Gilded Age - Progressive Era

The US entered WW2 after this event:

• sinking of the Lusitania

• bombing of Hiroshima

• invasion of France

• Pearl Harbor

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?

• hospitality of the Native American tribes inhabiting the region
• construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River
• freeing of slaves in the southern states
• influx of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe

In the late nineteenth century, the "bosses" of urban political machines often-

• accepted bribes in return for favors
• denied voting rights to the poor
• wasted money on military spending
• descrimated againts migrant workers

This was created to regulate monopolies

• Interstate Commerce Commission
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Roosevelt Anti-Trust Act
• Slayton Anti-Trust Act

This disaster killed over 100 workers and resulted in workplace safety codes

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Circle Pantswaist Factory Fire
• Sherman Factory Fire
• The Jungle Factory Fire

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Who fought for women's suffrage?

• Ida Wells
• Susan B Anthony
• Booker T Washington
• Jane Addams

The steel industry was controlled by _____ during the Gilded Age.

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Vanderbilt
• Swift

The expansion of the railroad led to the ____________.

• Creation of time zones
• Destruction of the buffalo
• Faster transportation of goods
• All of the above

The _______ Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 led to the death of approximately 150 workers, due to unsafe working conditions.

• Circle
• Square
• Triangle
• Rectangle