Overla - Progressive Era
test covering the progressive era of american history
- 1.The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except
- A.
Protecting social welfare
- B.
Promoting business monopolies
- C.
Creating economic reform
- D.
Fostering efficiency in the workplace
- 2.Muckrakers were
- A.
Politicians
- B.
Conservationists
- C.
Suffragists
- D.
Journalists
- 3.A bill that originates from the people rather than from legislators is known as
- A.
A recall
- B.
An initiative
- C.
A referendum
- D.
An amendment
- 4.Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union fought for this cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and asking saloon keepers to stop selling alcohol.
- A.
Progressive movement
- B.
Scientific management
- C.
Prohibition
- D.
Initiative
- 5.This reform governor and US senator from Wisconsin made the railroad industry a major target of reform.
- A.
Robert M. LaFollette
- B.
Florence Kelley
- C.
James Hogg
- D.
Andrew Carnegie
- 6.This amendment allowed for the popular, or direct election, of US senators by the people of the states.
- A.
13th Amendment
- B.
1st Amendment
- C.
19th Amendment
- D.
17th Amendment
- 7.Suffrage means
- A.
Discrimination
- B.
Women's rights
- C.
The right to vote
- D.
The denial of the right to vote
- 8.Who expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society?
- A.
WEB DuBois
- B.
Ida Wells
- C.
Theodore Roosevelt
- D.
Booker T. Washington
- 9.Which effect can be traced directly to the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v/s Ferguson?
- A.
Southern blacks lost their voting rights for 60 years
- B.
Lynching of African Americans continued into the 1920's
- C.
Racial segregation continued in the United States for another 60 years and was sanctioned by law
- D.
Race riots broke out in New York and other large cities
- 10.The Next five questions all relate to the Map, Centers of US Population, 1790 - 2000What does this map show?
- A.
Total US population from 1790 - 2000
- B.
Centers of US population from 1790 - 2000
- C.
Population of the 22 largest US cities
- D.
Change in US population between 1790 - 2000
- 11.In which state was the center of population located in 1900?
- A.
West Virginia
- B.
Ohio
- C.
Indiana
- D.
Illinois
- 12.In which general direction did the population shift from 1790 - 2000?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
East
- D.
West
- 13.Approximately how far, in miles, did the center of population shift from 1790 - 1900?
- A.
About 100 miles
- B.
About 250 miles
- C.
About 550 miles
- D.
About 750 miles
- 14.In which direction did the center of population shift between 1890 - 1900?
- A.
Northwest
- B.
Northeast
- C.
Southwest
- D.
Southeast
- 15.The next five questions all relate to the map, Woman Suffrage Before Ratification of the 19th Amendment, 1920.In total, _____ states had full woman suffrage before 1920.
- A.
15
- B.
25
- C.
27
- D.
30
- 16.The state of _____ granted full woman suffrage in 1893.
- A.
Minnesota
- B.
Utah
- C.
Colorado
- D.
Massachusetts
- 17.Based on the map you could infer that Ohio was _____ than Pennsylvania in the early 1900's.
- A.
More progressive
- B.
Less progressive
- C.
Home to more women
- D.
Less concerned with conservation
- 18.The southwestern state of _____ was more conservative towards woman suffrage than its neighbors.
- A.
Arizona
- B.
Texas
- C.
Nevada
- D.
New Mexico
- 19.The last states to grant woman suffrage before 1920 were
- A.
New York, Michigan, South Dakota
- B.
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Michigan
- C.
North Dakota, Nebraska, Texas
- D.
Arizona, Oregon, Kansas
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