Study Set: Unit 2 Test - Industrialization & Progressive Era

Why did Progressive reformers create a separate court system (Juvenile Detention) for kids under 18?

• Kids needed harsher punishments like adults

• Kids commit crimes based on their environment or needs, not because they are bad.

• Punishing kids was a waste of time

• All of the above

What did the Homestread Strike, the Pullman Strike, and the Railroad Strike of 1877 have in common?

• They ended in violence

• The government gave the workers a raise

• They were victories for the labor unions

• They were organized by anarchists

Why did the Progressive reformers support regulations (rules) for businesses like the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?

• To stop businesses polluting the earth

• To provide more funding for public services

• To keep jobs in the United States

• To break up monopolies & trusts - bring back competition

What progressive reform allowed citizens to pass their own laws without - or bypassing - the congress, to fight against political corruption?

• Recall

• Referendum

• Initiative

• Secret Ballot

Which of the following is NOT a Progressive reform of the workplace?

• Banning Child Labor

• Restricting hours for women at work

• Providing help/benefits to people who get injured at work

• Restricting work hours for men

How did Industrialization cause labor unions to form?

• Labor Unions helped get people jobs

• Labor Unions were formed in response to terrible working conditions in factories

• Business owners created them to control workers

• The government mandated them for child labor

What is a common "pull factor" that brought immigrants to the US during this time period?

• Lots of available farmland

• Religious Pogroms

• population growth

• Jim Crow laws

Steel allowed the first skyscrapers to be build in cities. As a result, what were US population patterns like? (Where were people moving during this time period?

• People were moving to cities

• People were moving to the country

• People were moving to suburbs

• People were moving out of the US

Which of these characteristics was NOT true of factory workers during Industrialization?

• They worked long hours

• The worked for low pay

• They work dangerous, repetitive conditions

• They relied on party bosses to improve their wages

In our economic system - capitalism - who owns the means of production (factories, materials, etc)?

• The US Government

• They are privately owned (regular citizens)

• The political machines

• They are publicly owned by everyone