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WorksheetsThe Progressive Era
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following was a negative effect of mechanized farming during the late 1800s?
More difficult farming techniques
Enabled farmers to produce products more efficiently
Overproduction, which led to falling farming prices
Underproduction, which led to inflation
Read the statement below:
“Since transportation is a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the public interest.”
Which third party held beliefs most similar to those expressed by the quote?
Know Nothing Party
Greenback
Populist
Bull Mosse
This act prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route.
Interstate Highway Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Homestead Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act
writers who raked up the 'muck' or dirt of American life.
muckrakers
imperialists
progressives
idealists
one of the founders of the NAACP
MLK
W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
Considered a Progressive President who initiated the 'Square Deal'
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
William Jennings Bryan
gave women the right to suffrage
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
fought for women's suffrage along side Elizabeth Cady Santon, creating the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. Dubios
Susan B, Anthony
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Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.
-Abolish child labor
-Restrict working hours for mothers
-Enact public health programs
-Raise wages for workers
These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?
Civil Rights
isolationist
Social Gospel
temperance
In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?
Standing guard to protect big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Leading a government take-over of large industries
Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment
