What legislation passed in 1882 prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States?
A) Chinese Exclusion Act
B) Immigration Act of 1907
C) Gentlemen’s Agreement
D) National Origins Act
Answer: A) Chinese Exclusion Act
Which organization was created in 1891 to enforce immigration laws and inspect arriving immigrants?
A) Immigration and Naturalization Service
B) Bureau of Immigration
C) Federal Immigration Board
D) Ellis Island Immigration Commission
Answer: B) Bureau of Immigration
In 1907, an immigration law was passed requiring immigrants to read and write in which language?
A) English
B) Italian
C) German
D) Polish
Answer: A) English
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 restricted immigration from a country to a specific percentage based on what?
A) Total population of the country
B) Number of immigrants in the previous year
C) Population of the country in 1910
D) Percentage of skilled workers in the country
Answer: C) Population of the country in 1910
Which organization was formed in 1909 to advocate for immigrants’ rights and work for immigrant assimilation?
A) American Protective Association
B) American Immigration and Citizenship Association
C) Americanization League
D) National Immigration Forum
Answer: C) Americanization League
What was the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1917?
A) Banning immigration from certain countries
B) Establishing quotas for immigrants from different countries
C) Prohibiting illiterate immigrants from entering the U.S.
D) Providing financial assistance to immigrants
Answer: C) Prohibiting illiterate immigrants from entering the U.S.
Which federal agency was responsible for processing immigrants at Ellis Island in New York Harbor?
A) Department of Labor
B) Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
C) Immigration and Naturalization Service
D) Immigration Bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor
Answer: D) Immigration Bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor
What did the 1910 Angel Island Immigration Station in California primarily process?
A) European immigrants
B) Asian immigrants
C) South American immigrants
D) African immigrants
Answer: B) Asian immigrants
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote?
A) 16th Amendment
B) 17th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: D) 19th Amendment
What movement aimed to eliminate alcohol consumption in the United States and played a significant role during the Progressive Era?
A) Temperance Movement
B) Suffrage Movement
C) Labor Movement
D) Civil Rights Movement
Answer: A) Temperance Movement
What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drug Act passed in 1906?
A) Regulating the meatpacking industry
B) Ensuring the safety and labeling of food and drugs
C) Prohibiting child labor in factories
D) Establishing workplace safety standards
Answer: B) Ensuring the safety and labeling of food and drugs
Which Progressive Era reformer advocated for women’s suffrage and founded the National Woman’s Party?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Alice Paul
D) Lucy Stone
Answer: C) Alice Paul
What did the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 regulate?
A) Telecommunications industry
B) Oil and gas industry
C) Railroad industry
D) Banking industry
Answer: C) Railroad industry
Which Progressive Era president advocated for the conservation of natural resources and established national parks and monuments?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: A) Theodore Roosevelt
What was the primary goal of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
A) Regulating immigration
B) Regulating banks and stabilizing the financial system
C) Regulating monopolies and trusts
D) Regulating child labor
Answer: B) Regulating banks and stabilizing the financial system
What event in 1919 marked a period of intense anti-immigrant sentiment and fear of radical political ideas in the United States?
A) Haymarket Riot
B) Palmer Raids
C) Ludlow Massacre
D) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Answer: B) Palmer Raids
Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States?
A) 16th Amendment
B) 17th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: C) 18th Amendment
Which movement aimed to improve the living conditions and labor rights of industrial workers during the Progressive Era?
A) Temperance Movement
B) Suffrage Movement
C) Labor Movement
D) Civil Rights Movement
Answer: C) Labor Movement
What was the purpose of the Keating-Owen Act of 1916?
A) Regulating child labor
B) Regulating immigration from Eastern Europe
C) Regulating monopolies in the oil industry
D) Regulating agricultural practices
Answer: A) Regulating child labor
Which activist and social worker campaigned for improved sanitation and housing in urban areas and founded Hull House in Chicago?
