WorksheetsChpt 18 The Progressive Era
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The muckrakers were
a)
politicians
b)
journalists
c)
business owners
2.
2. During the Progressive Era, government became
a)
smaller and less powerful
b)
uninterested in reform
c)
more active
3.
3. One of the goals of the Progressive Era was
a)
encourage sweatshops for children
b)
not give women the right to vote
c)
reduce government corruption
4.
4. The political social reform movement that included new labor laws, improvements to city life and prohibition was known as...
a)
Progressivism
b)
Prohibitionism
c)
Urbanism
5.
5. On the federal level, President Theodore Roosevelt worked to protect
a)
political machines
b)
monopolies
c)
the environment
6.
6. In the 1912 presidential election, Roosevelt was nominated by the
a)
Socialist party
b)
Progressive party
c)
Democratic party
7.
President Wilson supported reforms that gave more power to
a)
African Americans
b)
women
c)
labor unions
8.
8. Which of these describes civil disobedience?
a)
refusal to break the law
b)
violent protests
c)
nonviolent refusal to obey a law
9.
9. Many Americans began to support women's suffrage as a result of the
a)
Open Door policy
b)
election of Woodrow Wilson
c)
important roles played by women during World War I
10.
10. The last great reforms of the Progressive Era that gave women the right to vote was the
a)
First Amendment
b)
Eighteenth Amendment
c)
Nineteenth Amendment
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