Progressive Era Chart Check

Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?

Working 40+ hours per week was more important than children being educated

before the reforms of the Progressive Era in America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?

Rural families found their move to urban areas easy and rewarding.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?

Children working in factories were in danger of diseases.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?

Families who stayed in rural areas treated their children far better than those in urban areas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Is the statement about early workers' compensation laws TRUE or FALSE?

The first workmen's compensation laws were passed in 1915 in New York.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In what year was the first workmen's compensation law enacted?

(Hint: It was in Wisconsin.)

• 1900

• 1912

• 1915

Who had to bear most of the cost of the workmen's compensation?

• the injured worker

• the employer or industry

TRUE or FALSE?

It took twenty years for most states to adopt workmen's compensation laws.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fill in the blanks.

"By ______, ____ States and territories had adopted some form of safety legislation, and by 1917, most of the others had followed suit." (Paragraph 1)

• 1983, 41

• 1893, 14

TRUE or FALSE

Women weren't protected by laws in the workplace until they gained the right to vote in 1920.

• TRUE

• FALSE