Progressive Era

A group that controls the activities of a political party is called...?

• Oppressive
• A Political Machine
• A Captain of Industry
• Thor

Using machinery to replace manual labor is called...?

• Oppressive
• Urbanization
• Mechanization
• Iron Man

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:

• The Baby Boom
• Immigration
• The Homestead Act
• Better Healthcare

Electric lighting and telephone service increased:

• immigration
• westward expansion
• racial segregation
• industrial growth

Steel manufacturing was located in which region of the U.S.?

• Northeast
• Southeast
• Pacific
• Midwest

All of the following helped change the U.S. from an agricultural to an industrial nation EXCEPT:

• new inventions
• free land
• labor force
• raw materials

The 18th Amendment:

• stopped alcohol sales
• granted women suffrage
• prevented child labor
• raised factory wages

What amendment finally gave women the right to vote?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

The Progressive Movement included suffrage, temperance, trust-busting, and:

• prospecting
• steel production
• reservations
• reform

Why did it take so long to abolish child labor?

• Child labor was cheap.
• Companies profited from child labor.
• Hard work was expected of all family members.
• All of these.