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WorksheetsProgressive Part 1 Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 34mins
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
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
These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:
Progressives
Muckrakers
Sensationalists
Investigative reporters
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 goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?
getting rid of a capitalistic economy
eliminating political machines/bosses
conservation of natural resources
ending racial discrimination
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
• High crime rate
• Poor sanitation
In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of
What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?
Carrie Nation
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....
stimulate the economy
support government control of factory production
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
Use the information to answer the following question.
Upton Sinclair said of his 1906 novel 'The Jungle', "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
What did Sinclair mean by this statement?
Hoping to write a best-selling novel, his writing exposed the monopolistic practices of the meat packing industry.
Hoping to write a best-selling novel, he instead exposed the exploitation of the workers in the meatpacking industry.
Hoping to show the unsanitary conditions of meatpacking, he revealed more powerfully the treatment of that industry's workers.
Hoping to show the troubles meatpacking workers experienced. Instead, he revealed the industry's extremely unsanitary working conditions.
How did Jane Addams' Hull House achieve social and economic change?
It achieved it by embracing nativism.
It achieved it by advocating socialist reform.
It achieved it by educating the poor and women.
It achieved it by encouraging government protests.
Use the political cartoon to answer the following question:
Based on this cartoon, what did the artist think of the court's decision of Plessy vs Ferguson?
Both African Americans and whites benefited from Jim Crow laws despite unequal facilities.
Under Jim Crow laws, African Americans worked hard to improve the conditions of their facilities.
Segregation under Jim Crow laws was causing violence between African Americans and whites.
Under Jim Crow laws, separate facilities for African Americans were not equal to facilities for whites.
Booker T. Washington was famous for founding the ____.
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Tuskegee Institute
NASCAR
A political party, not one of the two dominant parties in American politics
Third party
Federal Reserve
Tariff
Independent candidate
Reforming means
Changing something for the better
Controlling something
Buying something
Approving Something
Why did African Americans continue to face violence in the American South after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were ratified?
Lack of education in the African American community
Jim Crow laws barred African Americans from their rights
Many African Americans distrusted the government
Those amendments have nothing to do with African Americans
What was the result of third parties in the Progressive Era?
They lost elections, but their ideas were adopted
They won elections, but their ideas were ignored
They won elections, and their ideas were adopted
They lost elections, and their ideas were ignored
The 15th Amendment gives the right to vote to...
African-American males
African-American men and women
All citizens (men and women)
White men without property
What three amendments are considered the Reconstruction Amendments?
1st, 2nd, 3rd
13th, 14th, 15th
25th, 26th, 27th
4th, 5th, 6th
Jim Crow Laws made it legal to ______ against _______.
discriminate
promote
women
African Americans
The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?
to give women the right to vote
to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
to give African Americans the right to vote
to abolish slavery
What did Ida Tarbell criticize in her work, The History of the Standard Oil Company?
The labor movement
Labor unions
The government
John D. Rockefeller and his business methods
What was the novel, The Octopus, by Frank Norris based on?
The railroad's positive impact on the Western Farmers.
Western farmers' success with the help of the railroad industry.
was a fictional story based on real incidents between the western farmers and the railroad.
What problems did America face because of rapid industrialization?
Improved living conditions for the poor
Decreased wealth disparity
Child labor and poor working conditions
Equal distribution of wealth
What is developed based on religious ethics in social problems?
Suffrage
Social Gospel
Civil Responsibility
Eugenics
Which of the following are examples of assimilation?
Changing your address
Learning a new language
Changing your name
Wearing new clothes
Why are monopolies bad?
They limit competition
They raise taxes
They increase jobs
They raise prices
The goals of muckraking journalists were to
advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.
describe and illustrate the problems within American society.
encourage European immigration through advertising in European newspapers.
attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.
Which Civil Rights leader advocated for African-Americans to improve themselves through education and job training?
W.E.B. DuBois
Susan B. Anthony
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
Which Civil Rights leader pushed for African-Americans to receive immediate full citizenship rights?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
Susan B. Anthony
Who were the majority of the progressives?
Wealthy, upper class, and politically connected
Rural, working class, and uneducated
Urban, middle class, and college educated
Immigrants, minorities, and women
Who gave the "Cross of Gold" speech?
Willaim McKinley
William Henry Harrison
William Jennings Bryan
Which famous black woman was born a slave in 1862 and became a civil rights an women's rights activist. She spoke up about lynchings after two friends were lynched.
Oprah Winfrey
Ida B. Wells
Mary McLeod Bethune
The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?
It legalized Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws throughout the U.S.
It made Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws illegal throughout the U.S.
It created more equality
