WorksheetsUnit 4 Test
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which muckraker wrote the History of Standard Oil, leading eventually to Antitrust actions taken against John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Jacob Riis
2.
Jane Addams was important for having opened Hull House, an example of what type of place where immigrants could stay, leave their children to be cared for, learn English, and adapt to American life?
a)
Tenement
b)
Settlement House
c)
Poor House
d)
Biltmore Estate
3.
Which of the following was NOT used by President Roosevelt to gain support for his policies while in office?
a)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b)
16th Amendment
c)
Pure Food and Drug Act
d)
Antiquities Act
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE
a)
Woodrow Wilson was the first Southerner elected president since the Civil War
b)
Teddy Roosevelt was popular amongst the Republican party machine, which is why they made him Vice President
c)
Woodrow Wilson's domestic plan for the country was called "New Freedom."
d)
Roosevelt got the nickname "trust buster," but was actually more concerned with regulating monopolies than breaking them up.
5.
What was the other name for Teddy Roosevelt's third party called the "Progressive Party" in the 1912 election?
a)
Republican Party
b)
Whig Party
c)
Bull Moose Party
d)
Labor Party
6.
What was Teddy Roosevelt's domestic plan for the country called?
a)
Square Deal
b)
New Freedom
c)
New Deal
d)
New Frontier
7.
Which group tried to stop the screening of Birth of a Nation within the White House and around the country?
a)
The NAACP
b)
The Knights of Labor
c)
The KKK
d)
Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet
8.
What Eugenics-related practice impacted around 60,000 Americans?
a)
Murder
b)
Lynching
c)
Deportation
d)
Sterilization
9.
What Progressive Era act or law set limits on the number of immigrants entering the nation
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
The National Quota Law of 1917
c)
The Federal Reserve Act
d)
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act
10.
Who was integral and a crucial part of the early Civil Rights organizations of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Nat Turner
d)
W.E.B. Dubois
11.
What was NOT a focus of the NAACP and Niagara Movement?
a)
Ending Lynchings
b)
Ending screenings of racist films in the White House and theatres
c)
Enforcement of the 15th Amendment
d)
Advocation for the Federal Reserve Act
12.
Which agency resulted from the published work, "The Jungle," which exposed sanitary and working conditions within the meat packing industry?
a)
The Federal Reserve
b)
The Federal Trade Commission
c)
The Education Department
d)
The Food and Drug Administration
13.
What was a strategy both Wilson and Roosevelt used in order to motivate Congress?
a)
Using the "Bully Pulpet" based on the public support for their programs.
b)
Encouraging citizens to attack Congress.
c)
Appeasing Party Machines in exchange for votes.
d)
Depending on state and local governments to make progressive laws since Congress would not.
14.
Which inventor created a hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls, and is primarily responsible for safe, efficient electric (and also radio)?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Nikola Tesla
d)
Wilbur Wright
15.
Who modernized and innovated the assembly line, making his product cheaper while still paying his employees more money as time went on because of assembly line efficiencies.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
George Westinghouse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
16.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
Nikola Tesla
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Wilbur Wright
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
17.
What was NOT an example of a modern product or convenience that came into popular use during the Progressive Era?
a)
Phonograph
b)
Vacuum Cleaner
c)
Instant Coffee
d)
Sonar
18.
What was NOT TRUE about Modern life during the Progressive Era?
a)
Collegiate and professional sports were on the rise.
b)
People had more spending money and leisure time due to progressive changes like higher wages and 8 hour work days.
c)
The NCAA was formed because the sport of football was so violent.
d)
Baseball was not seen as the most popular sport within the country. Football was the "national past time."
19.
What was NOT a change related to modern life during the Progressive Era?
a)
More people were listening to a new form of music called Ragtime (a precursor to jazz).
b)
Movies and silent films were coming into popularity.
c)
Theme parks like Coney Island and Cedar Point began opening.
d)
Subway travel was not yet thought of as a innovation to city travel.
20.
Progressive amendment that was aimed at sharing the tax burden more fairly between the rich and the poor by basing federal taxes on income, with the wealthy paying more, and the poor paying less.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
21.
Progressive amendment that finally allowed women the right to vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
22.
Progressive amendment that helped break up the party machines and corruption by allowing citizens to vote directly for their senators, rather than allowing state legislatures to continue to elect them.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
23.
Progressive amendment ended the legal sale, production, and transportation of alcohol in the United States.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
24.
Which word means the "right to vote?"
a)
Temperance
b)
Prohibition
c)
Suffrage
d)
Patronage
25.
Which word means the "to LIMIT the use of alcohol?"
a)
Temperance
b)
Prohibition
c)
Suffrage
d)
Patronage
26.
Which word means the "to END the use of alcohol?"
a)
Temperance
b)
Prohibition
c)
Suffrage
d)
Patronage
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