The Progressive Era

Question 1

This woman created Hull House in 1889 as a settlement house for immigrants looking for social/educational opportunities.

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

Question 2

Which ethnic group received great assistance from Tammany Hall in order to vote a certain way?

Accepted Answer

Irish

Question 3

African-Americans should give up their pursuit of equal rights & focus on job & skills training to earn respect.

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 4

This controversial law allowed the president to exchange Native American lands for U.S. citizenship.

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Act

Question 5

Tammany Hall was a political organization within the Democratic Party during the Progressive Era. Where did it operate?

Accepted Answer

New York City, NY

Question 6

This muckraker was known for harshly criticizing John D. Rockefeller's monopoly for Standard Oil.

Accepted Answer

Ida Tarbell

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT an action taken by Alice Paul?

Accepted Answer

Was arrested & imprisoned for illegally voting in the 1872 election

Question 8

In The Jungle, ___ wrote about the unsanitary conditions presenting America's factories, particularly the meat industry.

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 9

In "How the Other Lives," who was the other half?

Accepted Answer

Poor, working class immigrants

Question 10

Emma Lazarus was famous for writing "The New Colossus," a poem that was carved into THIS ICON to welcome immigrants.

Accepted Answer

The Statue of Liberty

Question 11

In 1920, the 19th amendment was passed. What did it do?

Accepted Answer

Gave women the right to vote

Question 12

Which quote best summarizes Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism"?

Accepted Answer

"Government must be the parent & set rules for business to protect people."

Question 13

The head of Tammany Hall was a man named...

Accepted Answer

Boss Tweed

Question 14

Which word most closely means "philanthropic" a word that described many industrial tycoons near the end of their lives?

Accepted Answer

Generosity

Question 15

Which university was partially founded by John D. Rockefeller?

Accepted Answer

University of Chicago

Question 16

Which of the following people supported, and helped create, the Niagara Movement?

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 17

This writer argued that the Progressive Era was actually the "Gilded Age" since many problems were masked by the wealthy

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

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