WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 21mins
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
What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?
living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York
working conditions of a textile mill
food production of a meatpacking plant
medical care of soldiers in WWI
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States following the Civil War.
poll tax
Black codes
Jim Crow laws
literacy tests
Which term is associated with Jane Addams?
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
Hull House
NAACP
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
17th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
He founded the AFL (American Federation of Labor).
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
JP Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Who made their fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil?
Samuel Gompers
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Choose the 3 that have to do with American imperialism prior to WWI
Spanish American War
Annexation of Hawaii
Panama Canal
Takeover of Korea
Between the years 1880 and 1910 what changed about immigration to the United States?
The largest senders of immigrants shifted to southern and eastern Europe.
The largest senderes of immigrants were from Protestant nations.
The largest senders of immigrants were from western Europe
The total number of immigrants dropped.
The Supreme Court case determined that segregation legal, leading to an increase in Jim Crow Laws
Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
What was a side effect of the massacre of the American Bison seen in the image here?
The Indians who relied on the bison were forced to leave
The number of immigrants to the west decreased
There was less room for farming in the frontier
People began the Environmental Protection Agency
allowed farmers to block cattle drives and Indian raiders from their newly established farms.
white picket fences
railroads
barbed wire
bonus army
Made his fortune with steel production
Carnegie
Gompers
Rockefeller
Morgan
Which group of immigrants entered through Angel Island?
Which group of immigrants came through Ellis Island?
How did Hayes' election in 1876 help bring Reconstruction to an end?
Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation.
Federal troops were removed from the south.
The Freedmen's Bureau took on a larger role in Southern states.
Ex-slaves secured full political and civil rights.
What happened to the United States after the Spanish-American War?
The United States joined forces with Cuba and controlled all of the island countries in the Caribbean.
The United States began a war with Mexico.
The United States became a world power.
The United States began a war with Canada.
Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the sudden explosion of the _____________ off of the coast of Cuba led Americans to believe that Spain was to blame
USS Alabama
to slow down trade
Which of the following was a goal of women's suffrage movements during the Progressive Era?
To reduce women's participation in the workforce
To promote traditional gender roles
To achieve the right to vote for women
To oppose all forms of social reform
