The Progressive Era

Unit 3 Test





1. Using the above political cartoon about Women Suffrage, which of the following best
describes the message the cartoonist is trying to portray?

A) Suffrage is easy to achieve
B) Womens rights seem like a dream.
C) Women get to start voting next week.
D) Women like to stay home in rocking chairs and don't want to work.


2. The Progressive Era is a period of reform led by
A) big business.
B) Congress and the president.
C) political machines.
D) middle class, professionals living in urban areas.

3. Which is NOT one of the Problems of the Gilded Age;
A) economic inequalities
B) enviorment issues
C) working conditions
D) lack of work

4. A muckraker is a person who
A) helps farmers develop new methods of farming.
B) uses investigative journalism to expose various types of social problems.
C) assists immigrants in finding jobs and decent housing.
D) uses yellow journalism to promote his/her literary works.

5. The result of the muckraking efforts of John Spargo and Lewis Hine is most associated
with which cause?

A) political machines B) child labor C) public health D) racial discrimination

6. Jane Addams is a reformer who is most often associated with

A) Hull House B) Red Cross C) Salvation Army D) Women's Suffrage

7. Which author was partially responsible for the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act?

A) John Spargo B) Theodore Dreiser
C) Upton Sinclair D) Frank Norris

8. Jim Crow laws

A) made segregation illegal. B) discriminated against immigrants.
C) improved working conditions in factories. D) made discrimination legal.

9. n 2006, Milagro Gardner and Bryce Groves felt that a new curfew law should be
enacted in Bossier City. For a period of three months, Milagro and Bryce
campaigned throughout Bossier City, getting thousands of signatures on a petition and
then submitting it to the city council for a vote. Milagro and Bryce were using which new
political reform.

A) recall B) referendum C) initiative D) direct primary

10. Which action was necessary to change from the indirect to the direct election of United
States Senators?

A) a Supreme Court decision B) passage of a Federal law
C) a constitutional amendment D) a national referendum
11. The Progressives attacked a number of social, political, and economic evils in the
American system, EXCEPT:

A) child labor B) the rights of immigrants
C) suffrage for women D) trusts

12. Which event of the early 1900's is evidence that the novel entitled, The Jungle, had an
important impact on the United States?

A) adoption of reforms in public education
B) passage of legislation limiting immigration
C) adoption of the 18th amendment establishing Prohibition
D) passage of legislation requiring the inspection of meat by federal inspectors.

13. What landmark SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) case ruled that women
were not allowed to work as many hours in factories as their male counterparts?
A) Brown v. Board of Education B) Muller v. Oregon
C) Plessy v. Ferguson D) Loving v. Virginia

14. A referendum is a(n)
A) opportunity for citizens to vote on legislation that has been proposed by a state
legislature.
B) election in which voters can vote an elected official out of office.
C) election to replace political machines with city commissions.
D) a body of citizens who operate a city like a business.

15. The 19
th
Amendment, added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, did which of the
following?

A) limited the president to two terms.
B) created the federal income tax
C) outlawed the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
D) gave women the right to vote

16. Children were more prone to accidents caused by________?

A) fatigue B) hands caught in machine C) kidnapping D) clumsiness

17. Which of the following muckrakers wrote about the evils of the nation's largest trust,
Standard Oil?

A) John Spargo B) da Tarbell C) Lincoln Steffens D) Frank Norris

18. Although the reforms of the Progressive Era were meant to make life better for
everyone, two groups that received very little benefit from the reforms enacted during
this period, and in fact even lost some of their rights during this period were

A) immigrants and African-Americans B) African-Americans and women
C) women and children D) children and immigrants


19. Worker's compensation was designed to

A) Provide income to workers who were laid off from their jobs.
B) Provide income to workers who had been injured on their jobs.
C) Provide education and training for illiterate workers.
D) Provide back pay to workers who had been discriminated against

20. Citizens voting directly for candidates they wish to see on state ballot in general election is:

A) direct election B)recall C)referendum D)nitiative

21. Giving citizens an opportunity to vote on laws proposed by state legislatures is :

A) direct election B)recall C)referendum D)nitiative

22. Allowing voters to remove an elected official from office via a special election is:

A) direct election B)recall C)referendum D)nitiative

23. Eugene Debs organized the ____________in 1901.

A) WCTU B) Salvation Army C) Socialist Party D) NAACP

24. What was a fad in factories that was to complete task quickly as possible:

A) prohibition B) assembly line C) taylorism D) overtime

25. What industry did most women work in?

A) political industry B) medical industry C) sales industry D) garment industry


26. Jane Adams is a reformer who is most associated with:

A) providence house B) hull house C) exposing Rockafellar D) exposing the meat ind.



27. Using the graph above what can you tell about women in the labor force from 1890-2000?

A) Women in the workforce decreased throughout the years.
B) There were more women than men in the workforce.
C) Women in the workforce grew rapidly between 1890-2000.
D) There were only a small percent of women working in 1990.


During the Progressive Era, many progressive ministers believed that it was their social
obligation not merely to tend to the spiritual needs of society. Progressive ministers and other
progressive leaders spread what became known as the 8ociaI go85eI. What is social gospel?




Bonus: Who delivered the "Ain't A Woman speech at a women's rights convention?