, business and political issues in the US?
Dirt Diggers
Muckrakers
Swifties
Mud Slingers
The "grange" movement allowed which occupation to work together more efficiently?
Farmers
Doctors
Lawyers
Fish Mongers
Which group widely supported the Populist movement?
Lawyers
College Professors
Farmers
Professional Wrestlers
What did both progressives and populists agree on?
The people should control the government
The government should be run by the elites
The government was a waste of time
The government should be shut down
Who created the National Parks Service?
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew "Macho" Camacho
Which president set aside land that would eventually be used for the National Parks Service?
C. Montgomery Burns
Teddy Roosevelt
Which two acts were put into place in order to help competition in business?
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Monroe Doctrine
The Clayton Antitrust Act
The Townshend Acts
Who founded the NAACP?
Booker T Washington
W. E. B. Du Bois
Malcom X
Martin Luther King
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the work place in the Progressive Era?
Long Hours
Safety Issues
Generous Pay
Discrimination
Which of the following countries were NOT imperialized by the US?
Puerto Rico
Samoa
Hawaii
New Zealand
Which act created our central banking system?
19th Amendment
The Federal Reserve Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Gimmie Money Act
Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" helped to bring attention to which industry?
Meat Production
Steel Production
Coal Production
PS5 Production
President Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy is most closely associated with...
Southern Europe
The Pacific Rim
Latin America
Canada
Jane Addams and the Settlement House in Chicago was created to help...
Business Owners
Immigrants
Government Officials
The Bears
Americans sided with Cuba over Spain for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...
The Spanish military was brutal towards the Cubans
The sinking of the Maine
The Cuban embrace of Communism
The Spanish calling President McKinley weak
Why was the Panama Canal built?
To create faster sea travel between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean
To create faster sea travel between the Atlantic and Indian ocean
To create faster sea travel between the Red Sea and the Black Sea
To create faster sea travel between the East Coast and the West Coast for trains
The foreign policy that allowed the US to begin trading with China was known as...
The Side Door policy
The Open Door policy
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy stated that the US...
Had a right to defend its interests overseas
Had a right to Native American land
Had a right to English Colonies
Had to fight for their right to party
What was the economic impact that Teddy Roosevelt hoped that the Panama Canal would have for the US?
Tourism would increase
Travel would increase
The speed of trade would increase
Foreign competition would decrease
What was the goal of the Progressive Movement?
To make the US more militaristic
To fix social injustice
To move the US away from Democracy
To figure out Colonel Sanders 13 herbs and spices
What was the goal of the Pendleton Act
to give women the right to vote
to end child labor
To end monopolies
To end the Spoils System
Teddy Roosevelt was a leader in which cavalry unit in the Spanish American War?
The Rough Riders
The Buffalo Soldiers
The Teddy Bears
The 101st Airborne
Which event caused the US to enter the Spanish American War?
The sinking of the Maine
The sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of Old Ironsides
The sinking of the Black Pearl
What is the term that refers to biased and sensationalized news reporting?
Social Media
News Media
Yellow Journalism
Cable News
Which family was key in the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands?
The Bush Family
The Dole Family
The Roosevelt Family
The Addams Family
Guam, Samoa and Hawaii all served what military purpose?
They were important refueling stations
They were training centers
They developed important technology
They were more commercial than militaristic
Which president won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end the Chinese-Russo conflict?
Woodrow Wilson
Howard Taft
Bill Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
Puerto Rico became a US territory at the end of which war?
The Spanish American War
The Civil War
World War One
World War Two
Select all of the applicable locations that the US gained power in during the Imperialism Era surrounding the Spanish American War.
Which doctor discovered the yellow fever was tied to mosquito bites?
Woodrow Wilson
Dr. Phil
William Gorgas
Walter Reed
Which naval leader said that we needed to have a powerful navy and dominate international trade to be a successful country?
Captain Crunch
Moorefield Story
Alfred Mahan
Teddy Roosevelt
The (a) was the first organized women's rights convention in US history.
This president served one term and tried to continue the policies of president Roosevelt.
Taft
Grant
McKinley
Trump
What did the Pendleton Act do?
Tried to stop the use of the Spoils System for government jobs
Tried to stop the building of the Panama Canal
Tried to ensure the safety of Native Americans
Tried to stop child labor
What is the Federal Reserve?
A reserve of farmland
The US Banking System
A reserve of ammunition
A reserve of oil for the US
