Progressive Era Review

What was the significance of the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• They encouraged Big Business to grow y passing protective tariffs

• They prevented poor quality goods from being shipped across state lines

• They were both used to break up labor unions that interfered with free enterprise

• They established the principle that Congress could regulate business in certain circumstances

Which is NOT a problem faced by most American factory workers in the late 19th century?

• boring, repetitive tasks

• periodic unemployment

• long hours and low wages

• demanding hiring requirements

What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?

• the decline of political machines in the Midwest

• the migration of poor workers to the suburbs

• a decrease in the gap between rich and poor

• the rapid growth of tenements and high rates of crime

Which useful function was served by the political machines of the late 1800s?

• they prevented corruption in local government

• they helped provide a supply of cheap and skilled labor for industry

• they served as role models for future city governments by acting as city managers

• they assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community

Which of the following best describes Capitalism?

• A system where the government controls business

• Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit!

• A economic system in which the people have limited rights

• An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.

What is urbanization?

• The movement of people from urban to rural areas
• Cities
• Farm towns
• The movement of people from rural to urban areas

Neighborhood centers that arose in the late 1800s to offer education, recreation, and social activities to immigrants and poor people

• Tenements

• Ghetto

• Settlement Houses

• the YMCA

Which of the following events shows that Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle had an important impact on the United States? pg.498

• Improvements in public education

• The establishments of settlement houses

• Adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment

• Law making meat inspection mandatory

During the Progressive Era, muckrakers published their writing mainly to

• support a particular political candidate

• make Americans aware of social problems

• restrict immigrants to entering only a few states

• help the federal government obtain more money

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 17

• 18

• 19

• 20