WorksheetsUSH.2.A U.S. History Progressive Era Quiz
Total questions: 118
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
Which era in U.S. history was characterized by a rise in reform movements in response to the social and political conditions of the Gilded Age?
Reconstruction Era
Progressive Era
Civil Rights Era
Roaring Twenties
Who were journalists that exposed social problems and corruption during the Progressive Era?
Suffragists
Muckrakers
Abolitionists
Populists
Which amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States?
Sixteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
What was the main goal of the Social Gospel Movement during the Progressive Era?
Promote industrialization
Address social problems through Christian ethics
Support prohibition
Encourage westward expansion
Which act was passed to regulate the safety of food and medicine during the Progressive Era?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Which reform was NOT associated with the Progressive Era?
Child labor laws
Civil service reform
Emancipation Proclamation
Prohibition
The Eighteenth Amendment established which policy in the United States?
Income tax
Direct election of senators
Prohibition of alcohol
Women's suffrage
Which amendment allowed the federal government to collect income tax?
Sixteenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
What was a major political characteristic of the Progressive Era?
Decreased government intervention
Increased government intervention
Expansion of slavery
Isolationism
Which reform movement sought to improve working conditions, including reducing work hours and increasing worker safety?
Labor reform
Temperance movement
Abolitionist movement
Populist movement
Explain how the Gilded Age influenced the rise of the Progressive Era.
The Gilded Age led to increased government regulations and reform due to widespread corruption and social problems.
The Gilded Age promoted laissez-faire policies that continued into the Progressive Era.
The Gilded Age ended with the abolition of slavery, leading to the Progressive Era.
The Gilded Age was marked by peace and prosperity, reducing the need for reform.
Describe the role of muckrakers in the Progressive Era.
They created new laws for labor unions.
They exposed social problems and government corruption through journalism.
They led the movement for women's suffrage.
They opposed all forms of government intervention.
How did the Social Gospel Movement contribute to Progressive Era reforms?
By advocating for Christian ethics to address social issues and promote social justice.
By supporting the expansion of industrialization.
By opposing all forms of government regulation.
By focusing solely on economic growth.
Analyze the impact of the Pure Food and Drug Act on American society.
It improved public health by ensuring safer food and medicine.
It led to the repeal of prohibition.
It decreased government involvement in business.
It promoted child labor.
Explain the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment in the context of the Progressive Era.
It granted women the right to vote, advancing gender equality.
It established prohibition of alcohol.
It created the Federal Reserve.
It ended child labor.
How did labor reforms during the Progressive Era affect workers?
They improved working conditions, reduced hours, and increased safety.
They eliminated all labor unions.
They increased child labor.
They decreased wages for all workers.
Describe the purpose of anti-trust acts passed during the Progressive Era.
To break up monopolies and promote fair competition.
To support the growth of large corporations.
To encourage government corruption.
To reduce worker safety regulations.
How did the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment change the U.S. political system?
It allowed for the direct election of senators by the people.
It established the income tax.
It granted women the right to vote.
It prohibited alcohol.
Evaluate the relationship between the Progressive Era and the Women's Suffrage Movement.
The Progressive Era provided momentum and support for the Women's Suffrage Movement, leading to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
The Progressive Era opposed women's suffrage.
The Women's Suffrage Movement ended before the Progressive Era began.
The Progressive Era focused only on economic reforms.
Assess the impact of government intervention during the Progressive Era.
It led to significant reforms in labor, food safety, and political processes.
It reduced the number of reforms and increased corruption.
It eliminated all forms of government regulation.
It had no effect on American society.
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize at Seneca Falls, New York?
the World Anti-Slave Convention
the Women's Rights Convention
The First Teacher's Convention
Comic Con
The __th Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
16
17
18
19
Match the following Unit 3 vocabulary terms
muckrakers
reform minded journalists who exposed corruption
suffrage
the right to vote
insubordination
defiance of authority
recall
removal from office
lobbying
attempting to influence the actions of government officials
What was one result of the activism shown in these photographs?
It reduced the ability of the courts to decide the constitutionality
of suffrage.
It prompted lawmakers to reinstate poll taxes for voting.
It reduced the influence of special interest groups devoted to
expanding suffrage.
It brought national attention to problems associated with voting.
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
- League of United Latin American citizens (LULAC).
