U.S. History Practice Test: The Progressive Era
- Progressive Era
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions cover reformers and reforms from about 1890 to 1920. The four amendments of this era are easy to mix up, so link each number to its change.
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Question 1
Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle (1906) helped lead to which law?
Correct answer: C
Readers were shocked by Sinclair's description of filthy meatpacking plants, and Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act that same year. The Sherman Act came earlier, in 1890.
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Question 2
Journalist Ida Tarbell is known for investigating
Correct answer: B
Tarbell's series on Standard Oil exposed how Rockefeller crushed competitors. Writers like her were called muckrakers because they dug up hidden problems.
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Question 3
Which of these was a major goal of President Theodore Roosevelt?
Correct answer: D
Roosevelt set aside large areas as national forests, parks and wildlife refuges. He also enforced antitrust laws, which is the opposite of removing rules on business.
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Question 4
What did the 16th Amendment (1913) allow?
Correct answer: A
The 16th Amendment gave Congress the power to tax incomes without dividing the tax among the states by population. Direct election of senators came with the 17th Amendment the same year.
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Question 5
Before the 17th Amendment (1913), U.S. senators were usually chosen by
Correct answer: B
The Constitution originally gave the choice of senators to state legislatures, and reformers said this invited bribery and deadlock. The 17th Amendment let voters elect senators directly.
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Question 6
Which amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed women the right to vote?
Correct answer: C
The 19th Amendment said the right to vote cannot be denied on account of sex. The 18th Amendment introduced Prohibition, and the 21st ended it.
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Question 7
Which amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages?
Correct answer: A
The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, and Prohibition took effect in 1920. The temperance movement believed alcohol caused poverty and violence in families.
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Question 8
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 led New York to pass new laws on
Correct answer: D
About 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, died, partly because exit doors were locked. The tragedy led to fire codes and other worker protections.
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Question 9
Progressive reformers supported the referendum. What does a referendum allow?
Correct answer: B
In a referendum, a measure goes to the voters for a direct decision. Removing an official early is a recall, and proposing a law by petition is an initiative.
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Question 10
Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889. What was it?
Correct answer: C
Hull House offered classes, child care, clubs and other help to poor and immigrant neighbors. Addams later received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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