WorksheetsProgressive Era Assessment
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The muckraking journalist who exposed the harsh conditions of tenements and urban life through his book "How the Other Half Lives" was:
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Lincoln Steffens
2.
Who was a prominent advocate for African American civil rights, co-founder of the NAACP, and author of "The Souls of Black Folk"?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Frederick Law Olmsted
3.
Which president was known for his "Square Deal" policies and efforts to regulate big business through antitrust laws?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Robert LaFollette
4.
Who was the labor organizer and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) known as the "Mother" Jones?
a)
Mary Harris Jones
b)
Margaret Sanger
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Lewis Hine
5.
Which progressive reformer focused on exposing corruption in municipal government and wrote "The Shame of the Cities"?
a)
Lincoln Steffens
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
George E. Waring Jr.
d)
Lewis Hine
6.
The author of "The Jungle," a novel that exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, was:
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Ida B. Wells
7.
Who was a progressive leader in the conservation movement and played a key role in the establishment of national parks?
a)
Lewis Hine
b)
Frederick Law Olmsted
c)
John Muir
d)
Samuel Gompers
8.
Which muckraker journalist is best known for his work in exposing corruption and political scandals through political cartoons?
a)
Thomas Nast
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
9.
Who was a prominent advocate for women's suffrage and the author of the "Declaration of Sentiments" at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Carrie Chapman Catt
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Alice Paul
10.
Who was a muckraking journalist known for exposing the corrupt practices of the Standard Oil Company in his work "The History of the Standard Oil Company"?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Lewis Hine
11.
Which progressive president signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, creating the Federal Reserve System to regulate the nation's banking system?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Robert LaFollette
12.
Who was an influential figure in the Progressive Era, known for revolutionizing the automobile industry by implementing assembly line production techniques, thereby making cars more affordable for the average American?
a)
Eugene Debs
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Ida Tarbell
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