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Progressive Era Reforms and People

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Led to the direct election of U.S. Senators. People now vote for senators

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

2.

Prohibition outlawed the sale, manufacturing, or transportation of alcohol

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

3.

Allows the federal government to collect an income tax

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

4.

The right to vote cannot be died on the basis of sex. Gave women power in politics.

a)

16th Amendment

b)

17th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

5.

People could hold special elections to remove elected officials from office to hold them accountable

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

Secret Ballot

6.

Citizens could propose new legislation which directly reflected their needs

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

Secret Ballot

7.

Citizens now have the ability to vote on proposed laws directly, increasing civic participation

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

Secret Ballot

8.

People cast their votes in private, helping to reduce voter fraud and coercion

a)

Initiative

b)

Referendum

c)

Recall

d)

Secret Ballot

9.

An organization that works to gain civil rights for African Americans

a)

NAACP

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act

c)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

Pendleton Civil Service Act

10.

Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

11.
In the book The Jungle, Upton Sinclair described the horrors of the
a)
 child labor.
b)
social inequality.
c)
public housing.
d)
meatpacking industry.
12.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
13.
TC:manages national parks and monuments
a)
19th amendment
b)
National Park Service
c)
Yellowstone National Park
d)
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
14.
TC: National Banking system
a)
National Park Service
b)
Federal Reserve Act
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Bank of America
15.
Leader of the settlement house movement; Hull House; part of the Social Gospel Movement; help others
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Frances Willard
d)
Ida B Wells
16.
African American journalist who wrote and spoke against lynching and other injustices suffered by African Americans.
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Frances Willard
d)
Susan B. Anthony
17.
A leader of the women's suffrage movement. Arrested and fined $100 for attempting to vote. 
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Frances Willard