Gilded Age and Progressive Movement Test

The Gilded Age earned its name from the 

•  Improvement in the average American’s standard of living.
•  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.
• Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.
• Use of gold to back America’s money supply.

 A goal of the Progressive movement was to

• reduce the government’s involvement in social issues
• correct the problems caused by industrialization
• promote laissez-faire policies
• promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River

The Progressive Era was a movement for _____ change.

• economic
• political
• social
• all of the above

During the Progressive Era, the main goal of the women’s movement was

• equal wages
• the right to vote
• equal access to employment
• the right to own property

Muckrakers contributed to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of the 20^th century by

• challenging big government and urging a return to past conditions
• exposing widespread corruption in business and government
• writing favorable biographies about wealthy Americans
• aligning themselves with the women’s suffrage movement

During the Progressive Era, muckrakers published articles and novels primarily to

• advance their own political careers
• make Americans aware of problems in society
• help the federal government become more efficient
• provide entertainment for readers

 In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

• dangers faced by coal miners.
• unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.
• corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company 
• illegal deeds between special interests and the government

Jacob Riis, in How the Other Half Lives, and Lincoln Steffens, in The Shame of the Cities, contributed to reform movements in the United States by

• exposing poverty and corruption 
• opposing westward expansion 
• criticizing racial injustice 
• supporting organized labor 

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle influenced public opinion to such an extent that

• President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act
• Many states passed minimum wage laws and maximum hour laws for women.
• State legislatures passed mine and factory safety laws and new inspection regulations.
• President Wilson convinced Congress to pass the Keating-Owen Child Act.

Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote about

• Ruthlessness of the Standard Oil Company.
• Social ills of life in New York City’s tenements.
• Unsanitary condition in the meatpacking industry.
• Abuses of the railroad industry.