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CH 18 Progressive Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Women’s Suffrage

c)

Muckraker Movement

d)

Temperance Movement

2.

An important Progressive reformer who became President of the US. He helped pass through many progressive reforms.

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Woodrow Wilson

3.

Gives voters the power to remove elected officials.

a)

recall

b)

referendum

c)

initiative

d)

tar & feather

4.

Wilson supported the _____, allowing the government to supervise the banking system and indirectly _____ for the entire nation.

a)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC); regulate unfair trade practices

b)

Federal Reserve System; control interest rates

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act; regulate income levels

d)

Underwood Tariff; control monetary flow

5.

His electric light bulb allowed people to work after sunset.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Thomas Hobbes

6.

Author of the Jungle, a book that exposed the bad conditions in the meatpacking industry:

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

7.

Founded the Hull House to assist new immigrants in Chicago:

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Jerry Lee Lewis

8.

A belief that only the smartest and strongest in society survive.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Social Gospel

c)

muckraking

d)

Progressivism

9.

What was the significance of Teddy Roosevelt’s Conservation Movement?

a)

Preserve millions of acres of wilderness land such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park

b)

Decrease in taxes, increase in military spending, decrease in social programs

c)

Developed federal laws restricting immigrants from communist and socialist countries, Western Europe

d)

Creates the Environmental Protection Agency, conducts environmental research, and to assists state and local governments in the clean-up of polluted sites

10.

Wilson's program to destroy monopolies and limit government power was called _______

a)

New Freedom

b)

New Nationalism

c)

Power Destruction Initiative (PDI)

d)

A Return to Normal Nationalism

11.

Wilson signed the _____ in 1913 that reduced tariffs and provided for levying an _____ on earnings of individuals.

a)

Underwood Tariff Act; income tax

b)

Tariff Elimination Act; anti-trust law

c)

Wilson Tariff Act; uplifting raise

d)

Progressive Tariff Reform; unfair trade practice protection

12.

Amendment gave women the right to vote

(a)  

13.

He was perhaps the first President to side with a union during a strike:

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

14.

An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that said the US would “police” Latin America & a warning to European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere:

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Nationalism

c)

Imperial Warning

15.

Muckrakers like Ida Tarbell hoped to

a)

oversee the Tennessee Valley Authority

b)

stop ratification of the 18th Amendment

c)

expose abuses in business and corruption in politics

d)

improved methods of mass production

16.

What was the purpose of the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Provided education, medical care, pension, and mortgage loans for military veterans

b)

A political group that fought for the full social and economic equality for African Americans

c)

Journalist who brought attention to the social and political problems of the early 1900’s

d)

A labor union, designed to convince employers to give workers shorter workdays and better working conditions.

17.

Allows people to put laws directly on the ballot by collecting signatures on petitions.

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

recall

d)

Galveston plan

18.

Examples of Progressivism in the federal government include laws passed to _____ and _____.

a)

protect workers; regulate business

b)

encourage child labor; progress business interests

c)

regulate income; solve poverty

d)

end racial discrimination; encourage religious acceptance

19.

What does the power of referendum give voters the right to do?

a)

select a candidate to run in the general election

b)

to propose a law by getting signatures on a petition

c)

remove elected officials from public office

d)

to approve or reject a law (especially one that imposes taxes)

20.

Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

a)

Rakers of muck

b)

muckrakers

c)

raking up the muck writers

d)

journalist

21.

What did the 16th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax people's income

b)

Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

c)

Allowed the government the right to vote

d)

Allowed people the right to vote

22.

What did the 17th Amendment do?

a)

Allowed the government to tax their income

b)

Allowed people to vote

c)

Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

d)

Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

23.

Progressives tended to be __ (select all that apply).

a)

white

b)

middle-class

c)

women

d)

educated

24.

__________ were journalists who exposed the "hidden" problems of Gilded Age society.

a)

Yellow journalists

b)

muckrackers

c)

Investigative journalists

d)

Jingoism

25.

Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?

a)

Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.

b)

The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.

c)

Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.

d)

States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.

26.

Between 1890 and 1910, the United States most strongly pursued a foreign policy promoting

a)

isolationism in world affairs

b)

close military alliances with Great Britain and France

c)

a sphere of influence in Africa

d)

commercial involvement in both Latin America and eastern Asia

e)

a campaign to slow the spread of socialism in eastern Europe

27.
Who was the American President during WWI? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Teddy 
28.

What was the Square Deal?

a)

TAFT's promise to favor laborers in different trade agreements and to attack corporations

b)

Roosevelt's promise to the American people to to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism

c)

Wilson's program of American conservation that promised to conserve America's wilderness

d)

Roosevelt's agreement with foreign countries that he would prevent countries in the Eastern Hemisphere from getting involved in their affairs

29.

Which of the following best explains what happened in the election of 1912?

a)

It is rare for an American political party to retain control of the executive branch for three consecutive terms. The American people wanted change and voted in a new political party.

b)

William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson both ran for president as Democrats and split the Democratic vote, allowing for a third party candidate to be elected president for the first time in American history

c)

William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, a former Republican, split the "Republican" vote, allowing for the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, to be elected president

d)

Eugene V. Debs was elected president as Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt all split the Republican vote

30.

My foreign policy was the Dollar Diplomacy

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Roosevelt

31.

My foreign policy was Big Stick diplomacy

a)

Taft

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

32.

I passed the Meat Inspection Act

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Roosevelt

33.

I passed the Clayton Anti trust to strengthen the Sherman anit trust act

a)

Taft

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

34.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

35.

What do reforms like initiatives, referendums, and recalls attempt to do?

a)

give the people more power over the government

b)

limit citizenship rights like voting

c)

provide low interest loans to farmers

d)

establish a system of checks and balances

36.

Suffrage is -

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to suffer

c)

the right to live

d)

the right to speak

37.

Conservation is-

a)

when a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

b)

using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change

c)

protection of natural resources

d)

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

38.

Reforming means

a)

Changing something for the better

b)

Controlling something

c)

Buying something

d)

Approving Something

39.

What do you call a change to the Constitution?

a)

amendment

b)

introduction

c)

preamble

d)

articles

40.

Which amendment is most closely connected to the Temperance Movement?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

41.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
42.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
43.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
44.
Where was Ellis Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
45.
What became a model for the manufacturing of American cars and consumer products?
a)
The assembly line
b)
Slavery
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Tenant Farming
46.
Ford's best selling car was called the ______________.
a)
Model A
b)
The Buggy
c)
Black Magic
d)
Model T
47.

Third party that believes in Democratic government, but believes that the government should provide free healthcare and college tuition.

a)

Communist

b)

Green

c)

Socialist

d)

Libertarian

48.

Who pioneered the assembly line?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Cyrus Field

49.

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-

a)

Political Bosses

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Political Machines

d)

Farmers

50.

A refusal to work (most successful method)

a)

strikes

b)

lockouts

c)

collective bargaining

d)

black lists

51.

Negotiations between representatives of labor and management to reach an agreement.

a)

black lists

b)

collective bargaining

c)

lockouts

d)

strikes

52.

Formed to improve working conditions

a)

unions

b)

lunch clubs

c)

specialization

d)

riots

53.
a labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905 which included African Americans
a)
the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
b)
The Great Strike of 1877
c)
The Haymarket Affair
d)
The Homestead Strike
54.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was most closely tied with:

a)

abolition

b)

feminism

c)

conservation

d)

immigration

55.

The figurehead of the birth control movement and MOST known for her work was:

a)

Margaret Sanger

b)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

56.
Who benefited the most from Jane Addams?
a)
Battered women.
b)
Poor Immigrants.
c)
Business Owners.
d)
Homeless toddlers.
57.

Helped found the Society of American Indians

a)

Dr. Carlos Montezuma

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Ida B. Wells