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WorksheetsProgressive Era Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Match the following
To make changes to something in order to improve it.
Reform
Allows people to propose ideas for legislation.
Initiative
The process by which people vote directly on legislation.
Referendum
Allows voters to remove someone from office.
Recall
A journalist who attempted to expose problems with industrial society was called a (a) .
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
Which term means limiting the consumption of alcohol?
conservation
preservation
temperance
settlement
Match the following
Allowed the government to set rules for any business that goes over state lines.
Interstate Commerce Act
Gave the U.S. government the power to break up monopolies and trusts.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Created the nation's central banking system.
Federal Reserve Act
Placed limits on child labor.
Keating-Owen Act
Federal government jobs are awarded on the basis of merit and through passing exams.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Which act requires the USDA to inspect animals both before and after they are slaughtered and processed for human consumption?
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Food and Drug Administration
Keating-Owen Act
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act were focused on:
increasing workers' rights
protection of consumer health
ending corruption in government
increasing popular sovereignty
Match the following
16th Amendment
Progressive Income Tax
17th Amendment
Direct Election of Senators
18th Amendment
Prohibition of Alcohol
19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Which of the following established government supervision of parks & monuments?
National Park Service
Federal Reserve Act
18th Amendment
Suffrage Movement
These provided services for immigrants like childcare and English language classes.
tenements
factories
settlement houses
reservations
Which of the following were goals of the Populist Party?
Regulation of railroads
Maintain the gold standard
Directly elect senators
Create a graduated income tax
1st settlement house; founded by Jane Addams in Chicago.
White House
Hull House
Addam's House
Social House
The idea that Christians have a responsibility to help the less fortunate is the (a) .
Which social reformer helped organize the NAACP?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
(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) .
(a) was a major child labor activist. Her efforts led to the passage of the (b) .
Which court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine?
U.S. vs Nixon
Plessy vs Ferguson
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Marbury vs Madison
The (a) believed alcohol abuse was an underlying cause of society's problems and led to the passage of the 18th Amendment.
True of False? The 18th amendment led to an decrease in organized crime and corruption.
True
False
How did progressive reforms impact politics, economics, and society?
Gave people more voice in government
Increased regulation of big business
Led to the adoption of the gold standard
Helped improve health and safety standards
The African American leader who took a more passive approach to gaining racial equality was (a)
(a) was a social reformer who launched an anti-lynching campaign.
Which of the following were issues Theodore Roosevelt addressed as President?
Conservation
Lynching
Trust busting
Making the government more active
(a) was a political cartoonist who helped end the Tammany Hall political machine of New York City.
Which of the following people fought for women's suffrage, which led to the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Ida B. Wells
Carrie Nation
Mother Jones
Susan B. Anthony
Why was the Federal Reserve System created?
to break up monopolies and trusts
to stabilize the U.S. financial system
to address concerns with the meat-packing industry
to oversee the management of important environmental and historical sites
