The American History: Take The Progressive Era Quiz!
- 1.Why did the Boxer rebellion start?
- A.
Wanted to make peace in China
- B.
Wanted to throw off foreigners
- C.
They just wanted to fight
- D.
None of the above
- 2.Where did Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir camp for four days?
- A.
Grand Canyon
- B.
Petrified Forest
- C.
Yosemite Valley
- D.
A wildlife refuge in Pelican Island, Florida
- 3.Who won at the 1908 election?
- A.
Eugene V. Debs
- B.
William Howard Taft
- C.
William Jennings Bryan
- D.
Theodore Roosevelt
- 4.Which act made the nation's monetary and banking system better in 1913?
- A.
Federal Reserve Act
- B.
Sherman Antitrust Act
- C.
Clayton Antitrust Act
- D.
Meat Inspection Act
- 5.Which law prohibited the sale of foods and medicines?
- A.
Meat Inspection Act
- B.
Sherman Antitrust Act
- C.
Pure Food and Drug Act
- D.
Clayton Antitrust Act
- 6.Which muckraker wrote the book, The Jungle
- A.
Ida Tarbell
- B.
Upton Sinclair
- C.
Thomas Nast
- D.
None of the above
- 7.Who won the 1912 election?
- A.
William Howard Taft
- B.
Theodore Roosevelt
- C.
Eugene V. Debs
- D.
Woodrow Wilson
- 8.When was the Eighteenth Amendment ratified in?
- A.
1915
- B.
1916
- C.
1917
- D.
1919
- 9.Which one of these states was NOT one of the four states that women were allowed to vot in 1896?
- A.
Wyoming
- B.
Oregon
- C.
Colorado
- D.
Idaho
- 10.Who was the first president of the National American Women Suffrage Association?
- A.
Carrie Chapman Catt
- B.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- C.
Susan B. Anthony
- 11.Which one of the reforms aloowed people to vote an official out of the office?
- A.
Initiative
- B.
Recall
- C.
Referendum
- 12.Which one of the progressive reformer goals handed out jobs and contracts in the 1870s and 1880s?
- A.
Reforming Government and Expanding Democracy
- B.
Promoting Social Welfare
- C.
Creating Economic Reform
- 13.Which muckraker blamed Standard Oil for using unfair advantages?
- A.
Upton Sinclair
- B.
Thomas Nast
- C.
Ida Tarbell
- 14.Which state was the first to make a direct primary?
- A.
Illinois
- B.
Colorado
- C.
Wisconsin
- D.
Wyoming
- 15.What did Nellie Bly wrote about besides her experience in the asylum?
- A.
Prisons
- B.
Factories
- C.
Nursing Homes
- D.
All of the above
- 16.How long did Nellie Bly spent in the Women's Lunatic Asylum?
- A.
5 days
- B.
10 days
- C.
15 days
- D.
20 days
- 17.How many Western states ratified full women suffrage between 1910 and 1914?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
10
- D.
13
- 18.What did the 17th amendment do?
- A.
Gave a federal income tax
- B.
Gave direct election for senators
- C.
Banned alcohol
- D.
Full woman suffrage
- 19.What year did Susan B. Anthony became president for NAWSA?
- A.
1890
- B.
1892
- C.
1894
- D.
1896
- 20.Why did women's clubs worked so hard?
- A.
To promote suffrage
- B.
To Improve schools
- C.
To prohibit liquor across town
- D.
All of the above
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