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WorksheetsProgressive Era Quiz
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What time period does the Progressive Era cover?
1850s to 1880s
1890s to 1920s
1920s to 1950s
1950s to 1980s
What was one of the main focuses of the Progressive Movement?
To expand the territory of the United States
To bring social and political reform to the cities
To increase military power
To promote agricultural development
What was the Social Gospel movement?
A movement to promote industrialization
A movement within the Protestant Christian church to solve social problems
A movement to expand the U.S. territory
A movement to increase military power
What did Social Gospel and reformers feel was needed to change culture and address problems?
More military power
New laws
More agricultural development
Expansion of territory
Who established the Hull House in Chicago?
Jacob Riis
Jane Addams
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
What was the focus of the Settlement Houses established by Jane Addams?
Helping the urban poor
Promoting industrialization
Expanding U.S. territory
Increasing military power
What book did Jacob Riis write to expose problems in urban areas?
"The Jungle"
"How the Other Half Lives"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Silent Spring"
By the end of the 19th century, what issues did reformers bring attention to?
Military power and expansion
Poor sanitation, crime, slums, and political corruption
Agricultural development
Industrialization
What did political machines in urban areas promise in return for votes?
Military protection
Favors
Agricultural land
Industrial jobs
At which level did the progressive movement start and why?
Federal level because it was a top-down approach.
State level because it was a grassroots movement.
Municipal level because it was a grassroots movement.
Federal level because it was a grassroots movement.
What was the main focus of municipal reforms during the progressive era?
Increasing taxes on businesses.
Ending corruption and making city governments more efficient.
Building more public parks.
Reducing the number of city officials.
Who was elected governor of Wisconsin in 1901 and what approach did he take?
Robert La Follette; reformed the state government.
Theodore Roosevelt; increased federal oversight.
Woodrow Wilson; focused on international relations.
William Taft; reduced state taxes.
What was the purpose of the Wisconsin Idea?
To increase state taxes.
To bring in experts to develop policy for reform.
To reduce the number of state officials.
To focus on international trade.
Which of the following was NOT a success of the progressive reforms?
Lowered railroad rates.
Raised railroad taxes.
Improved education.
Reduced workers' compensation laws.
What is a direct primary?
A process where party bosses choose the candidates for an election.
A process where the people choose the candidates for an election.
A process where the president chooses the candidates for an election.
A process where the state legislature chooses the candidates for an election.
What is the purpose of a secret ballot?
To allow voting in the open without privacy.
To allow voters to cast their ballots without facing intimidation.
To allow party bosses to see who voted for whom.
To allow the government to control the election results.
What does a referendum allow the people to do?
To propose laws by petition.
To vote on the proposed law or to put a law passed by the legislature to a vote by the citizens.
To recall an elected official from office.
To choose the candidates for an election.
What is a recall election?
An election where the president is chosen.
An election where voters can call for the removal of an elected official from office before the term is over.
An election where party bosses choose the candidates.
An election where the state legislature chooses the candidates.
Which constitutional amendment established the income tax to raise money for the government?
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
What year was the 17th Amendment, which provided for the direct election of senators by popular vote, ratified?
1913
1919
1920
1900
Which amendment established prohibition by prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages?
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
What did the 19th Amendment achieve?
Established the income tax
Provided for the direct election of senators
Established prohibition
Gave women the right to vote
Who started the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frances Willard
Alice Paul
What was the main goal of the Temperance Movement?
Promote the direct election of senators
Promote moderation in drinking alcohol
Establish the income tax
Give women the right to vote
What did the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) aim to curb?
The abuses of alcohol and bring about women's suffrage
The direct election of senators
The establishment of income tax
The prohibition of alcoholic beverages
What was the ultimate decision of the Temperance Movement regarding alcohol?
Promote moderation in drinking alcohol
Establish a total ban on alcohol
Allow the manufacture of alcohol
Reduce the tariff rates
What did women reformers who pushed for suffrage become known as?
Temperance advocates
Prohibitionists
Suffragettes
Progressive reformers
Who was an early pioneer in the suffrage movement?
