Week 21 U.S. History: The Progressive Movement 1890-1921

 

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U.S. History Week 21

Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920

I designed a quiz related to chapter 21 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

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Review the following Chapter 21 pages:

• Introduction
• The Origins of the Progressive Spirit in America
• Progressivism at the Grassroots Level
• New Voices for Women and African Americans
• Progressivism in the White House
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 21 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 21 Videos:

• Crash Course: The Progressive Era (15:00)
• How the Assassination of McKinley Gave Birth to the Secret Service (4:18)
• How “The Jungle” Changed American Food (2:50)
• How the NAACP Fights Racial Discrimination (3:48)
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (3:38)
• Crash Course: Progressive Presidents (15:06)
• The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington (4:54)
• Crash Course: Women’s Suffrage (13:30)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• New York (7:35)
• Herbert Hoover: The Dam Story
• Lou Henry Hoover: The Adventuresome Activist
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Bad Deal
• Eleanor Roosevelt: The Red Cross Uniform

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 21 Review Questions
• Chapter 21 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 21 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 21 The Progressive Movement 1890-1921 

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Progressive Era journalists & writers who exposed societal problems
while urging the public to identify solutions were called ___.
Answer choices include: soft journalists,
hacks, muckrakers, yellow journalists

The correct answer is muckrakers.

Who wrote a series of articles highlighting
John D. Rockefeller’s monopoly Standard Oil?
Answer choices include: Jacob Riis,
Henry Demarast Lloyd, Ray Stannard Baker, Ida M. Tarbell

The correct answer is Ida M. Tarbell.

Grassroots efforts of everyday people who believed that
the country was moving in a dangerous direction is called ___.
Answer choices include: Realism,
Progressivism, Regressivism, Surrealism

The correct answer is Progressivism.

Political party members vote directly for a candidate that is
then nominated to run in the election in a ___.
Answer choices include:
direct primary, delegate convention selection,
electoral college, ranked voting

The correct answer is direct primary.

Which was the first state to allow an initiative on the ballot?
Answer choices include:
Florida, California, South Carolina, South Dakota

The correct answer is South Dakota.

Putting an existing law on the ballot for voters
to affirm or reject is called a/n ___.
Answer choices include:
primary, initiative, recall, referendum

The correct answer is referendum.

Which amendment mandates the direct election of U.S. Senators?
Answer choices include: 5, 13, 17, 24

The correct answer is 17.

In 1900, ___ created a commission system of
local government in response to a deadly hurricane.
Answer choices include:
Texas, California, North Carolina, Florida

The correct answer is Texas.

A popular U.S. senator (1901-1906), ___ approved a minimum wage,
workman’s compensation, progressive tax law, etc.
Answer choices include: William Tweed,
Robert La Follette, William Jennings Bryan, Richard B. Hubbard

The correct answer is Robert La Follette.

Scientific management focused on efficient & increased production
by having workers only do specific tasks is called ___.
Answer choices include:
Taylorism, Collaboration, Laissez-faire, Participative

The correct answer is Taylorism.

Lewis Hine created a long-standing educational pictorial
campaign focused on ___ working in factories.
Answer choices include:
women, children, immigrants, African Americans

The correct answer is children.

What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that
convinced many of the need for workplace safety codes & laws?
Answer choices include: hurricane, fire, tornado, flood

The correct answer is fire.

The 18th Amendment prohibited
manufacturing, selling, or transporting ___.
Answer choices include:
weapons, tobacco, enslaved people, alcohol

The correct answer is alcohol.

The Industrial Workers of the World encouraged
workers to ___ to achieve labor reform.
Answer choices include:
resign, riot, strike, stage massive sit-ins

The correct answer is strike.

Who was arrested & found guilty without being allowed
to testify after registering & voting for President in 1872?
Answer choices include: Carrie Chapman Chatt,
Alice Paul, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The correct answer is Susan B. Anthony.

For almost 2 years, the Silent Sentinels picketed for women
to vote with many staging a hunger strike in/on ___.
Answer choices include: the White House,
jail, schools nationwide, national television

The correct answer is jail.

In the late 1800s, who encouraged the African American
community to grow socially & work hard to earn prosperity?
Answer choices include: W.E.B. Du Bois,
Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X

The correct answer is Booker T. Washington.

The Declaration of Principles by Du Bois
called for equality for ___.
Answer choices include: African Americans,
Latinos, women, the economically disadvantaged

The correct answer is African Americans.

Who created the Square Deal for America
and enacted several Progressive ideas?
Answer choices include: William McKinley,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alton B. Parker, Theodore Roosevelt

The correct answer is Theodore Roosevelt.

Which of the following was/were enacted
under Woodrow Wilson’s administration?
Answer choices include:
reinstatement of federal income tax,
lowering of tariff rates,
dismantling of multiple monopolies,
all of these

The correct answer is all of these.

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