Industry/Progressive Era

A goal of the Progressive movement from 1890 to 1920 was to

• promote free enterprise and capitalism.

• address the problems caused by industrialization.

• promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

Which was NOT true of President Theodore Roosevelt?

• Encouraged government to break up monopolies and trusts.
• Ran for re-election as a candidate for the Bull Moose party in 1912
• Supported conservation of natural resources.
• Selected as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the presidency.

From which continent did 90% percent of immigrants to America in the late 1800s originate?

• Europe
• Asia
• South America
• Africa

What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be fine, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?

• Reconstruction
• Gilded Age
• Progressive Era
• Era of Good Feelings

A _________________ was a journalist who sought to uncover problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.

• carpetbagger
• muckraker
• suffragette
• scalawag

Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution allowed which group of people full voting rights?

• African Americans

• 18 year-olds

• Women

True or False
Urbanization, the shift from workers leaving farms to work in urban factories, resulted in 40% of the US population living in urban areas by 1900, up from 7% in 1820.

• True
• False

Expansion of this type of transportation helped open up markets in the western United States in the late 1800s.

• Steam ships

• Railroads

• Automobiles

• Horse drawn carriages

True or False
Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to become President of the United States.

• True
• False

What was the name of the "muckraking" novel authored by Upton Sinclair?

• The Shame of the Cities
• The History of the Standard Oil Company
• The Jungle
• The Hunger Games