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
President Wilson
Keating-Owen
What did the 19th Amendment achieve?
Abolished slavery
Granted citizenship to those born in the U.S.
Prohibited discrimination in voting
Gave women the right to vote
What was the result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
Increased child labor
Improved working conditions and safety codes
Decreased public outrage
Reduced women's working hours
What did the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 make illegal?
Child labor in factories
Transporting goods made with child labor across state lines
Working women receiving less pay than men
Unsafe working conditions
What was one of the outcomes of the focus on education by progressives in the early 20th century?
Decreased school attendance
Increased child labor
Improved literacy rates
Reduced public education
Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment grants citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment prohibits discrimination in voting based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
What is disenfranchisement?
The practice of separating African Americans from whites in every part of society
The deliberate attempt to deny African Americans the right to vote
The belief in education, self-reliance, and practical skills for African Americans
The Supreme Court ruling that made segregation legal
Which of the following is an example of disenfranchisement?
Literacy Tests
Separate but Equal principle
Founding the Tuskegee Institute
Organizing elevator operators in New York
What did the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court ruling establish?
The end of segregation in public schools
The right for African Americans to vote
The 'Separate but Equal' principle
The foundation of the NAACP
Who believed in education, self-reliance, and practical skills as a way for African Americans to succeed?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Ida Wells
What was W.E.B. Du Bois's view on racial equality?
He believed in patience and vocational skills
He wanted racial equality right away
He focused on women's rights and civil rights
He encouraged a return to Africa
Who was a crusader for women's rights and civil rights for African Americans, especially against lynching?
A Phillip Randolph
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Ida Wells
What was Marcus Garvey's belief regarding African Americans?
They should demand equality immediately
They should focus on vocational skills
They should return to Africa
They should integrate into U.S. society
Who was the 26th President of the United States known for trust busting and conservation efforts in his domestic policies?
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which of the following was NOT a step taken by Progressive Era Presidents to curb the power of big business?
Trusts were broken up
New laws were passed to regulate big business
The banking industry was regulated sufficiently
The banking industry was regulated (NOT ENOUGH)
What was the slogan for Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential administration and re-election campaign?
New Deal
Fair Deal
Square Deal
Great Society
Which act involved the breaking up of bad trusts by suing them in court?
The Coal Strike
Trustbusting
Northern Securities
The New Deal
What was the outcome of the Northern Securities case in 1902?
The trust was allowed to continue operating
The Supreme Court agreed that the trust should be broken up
The trust was nationalized
The trust was given a government subsidy
What was a major concern for Americans during the Coal Strike of 1902?
High prices of coal
Shortage of coal approaching winter
Overproduction of coal
Export restrictions on coal
What was Roosevelt's approach to handling the strike involving the powerful coal owners?
He sided with the coal owners.
He ignored the strike.
He invited representatives from both sides to talk.
He sent troops to break the strike.
Who were the muckrakers?
Politicians who supported big business.
Writers who exposed corruption in big business, government, and society.
Business owners who opposed reforms.
Journalists who supported the New Industrial Age.
Which muckraker used photography to document terrible living conditions in NY slums?
Ida B. Wells
Lincoln Steffens
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
What was the main focus of the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair?
Child labor
Corruption in state and local government
Filthy conditions in the meatpacking industry
Racial injustices in Southern states
What was the result of the descriptions of the meatpacking industry in "The Jungle"?
The industry was shut down.
The Meat Inspection Act was passed.
The book was banned.
The president ignored the issue.
Which act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) power to set maximum railroad rates?
Elkins Act
Hepburn Act
Meat Inspection Act
Sherman Act
What did the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 accomplish?
Outlawed the sale of altered or mislabeled food and drug products.
Allowed the sale of unregulated food and drug products.
Encouraged the use of natural resources at an irresponsible rate.
Limited the number of hours that bakers could work.
What was one of the key beliefs of Roosevelt regarding natural resources?
Natural resources are unlimited.
Conservation and preservation.
Industrialization over conservation.
Exploitation of natural resources.