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
How have these groups helped shape US culture?
By fighting against child labor.
By supporting strict immigration quotas.
By focusing on expanding civil rights for minorities.
By lobbying against equal pay for equal work.
introduce new legislation.
Initiative
removed from office.
Recall
Direct Election of Senators
17th Amendment
Change of Policy
Referendum
Match the following
16th Amendment
income tax
17th Amedment
Direct election of Senators
18th Amendment
prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Match the following
Citizens can propose a new law
Initiative
Putting a passed law on a ballot for people to vote on
Referendum
people were able to vote to remove an elected official if they are failing at their job
Recall
Match the following political reforms with their correct definition...
secret ballot
weakened power of political machines
referendum
voters vote directly on a law
recall
removes a politician from office
initiative
voters initiate their own law
Organization created to ensure equality for minorities (a)
Created by Roosevelt to preserve America’s beautiful scenery (b)
Made alcohol sales illegal, resulted in growth of organized crime (c)
Established by Jane Addams to help immigrants assimilate (d)
Progressives supported many social and economic reforms - match the problem with the solution
Monopolies and large businesses having too much economic control
Antitrust legislation
Long hours, unsafe working conditions, little job security
Improved working conditions and unions
Lack of oversight and unsafe food and drugs out in the market for consumption
Pure Food and Drug Act
A lack of environmental protections
National Park Service US Forest Service
The (a) put an end to monopolies and trusts and the (b) put regulations on railroads.
Passage of the Clayton Anti Trust Act, 18th amendment, and Pure Food and Drug Act were all part of the (a)
Match the following
The 17th Amendment
Direct Elections of Senators
The 16th Amendment
Income Tax
Initiative
People made law
referendum
a vote on the people made law
recall
remove an elected official from office
(a) was part of the government reforms during the Progressive Era.
Match the following
initiative
propose new laws
referendum
place a recently passed law on ballot
recall
able to remove state elected officials
17th amendment
able to vote for US senator
secret ballot
vote anonymously
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
Which of the following was implemented in 1913 to solve these problems?
Each state held party conventions in order to select senators.
A national referendum was held to standardize the procedures for selecting senators.
Open primaries were used to limit the choices of senators who could be confirmed by state legislatures.
A constitutional amendment was ratified that required senators to be elected directly by popular vote.
What is one way the Progressive Era reform outlined in this diagram has affected U.S. politics?
More women have been elected to Congress.
Citizens have a more direct influence on lawmaking.
Corrupt officials can be removed from office.
Primary elections are prohibited in several states.
Which U.S. government action is MOST CLOSELY based on this idea?
The federal government passes laws to protect individual liberties.
The Supreme Court votes to approve the appointment of presidential cabinet members.
The Electoral College votes to approve the winner of congressional elections.
The federal government passes laws to regulate businesses.
These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers-
Political Bosses
Labor Unions
Political Machines
Farmers
When workers unite and join together to negotiate with their boss for higher wages and better conditions, they have formed a ...
union.
trade deal.
strike.
communist organization.
The Haymarket Square Riot of 1886 was in...
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
Chicago
What did the 15th Amendment protect?
It granted African American men the ability to vote.
It allowed women the ability to vote.
Equal protection under the Law.
Marked the beginning of the New Nation.
Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees
Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.
13th
Amendment
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
14th
Amendment
Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th
Amendment
What's the significance of the 15th Amendment?
The 15th Amendment was repealed and no longer has any significance.
The 15th Amendment prohibits voting rights discrimination based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.
The 15th Amendment allows states to deny voting rights to any individual.
The 15th Amendment grants voting rights only to white males.
Author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle.
Jacob RIis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jane Adams
Author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle.
Jacob RIis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jane Adams
Established federal income tax
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
17th Amendment
Established federal income tax
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
17th Amendment
Established federal income tax
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
17th Amendment
Resulted in direct election of senators
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amenmdnet
17th Amendment
Resulted in direct election of senators
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amenmdnet
17th Amendment
Resulted in direct election of senators
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amenmdnet
17th Amendment
Resulted in direct election of senators
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amenmdnet
17th Amendment
Constitutional action that prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.
18th Amendmnet
19th Amenmdnet
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
Constitutional action that prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.
18th Amendmnet
19th Amenmdnet
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
Constitutional action that prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.
