WorksheetsAmerican History-Unit 2 Study Guide
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was NOT a Progressive Pillar?
a)
Labor Reform
b)
Political Reform
c)
Immigration Reform
2.
Which of the following best describes "Muckrakers"?
a)
Reform minded journalists who used the media to shine light on the social ills brought on by Industrialization.
b)
Garbage collectors during the Progressive Era
c)
Janitors at factories during the Gilded Age
3.
What did the Temperance Movement lead to?
a)
Prohibition (Ban) of Alcohol
b)
Extreme riots and protests
c)
World War II
4.
Why were many Americans advocating for the abolition of alcohol?
a)
Neglect of families
b)
Poor performance at work
c)
All of the above
5.
What piece of legislation was enacted in order to ensure that children from all socioeconomic classes received a basic education?
a)
Compulsory Education Laws
b)
Elkins Act
c)
Truancy Laws
6.
What were the goals of Labor Unions?
a)
to introduce new inventions
b)
to help improve wages, working hours, and conditions
c)
to prosecute anarchists
7.
What were some of the major tactics used by Labor Unions?
a)
Strikes
b)
Collective Bargaining
c)
All of the above
8.
How well did early labor unions reach their goals? What did they do well, and what problems did they face?”
a)
They had no successes and only faced failures.
b)
They achieved significant improvements in working conditions and wages but often faced strong opposition and limited legal protections.
c)
They were entirely successful in everything
d)
They did not care about workplace conditions
9.
Choose whether each of the following quotes was stated by an Industrialist OR a supporter of the Labor Movement.
"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends (money) coming in.”
a)
Industrialist
b)
Labor Movement
10.
Choose whether each of the following quotes was stated by and Industrialist OR a supporter of the Labor Movement.
"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together, and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have poverty and child labor to the end of time”
a)
Industrialist
b)
Labor Movement
11.
How might the introduction of Progressive Era reforms have shifted the balance of power between businesses and the government?
a)
It increased the power of businesses over the government.
b)
It significantly increased government control over business practices.
c)
It had no effect on the balance of power.
12.
What were the motivations behind Progressive Era reforms?
a)
The motivations were purely political with no economic considerations
b)
The motivations included addressing social injustices and economic inequalities
c)
The motivations were to stop government influence in businesses
13.
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Three C's" serving as the foundation for Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
a)
Control of Corporations
b)
Correct Conspiracies
c)
Consumer Protection
14.
Who was the most restrictive "Trustbuster" who did NOT distinguish between good and bad trusts, but would rather see them all dismantled?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
15.
What was the name of the new Political Party that Theodore Roosevelt created after the Republican Party choose to endorse Taft over himself.
a)
Democratic Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Bull Moose Party
16.
After splitting the Republican Party in half, who ended up winning the 1912 election?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
17.
"The Party is made up of women of all races, creeds, and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women."
This quote exemplifies which of the women's suffrage groups:
a)
National Women's Party (NWP)
b)
Anti-Suffragists
c)
National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
18.
"Before mothers can be rightly held responsible for the vices and crimes, they must possess all possible rights and powers to control the conditions and circumstances of their own and their children's lives."
This quote exemplifies which of the women's suffrage groups:
a)
National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
b)
Anti-Suffragists
c)
National Women's Party (NWP)
19.
"We demand an amendment to the Constitution of the United States enfranchising women"
This quote exemplifies which of the women's suffrage groups:
a)
National Women's Party (NWP)
b)
Anti-Suffragists
c)
National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
20.
This picture exemplifies which of the women's suffrage groups:
a)
National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
b)
Anti-Suffragists
c)
National Women's Party (NWP)
21.
Analyze the economic impact of sharecropping on African American communities in the post-Reconstruction South. What was a common outcome?
a)
Sharecropping led to significant wealth and land ownership for African Americans.
b)
Sharecropping often resulted in a cycle of debt and poverty for African American farmers.
c)
Sharecropping had no significant economic impact.
22.
The "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld legality of...
a)
racial segregation in public facilities
b)
Woman's suffrage in state elections
c)
the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
23.
What hate group formed and openly promoted segregation and racism?
a)
white backlashers
b)
the Ku Klux Klan
c)
sharecroppers of America
24.
Why did minority groups receive limited benefits from Progressivism?
a)
Many Progressives held racist ideas about minority groups.
b)
Minority groups did not wish to Americanize
c)
Few minority groups actively worked for their own rights.
25.
Which of the following were ways in which minority groups like African Americans were restricted from voting?
a)
Poll Taxes
b)
Literacy Tests
c)
All of the above
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