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Grade By Name
Chapter 17 – The Progressive Era
Section 1 – The Drive for reform
Matching Directions: Place the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
Social Gospel
Jane Addams
muckrakers
recall
settlement house
direct primary
initiative
Jacob Riis
referendum
1. ______, such as Upton Sinclair, reported on the hazardous conditions in factories and cities during the Progressive Era.
2. A[n] ______is an election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections.
3. The ______blended ideas from German socialism and American Progressivism into a plan for building a better society.
4. In the late 1800s, ______photographed tenement buildings in which the urban poor lived.
5. The ______allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature.
6. ______was a leading figure in the settlement house movement.
Multiple Choice Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____7. What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?
a. the struggles of black Americans
b. the living and working conditions in Chicago’s stockyards
c. the ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
d. the conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad
_____8. Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
a. a ban on child labor
b. antitrust legislation
c. workers’ compensation laws
d. the spread of settlement houses
_____9. Many Progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called
a. trusts
b. commissions
c. municipal services
d. political machines
_____10. Industrial workers often labored
a. for high wages.
b. under ideal conditions.
c. with unsafe machinery.
d. in well-ventilated factories.
Section 2 – Women Make Progress
Matching Directions: Place the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
Carrie Chapman Catt NAWSA temperance movement
suffrage Alice Paul Nineteenth Amendment
Florence Kelley NCL
11. the campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol
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12. formed the Women’s Trade Union League to push for laws that would benefit women working in factories
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13. identified products made under healthful working conditions and encouraged women to buy these products
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14. the right to vote
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15. founded the National Women’s Party, which used public protest marches to demand the right to vote
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16. stated that the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex”
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Multiple Choice Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____17. Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?
a. temperance laws
b. women’s suffrage
c. a ban on child labor
d. African American men’s suffrage
_____18. Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c. Alice Paul
d. Ida B. Wells
_____19. The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their
a. goals
b. strategies
c. organization
d. geographic focus
_____20. The 1903 Muller v. Oregon decision upheld
a. women’s right to vote
b. higher wages for women
c. women’s right to birth control
d. limited work hours for women
Section 3 – The Struggle Against Discrimination
Matching Directions: Place the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
Americanization
Anti-Defamation League
Booker T. Washington
mutualistas
NAACP
Niagara Movement
Urban League
W.E.B. Du Bois
21. the process of encouraging immigrants to follow white, middle-class ways of life
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22. an African American leader who supported a slow move toward racial progress
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23. an African American leader who encouraged African Americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights
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24. a group that denounced the idea of gradual racial progress and condemned the notion of teaching only trade skills
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25. a network of organizations dedicated to helping African Americans in cities
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26. groups that made loans and provided legal assistance to Mexican Americans
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Multiple Choice Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____27. W.E.B. Du Bois was an outspoken critic of
a. Ray Stannard Baker.
b. William Monroe Trotter.
c. Booker T. Washington.
d. Woodrow Wilson.
_____28. Which event led to the formation of the NAACP?
a. the 1908 Springfield riot
b. the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
c. the first meeting of the Niagara Movement
d. the segregation of federal government offices in 1914
_____29. Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?
a. Asian Americans
b. Jewish Americans
c. Native Americans
d. Mexican American
_____30. A 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to
a. learn English.
b. sell their land.
c. sign unfair labor contracts.
d. become United States citizens.
Section 4 – Roosevelt’s Square Deal
TRUE/FALSE DIRECTIONS: Read each of the statements below. If the statement is true, write T. If the statement is false, write F, and correct the underlined words to make it true.
_____31. Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States when William McKinley was assassinated.
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_____32. President Theodore Roosevelt promoted a program called the Square Deal to protect the interests of small business owners and the poor.
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_____33. The Pure Food and Drug Act required federal inspection of meat processing plants.
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_____34. The work of naturalist John Muir led Congress to establish Yosemite National Park in 1890.
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_____35. In the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt ran as the candidate of the New Nationalism Party.
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_____36. The Hepburn Act gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs.
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Multiple Choice Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____37. Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that
a. were efficient.
b. did business fairly.
c. controlled railroads.
d. bullied smaller companies.
_____38. The concept of “rational use” suggested that
a. all wild areas be left untouched.
b. forests be preserved for public use.
c. private companies manage resources.
d. the federal government sell Alaskan lands.
_____39. The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?
a. oil
b. coal
c. water
d. lumber
_____40. Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government
a. upheld the Standard Oil trust.
b. strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act.
c. brought lawsuits against many corporations.
d. continued Roosevelt’s “rule of reason” policies.
Section 5 – Wilson’s New Freedom
Matching Directions: Place the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
Woodrow Wilson New Freedom Sixteenth Amendment
Federal Reserve Act FTC Clayton Antitrust Act
41. set out President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for government in the United States
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42. gave Congress the power to create an income tax
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43. placed national banks under the control of a central authority
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44. established to monitor business practices that might lead to monopoly
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45. spelled out activities in which businesses could not engage
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46. sent federal troops to break up the miner’s strike in Ludlow
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Multiple Choice Directions: Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____47. Which party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?
a. the Democratic Party
b. the Progressive Party
c. the Republican Party
d. the Congressional Government Party
_____48. Wilson tried to protect workers by
a. vetoing an income tax.
b. relaxing corporate controls.
c. lowering import tariffs.
d. encouraging price hikes.
_____49. Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?
a. Interest rates for loans rarely fluctuated.
b. The nation had no central authority to supervise banks.
c. Too many people controlled the reserve funds of the nation’s banks.
d. Banks could access their reserves too easily.
_____50. President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to
a. protect labor unions.
b. prevent a nationwide railroad strike.
c. give wages to disabled workers.
d. prosecute illegal stock trading.