18th Amendmnet
19th Amenmdnet
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
Expanded voting rights for women
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Expanded voting rights for women
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Expanded voting rights for women
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Founded by a revolt of farmers in the South and Midwest against Democratic and Republican Parties for ignoring their interests and difficulties.
The Grange
Populist Party
Labor Unions
Social Gospel Movement
Effort to fight government corruption and businesses' abuse of power.
Populist Party
Social Gospel Movement
Progressive Movement
Muckrakers
An effort that combined Christian values with social reform.
Progressive Movement
Populist Party
Social Gospel Movement
Suffrage Movement
Candidate for president in 1896 and 1900 who supported the Populist cause. Never became president. Delivered the Cross of Gold Speech.
Jacob Riis
William Mckinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Candidate for president in 1896 and 1900 who supported the Populist cause. Never became president. Delivered the Cross of Gold Speech.
Jacob Riis
William Mckinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.
Muckrakers
The Grange
Populists Party
Social Gospel Movement
Author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle.
Jacob RIis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jane Adams
Author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle.
Jacob RIis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jane Adams
Author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle.
Jacob RIis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Jane Adams
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Jacob Riis
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Jacob Riis
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Jacob Riis
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
Jacob Riis
Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
Jane Adams
Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
Jane Adams
Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
Jane Adams
African American journalist. published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores
Ida B. Wells
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
African American journalist. published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores
Ida B. Wells
Jane Adams
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
BONUS!!!
African American that graduated from Harvard and founded the NAACP.
Ida B. Wells
W. E. B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Upton Sinclair
BONUS!!!
African American that graduated from Harvard and founded the NAACP.
Ida B. Wells
W. E. B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Upton Sinclair
BONUS!!!
African American that graduated from Harvard and founded the NAACP.
Ida B. Wells
W. E. B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Upton Sinclair
a change to the consitutiton that allowed Congress to collect income taxes from citizens
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
a change to the consitutiton that allowed Congress to collect income taxes from citizens
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
a change to the consitutiton that allowed for the direct election of Senators
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
a change to the consitutiton that allowed for the direct election of Senators
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
a change to the consitutiton that prohibited the making, selling or tranporting of alcohol
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
a change to the consitutiton that allowed women to vote
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
A federal law that ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Hepburn Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
A federal law passed in 1906 that required accurate ingredient labeling and prohibited the sale of adulterated and misbranded food and drugs in interstate commerce.
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Hepburn Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
A federal law passed in 1906 that required accurate ingredient labeling and prohibited the sale of adulterated and misbranded food and drugs in interstate commerce.
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Hepburn Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
a landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from colluding or merging to form a monopoly.
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Hepburn Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
a landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from colluding or merging to form a monopoly.
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Hepburn Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
The muckraker who who pointed out the terrible conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late 1800s. He wrote How The Other Half Lives in 1890.
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
The muckraker who who pointed out the terrible conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late 1800s. He wrote How The Other Half Lives in 1890.
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
The muckraker who who exposed the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
The muckraker who who exposed the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
What does suffrage mean?
Right to learn
Right to vote
Right to free speech
Right to join the military
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
17
18
19
20
In Section 1 of this Amendment it banned Poll Taxs. A poll tax is a tax on voters.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
In Section 1 of this Amendment it banned Poll Taxs. A poll tax is a tax on voters.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
In Section 1 of this Amendment it banned Poll Taxs. A poll tax is a tax on voters.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
In Section 1 of this Amendment it banned Poll Taxs. A poll tax is a tax on voters.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
This Amendment lowered the Voting Age. In 1970, Congress passed a law allowing 18-year-olds to vote.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
This Amendment lowered the Voting Age. In 1970, Congress passed a law allowing 18-year-olds to vote.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
This Amendment lowered the Voting Age. In 1970, Congress passed a law allowing 18-year-olds to vote.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
This Amendment lowered the Voting Age. In 1970, Congress passed a law allowing 18-year-olds to vote.
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
which amendment changed or repealed another amendment?
18th
27th
23rd
21st
This Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote.
2nd Amendment
15th Amendment
6th Amendment
19th Amendment
The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913. What significant change did it bring to the U.S. political system?
It established a federal income tax
It allowed for the direct election of Senators
It prohibited the sale of alcohol
It granted women the right to vote
