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Worksheets🟪Quizizz | 🎥The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 17mins
What was the Progressive Era known for?
C. Creating a mass consumption society
B. Solving social problems through individual and group action
D. Advocating for government by experts
A. Bombing the means of production
What was the main concern of Progressives in the social problems of industrial capitalist society?
B. Concentration of wealth
A. Exploitation of labor
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
What was the purpose of muckraking in the Progressive Era?
A. To promote industrial capitalism
B. To expose industrial and political abuse
D. None of the above
C. To advocate for socialism
Who wrote The Jungle, a book that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906?
C. Lewis Hine
D. Henry Ford
B. Upton Sinclair
A. Mark Twain
What did Lewis Hine's photographs help bring about?
A. Laws that limited child labor
D. None of the above
C. Laws that reduced wages
B. Laws that increased working hours
What was the main reason for Henry Ford to pay his workers better?
A. To increase worker productivity
D. None of the above
B. To afford the Model Ts they were making
C. To reduce the price of Model T cars
What was the main goal of the International Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies?
D. None of the above
C. To increase government control
A. To advocate for socialism
B. To promote industrial capitalism
What did Simon W. Patten prophesize about industrialization?
C. It would result in a dangerous unequal distribution of wealth
A. It would bring about a new civilization where everyone would benefit from abundance
D. None of the above
B. It would lead to economic progress and wealth distribution
What did the birth of a mass consumption society lead to, according to Eric Foner?
C. A new understanding of freedom as access to government solutions
B. A new understanding of freedom as access to leisure time
A. A new understanding of freedom as access to goods made available by modern capitalism
D. None of the above
What did Walter Lippman argue for in his 1914 book Drift and Mastery?
B. Applying traditional methods to solve social problems
C. Applying political solutions to solve social problems
D. None of the above
A. Applying modern scientific expertise to solve social problems
What did the 17th amendment allow for?
D. None of the above
A. Direct election of senators by the people
B. Indirect election of senators by state legislatures
C. Appointment of senators by the president
What did the Jim Crow laws do in the Southern states?
A. Legalized segregation
C. Abolished racial discrimination
D. None of the above
B. Enfranchised African Americans
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896?
D. None of the above
C. Segregation in public accommodations was unconstitutional
B. Segregation in public accommodations did not violate the 14th amendment's Equal Protection clause
A. Segregation in public accommodations violated the 14th amendment's Equal Protection clause
What was the main purpose of voter registration and literacy tests in the Southern states?
D. None of the above
C. Both A and B
B. To suppress voting generally
A. To limit fraud and the power of political machines
What was the main goal of the Socialist Party during the Progressive Era?
D. None of the above
C. To promote industrial capitalism
B. To advocate for socialism
A. To advocate for government by experts