Which of the following actions did Roosevelt take to expand the power of the executive branch?
Created national monuments.
Reduced the size of national forests.
Abolished wildlife refuges.
Limited the creation of national parks.
What was the outcome of the Lochner v. New York (1905) Supreme Court case?
The law limiting bakers' working hours was ruled unconstitutional.
The law limiting bakers' working hours was upheld.
The law prohibiting women from working more than 10 hours a day was upheld.
The law prohibiting women from working more than 10 hours a day was ruled unconstitutional.
What was the significance of the Muller v. Oregon (1908) Supreme Court case?
It upheld the law prohibiting women from working more than 10 hours a day.
It overturned the law prohibiting women from working more than 10 hours a day.
It limited the number of hours that bakers could work.
It ruled that the law limiting bakers' working hours was unconstitutional.
Who was the Republican president of the United States after Theodore Roosevelt?
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
What were the key promises of Taft's platform?
Conserve natural resources, enforce antitrust laws, lower tariffs
Increase tariffs, reduce natural resources, support monopolies
Support monopolies, increase tariffs, reduce natural resources
Reduce tariffs, support monopolies, conserve natural resources
What was the result of Taft's promise to lower the tariff?
Signed a bill for HIGHER tariff rates
Signed a bill for LOWER tariff rates
Eliminated tariffs completely
Increased tariffs on luxury goods only
Why was Roosevelt mad at Taft?
Taft did not reform the tariff, Taft fired Pinchot, Taft went after all trusts, not the 'bad' trusts
Taft increased tariffs, Taft supported monopolies, Taft ignored conservation
Taft reduced tariffs, Taft supported monopolies, Taft ignored conservation
Taft reformed the tariff, Taft hired Pinchot, Taft went after 'bad' trusts only
What was the Progressive Party also known as?
The Bull Moose Party
The Elephant Party
The Donkey Party
The Lion Party
What caused the Republican Party to split during Taft's presidency?
Disagreements between Taft and Roosevelt
Economic depression
Foreign policy issues
Environmental policies
Who were the candidates in the 1912 Presidential Election?
Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, Debs
Wilson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Debs
Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, Grant
Wilson, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Grant
What was one of the key points of Roosevelt's New Nationalism?
Increase federal regulation of interstate trade
Reduce the protective tariff to encourage trade
Reform banking and currency laws
Restore competition in the economy through economic reform
What was a focus of Wilson's New Freedom?
Implement a minimum wage for women
Reform banking and currency laws
Support women's suffrage
Create a national old age pension
What was one of the reasons Wilson believed the tariff rate should be lowered?
To increase federal tax revenue
To make imported products more expensive
To encourage the formation of trusts
To help American consumers by lowering prices
What did the Underwood Tariff of 1913 accomplish?
Increased the tariff rate on imported goods
Established a national banking system
Allowed the federal government to collect an income tax
Created twelve regional Federal Reserve banks
What was one of the roles of the Federal Reserve established in 1913?
To create a national old age pension
To manage the nation's money supply
To support women's suffrage
To implement a minimum wage for women
What was the main purpose of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914?
To promote monopolies
To protect consumers from false advertising and ensure fair competition
To eliminate labor unions
To increase tariffs on foreign products
Which government agency was created to protect consumers from unfair business practices?
Federal Reserve
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Department of Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
What did the Antitrust Act of 1914 strengthen?
The Federal Reserve Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act
The Clayton Act
The Tariff Act
Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Antitrust Act of 1914?
Prohibited mergers that eliminated competition
Strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act
Encouraged the formation of monopolies
Prohibited discriminatory pricing
What was a significant departure from the laissez-faire policies during Wilson's Progressive Legislation?
Increased tariffs on foreign products
No rules for big business
Took steps to protect consumers from trusts
Encouraged monopolies
What was the effect of high tariffs on foreign products during the New Industrial Age?
Made foreign products cheaper
Made American producers lower their prices
Encouraged competition
Made foreign products more expensive
What did the new Progressive legislation allow labor unions to do?
Form monopolies
Take part in peaceful strikes
Increase tariffs
Engage in false advertising
