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Progressive Era Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

direct election of senators​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
17th amendment
19th amendment
16th amendment
2.

(a)   income tax

Choose from the below words
16th amendment
17th amendment
19th amendment
3.

women suffrage/voting not based on gender​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
19th amendment
17th amendment
16th amendment
4.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

19th Amendment (women's rights)

17th Amendment

16th Amendment

19th Amendment (vote)

Social
Political
Economic
5.

Which is NOT a way people can influence legislation?

a)

organize rallies

b)

stage protest

c)

sign petitions

d)

move to another state

6.

Which of the following does NOT expand your individual democratic rights?

a)

voting to pass laws

b)

appealing a court decision

c)

a law allowing the government to monitor your calls

d)

recalling an elected official

7.

Match the following

a)

vote of legislative bills

1.

referendum

b)

holding an election to fire an elected official

2.

recall

c)

choosing what needs to be voted on

3.

initiative

8.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Effective (worked)

Not effective (didn't work)

worded too generally

more specific

goal: (dissolve) get rid of monopolies (sherman)

goal: (dissolve) get rid of monopolies (clayton)

enabled labor strikes for better working conditions (sherman)

enabled labor strikes for better working conditions (clayton)

Sherman Anti-Trust
Clayton Anti-Trust
9.

regulated railroad shipping charges between states: ​ (a)   ​

Choose from the below words
Interstate Commerce Act
Shipping Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
State Commerce Act
10.

The Progressive Era reforms such as initiative, referendum, and recall were designed to make state governments ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
MORE democratic
MORE efficient
LESS responsive
LESS expensive
11.

How does the 16th amendment affect the government?

a)

it raises revenue

b)

it regulates investments

c)

it limits citizen inheritance

d)

it expands private business profits

12.

The ​ (a)   brought economic, political, and social reform to America.

Choose from the below words
Progressive Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Socialist Movement
Populist Movement
13.

Which of the following is the MOST important effect of the Progressive Era reforms of initiative, referendum and recall?


a)

made the government more responsive to voters

b)

restructured the government branches

c)

increased the power of the judicial branch

d)

provided for use of the Australian ballot

14.

Which of the following belongs in the last circle?​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Recall and Referendum
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Muckrakers
Government Regulation
15.

Match the following

a)

Ida Tarbell

1.

exposed Standard Oil monopoly

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

2.

helped create NAACP

c)

Upton Sinclair

3.

exposed meat packing industry

d)

Jacob Riis

4.

photographed/ exposed poverty

e)

Jane Addams

5.

opened Hull House

16.

During the Progressive Era, who wrote novels and essays to expose problems in urban areas?

(a)  

17.

How did Susan B. Anthony's social activism impact American government?

a)

Her social activism led to the banning of poll taxes.

b)

Her social activism led to the lowering of the voting age.

c)

Her social activism led to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

d)

Her social activism led to the passage of the 26th Amendment.

18.

Who does this describe?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Eugene Debs

d)

Robert Lafollette

19.

Which third party was MOST associated with the “Bull Moose” candidate of 1912?

a)

Progressive

b)

Greenback

c)

Populist

d)

Anti-Masonic

20.

Which best describes the KKK?

a)
A white supremacist hate group
b)

A social justice movement for women's equality

c)

A political party for racial equality

d)

A civil rights organization for better pay and benefits

21.

Which part suggests the fault of the poor tenement conditions belongs to the management?