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Progressive Era Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

To make changes to something in order to improve it.

1.

Reform

b)

Allows people to propose ideas for legislation.

2.

Initiative

c)

The process by which people vote directly on legislation.

3.

Referendum

d)

Allows voters to remove someone from office.

4.

Recall

2.

A journalist who attempted to expose problems with industrial society was called a (a)   .

Choose from the below words
trust buster
bootlegger
conservationist
muckraker
3.

Theodore Roosevelt believed in ​ (a)   , that we needed to use resources wisely by protecting important environmental sites. He believed the government should create an organization tasked with ​ (b)   , keeping important sites safe from damage or deterioration

Choose from the below words
conservation
preservation
temperance
laissez-faire
assimilation
suffrage
4.

Which term means limiting the consumption of alcohol?

a)

conservation

b)

preservation

c)

temperance

d)

settlement

5.

Match the following

a)

Allowed the government to set rules for any business that goes over state lines.

1.

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Gave the U.S. government the power to break up monopolies and trusts.

2.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Created the nation's central banking system.

3.

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Placed limits on child labor.

4.

Keating-Owen Act

e)

Federal government jobs are awarded on the basis of merit and through passing exams.

5.

Pendleton Civil Service Act

6.

Which act requires the USDA to inspect animals both before and after they are slaughtered and processed for human consumption?

a)

Meat Inspection Act

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

Food and Drug Administration

d)

Keating-Owen Act

7.

The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act were focused on:

a)

increasing workers' rights

b)

protection of consumer health

c)

ending corruption in government

d)

increasing popular sovereignty

8.

Match the following

a)

16th Amendment

1.

Progressive Income Tax

b)

17th Amendment

2.

Direct Election of Senators

c)

18th Amendment

3.

Prohibition of Alcohol

d)

19th Amendment

4.

Women's Suffrage

9.

Which of the following established government supervision of parks & monuments?

a)

National Park Service

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

18th Amendment

d)

Suffrage Movement

10.

These provided services for immigrants like childcare and English language classes.

a)

tenements

b)

factories

c)

settlement houses

d)

reservations

11.

Which of the following were goals of the Populist Party?

a)

Regulation of railroads

b)

Maintain the gold standard

c)

Directly elect senators

d)

Create a graduated income tax

12.

1st settlement house; founded by Jane Addams in Chicago.

a)

White House

b)

Hull House

c)

Addam's House

d)

Social House

13.

The idea that Christians have a responsibility to help the less fortunate is the ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
Manifest Destiny
Temperance
14.

Which social reformer helped organize the NAACP?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida B. Wells

15.

​ (a)   was a Muckraker who wrote The Jungle to expose problems in the meat-packing industry. This led to the passage of the ​ (b)   and the ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
Upton Sinclair
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
16th Amendment
Keating-Owen Act
19th Amendment
Federal Reserve System
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
18th Amendment
16.

​ (a)   was a major child labor activist. Her efforts led to the passage of the ​ (b)   .​

Choose from the below words
Mother Jones
Keating-Owens Act
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Nation
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
18th Amendment
17.

Which court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine?

a)

U.S. vs Nixon

b)

Plessy vs Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott vs Sanford

d)

Marbury vs Madison

18.

The ​ (a)   believed alcohol abuse was an underlying cause of society's problems and led to the passage of the 18th Amendment.

Choose from the below words
Temperance Movement
Suffrage Movement
Anti-Lynching Campaign
Social Gospel
19.

True of False? The 18th amendment led to an decrease in organized crime and corruption.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

How did progressive reforms impact politics, economics, and society?

a)

Gave people more voice in government

b)

Increased regulation of big business

c)

Led to the adoption of the gold standard

d)

Helped improve health and safety standards

21.

The African American leader who took a more passive approach to gaining racial equality was ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
22.

​ (a)   was a social reformer who launched an anti-lynching campaign.

Choose from the below words
Ida B. Wells
Susan B. Anthony
Mother Jones
Jane Addams
23.

Which of the following were issues Theodore Roosevelt addressed as President?

a)

Conservation

b)

Lynching

c)

Trust busting

d)

Making the government more active

24.

​ (a)   was a political cartoonist who helped end the Tammany Hall political machine of New York City.

Choose from the below words
Thomas Nast
William Tweed
Booker T. Washington
Upton Sinclair
25.

Which of the following people fought for women's suffrage, which led to the passage of the 19th Amendment?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Mother Jones

d)

Susan B. Anthony

26.

Why was the Federal Reserve System created?

a)

to break up monopolies and trusts

b)

to stabilize the U.S. financial system

c)

to address concerns with the meat-packing industry

d)

to oversee the management of important environmental and historical sites