A) Jane Addams
B) Margaret Sanger
C) Ida B. Wells
D) Florence Kelley
Answer: A) Jane Addams
What was the purpose of the Clayton Antitrust Act passed in 1914?
A) Regulating immigration
B) Regulating child labor
C) Strengthening antitrust laws and preventing monopolies
D) Regulating workplace safety standards
Answer: C) Strengthening antitrust laws and preventing monopolies
What did the 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, allow the federal government to do?
A) Prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
B) Levy income taxes on individuals and corporations
C) Establish a national bank
D) Grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
Answer: B) Levy income taxes on individuals and corporations
Which activist and suffragist leader was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election and argued for women’s right to vote?
A) Susan B. Anthony
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Lucretia Mott
D) Sojourner Truth
Answer: A) Susan B. Anthony
What did the 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, establish in the U.S. government?
A) Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
B) Direct election of U.S. senators by the people
C) Women’s suffrage
D) Abolition of slavery
Answer: B) Direct election of U.S. senators by the people
Which activist and journalist exposed the corrupt practices of big businesses and political machines through investigative journalism during the Progressive Era?
A) Ida B. Wells
B) Upton Sinclair
C) Jacob Riis
D) Lincoln Steffens
Answer: D) Lincoln Steffens
What was the purpose of the Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act of 1913?
A) Regulating immigration
B) Reducing tariffs on imported goods
C) Regulating child labor
D) Regulating banks and financial institutions
Answer: B) Reducing tariffs on imported goods
Which Progressive Era president advocated for the New Freedom platform, emphasizing antitrust legislation, banking reform, and tariff reduction?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: C) Woodrow Wilson
What was the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914?
A) Regulating immigration
B) Regulating child labor
C) Regulating banks and financial institutions
D) Preventing unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices in commerce
Answer: D) Preventing unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices in commerce
Which Progressive Era president implemented the Square Deal, focusing on conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: A) Theodore Roosevelt
What did the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike highlight during the Progressive Era?
A) Labor rights and fair wages
B) Women’s suffrage
C) Conservation of natural resources
D) Trusts and monopolies
Answer: A) Labor rights and fair wages
Which African American leader co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909, advocating for civil rights and an end to racial segregation?
A) W.E.B. Du Bois
B) Booker T. Washington
C) Ida B. Wells
D) Frederick Douglass
Answer: A) W.E.B. Du Bois
What did the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 establish?
A) Regulation of agricultural practices
B) Financial assistance to farmers through low-interest loans
C) Regulation of child labor
D) Regulation of meatpacking industry
Answer: B) Financial assistance to farmers through low-interest loans
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, prohibited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages?
A) 16th Amendment
B) 17th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: C) 18th Amendment
What did the Hepburn Act of 1906 empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to do?
A) Regulate child labor
B) Regulate banks and financial institutions
C) Regulate railroad rates and ensure fair practices
D) Regulate immigration
Answer: C) Regulate railroad rates and ensure fair practices
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators by the people?
A) 16th Amendment
B) 17th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: B) 17th Amendment
What did the 1906 Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act aim to address?
A) Workplace safety in factories
B) Quality and safety of food and drugs
C) Child labor in the meatpacking industry
D) Monopolies in the meat industry
Answer: B) Quality and safety of food and drugs
Which Progressive Era president implemented the Dollar Diplomacy policy, using economic power to influence other countries?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: B) William Howard Taft
What did the National Park Service Act of 1916 establish?
A) Financial assistance to farmers
B) Conservation of natural resources and establishment of national parks
C) Regulation of immigration
D) Regulation of banks and financial institutions
Answer: B) Conservation of natural resources and establishment of national parks
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1919, granted women the right to vote?
A) 16th Amendment
B) 17th Amendment
C) 18th Amendment
D) 19th Amendment
Answer: D) 19th Amendment
Which Progressive Era president implemented the New Freedom platform, emphasizing antitrust legislation, banking reform, and tariff reduction?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: C) Woodrow Wilson
