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Progressives and Reformers Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who founded Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants and the poor?

a)

Nellie Bly

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Alice Paul

2.

Which reformer is known for their investigative journalism that exposed the conditions of mental institutions?

a)

Lewis Hine

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Nellie Bly

d)

Thomas Nast

3.

W.E.B. DuBois was a co-founder of which civil rights organization?

a)

NAACP

b)

ACLU

c)

NOW

d)

AFL

4.

Which photographer is known for documenting child labor conditions in the early 1900s?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hine

c)

Thomas Nast

d)

Upton Sinclair

5.

Helen Hunt Jackson wrote "A Century of Dishonor" to highlight the injustices faced by which group?

a)

African Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Immigrants

d)

Women

6.

What was "Mother Jones" known for advocating?

a)

Women's suffrage

b)

Labor rights

c)

Prohibition

d)

Conservation

7.

John Muir is best known for his work in which field?

a)

Journalism

b)

Conservation

c)

Education

d)

Labor rights

8.

Which cartoonist is famous for his political cartoons that helped bring down Boss Tweed?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Thomas Nast

c)

Lewis Hine

d)

Upton Sinclair

9.

Carrie Nation was a prominent figure in which movement?

a)

Labor rights

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Prohibition

d)

Civil rights

10.

Alice Paul was a key figure in which movement?

a)

Civil rights

b)

Women's suffrage

c)

Labor rights

d)

Conservation

11.

Jacob Riis is best known for his work in which area?

a)

Exposing urban poverty

b)

Conservation

c)

Labor rights

d)

Prohibition

12.

Which author wrote "The Jungle," a novel that exposed the conditions in the meatpacking industry?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Lewis Hine

d)

Thomas Nast

13.

Ida Tarbell is best known for her work exposing the practices of which company?

a)

Standard Oil

b)

U.S. Steel

c)

Ford Motor Company

d)

General Electric

14.

Booker T. Washington was a prominent leader in which community?

a)

Native American

b)

African American

c)

Immigrant

d)

Women's

15.

Two bonded cats whose names are ?

a)

Sylvester and Tweety

b)

Kit and Elly

c)

Abbott and Costello

d)

Captain and Tennille

16.

Why so sad Mr. Rose?

a)

Getting ready for life behind bars

b)

Missed Saturday morning cartoons

c)

Parents donated him to the zoo

d)

Realized that someday he'll be a teacher