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WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which political party in the late 1800s represented farmers and pushed for policies like free silver and railroad regulation?
Populist Party
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Whig Party
Writers such as Ida Tarbell and Jacob Riis, who exposed corruption and social problems during the Progressive Era, were known as:
Nativists
Muckrakers
Robber Barons
Abolitionists
Which author wrote The Jungle, exposing unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Mark Twain
John Muir
Which leader is best remembered for her role in the women’s suffrage movement?
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
Frances Willard
Who founded Hull House in Chicago and became a pioneer of settlement house reform?
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Florence Kelley
Margaret Sanger
Which African American reformer worked to expose lynching in the United States?
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois was a founder of which organization that fought for African American rights?
NAACP
AFL
Populist Party
Hull House
Which Progressive reform allowed citizens to directly propose new laws?
Initiative
Recall
Referendum
Primary
Which Progressive reform allowed voters to approve or reject laws already passed by the legislature?
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Filibuster
Which Progressive reform allowed voters to remove an elected official before their term ended?
Recall
Initiative
Referendum
Impeachment
What is one lasting impact of third parties in U.S. politics?
They often introduce new ideas that major parties later adopt
They frequently win presidential elections
They replace one of the two major parties every 20 years
They prevent voter participation
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 Progressive Party campaign was also known as the:
Bull Moose Party
Greenback Party
Free Soil Party
Which Progressive Era goal focused on expanding the democratic process at the state level?
Giving voters more direct say in government
Limiting suffrage to landowners
Expanding segregation laws
Ending immigration
Which issue was most important to the Populist Party and western farmers?
Regulation of railroads
Expansion of slavery
Ending alcohol sales
Expanding overseas colonies
The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson upheld which doctrine?
“Separate but equal”
Judicial review
Habeas corpus
“Clear and present danger”
Which amendment gave Congress the power to levy an income tax?
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment allowed voters to directly elect U.S. senators?
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment established Prohibition, banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol?
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment guaranteed women the right to suffrage?
19th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
21st Amendment
Which Progressive Era policy created protected areas of wilderness and historic sites for public use?
National Park System
Civil Service Reform
Dawes Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Which law was designed to break up monopolies and restore competition?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Espionage Act
Which law was passed after Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which reform was created to stop corruption by requiring government jobs to be based on merit rather than political favoritism?
Civil Service Reform
Initiative
Recall
Patronage
Which 1887 law attempted to regulate unfair railroad practices such as high shipping rates?
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Which of the following describes the process by which constitutional amendments are added?
Proposal by Congress and ratification by the states
Passage by the president alone
Judicial approval from the Supreme Court
Petition by voters only
Which of the following was a key demand of the Populist Party in the 1890s?
Free coinage of silver to increase the money supply
Continuation of the gold standard
Expansion of slavery into western territories
Stronger military presence overseas
Why did the Populist Party support the coinage of both silver and gold?
It would cause inflation, making it easier for farmers to pay off debts
It would strengthen the value of the dollar internationally
It would reduce prices for manufactured goods
It would end foreign competition
What economic problem were Populist farmers responding to in the late 1800s?
Falling crop prices and high railroad shipping costs
Overproduction of manufactured goods
Shortages of farmland in the West
Rising wages for industrial workers
Which of these reforms from the Populist platform eventually became law during the Progressive Era?
Graduated income tax and direct election of senators
Expansion of slavery and segregation laws
Elimination of labor unions
Abolition of the two-party system
Which group was the main base of support for the Populist Party?
Farmers and laborers frustrated with big business
Wealthy industrialists and bankers
Urban professionals
Which of the following best describes the main purpose of Hull House, founded by Jane Addams in Chicago?
To provide social services and education to immigrants and the urban poor
To campaign for women’s right to vote in national elections
To promote the temperance movement and push for Prohibition
To organize labor unions for industrial workers
What was the main purpose of the NAACP when it was founded in 1909?
To fight racial discrimination and secure equal rights for African Americans
To promote women’s suffrage and political reforms
To provide settlement houses and services for immigrants in cities
To support Prohibition and the temperance movement
Which of the following best describes the impact of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election?
It permanently replaced the Republican Party as the main rival to the Democrats
It split the Republican vote, allowing Democrats to win
It caused the Democratic Party to collapse in the South
It ended the use of primary elections for candidates
How did the reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall change American democracy during the Progressive Era?
They increased the power of state legislatures over local governments
They allowed citizens to have a more direct role in lawmaking
They eliminated political parties from the election process
They reduced voter participation in elections
What was the main purpose of the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883?
To give elected officials more control over government jobs
To require government workers to take a test for employment
To expand the spoils system and reward political supporters
To provide jobs in factories for unemployed workers
What was one major result of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle?
It led to new laws regulating food and medicine, such as the Pure Food and Drug Act
It persuaded Congress to lower tariffs on imported goods
It ended segregation in the workplace
It encouraged farmers to move to cities for factory jobs
What were Jim Crow laws?
Federal programs designed to provide jobs during the Great Depression
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation and limited African American rights
National laws that granted voting rights to all citizens regardless of race
Rules created by the Supreme Court to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment
The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol in the United States. Which movement was most directly connected to this amendment?
The Civil Rights Movement
The Temperance Movement
The Labor Movement
The Abolitionist Movement
One major unintended effect of the Temperance Movement and the 18th Amendment was:
A sharp decline in religious influence in American society
The rise of organized crime groups that supplied illegal alcohol
The elimination of poverty among urban immigrant families
An increase in women’s participation in national politics
