The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• the railroad

• suffrage

• slavery

• political machines

Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -

• muckrakers

• nativists

• imperialists

• industrialists

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Laissez-Faire

• Mercantilism

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big business like railroads and prohibited monopolies?

• Dawes Act & Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust & Interstate Commerce Act

• Pure Food & Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

The ratification of this amendment granted suffrage to all genders.

• 15th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?

• Natural Park Service

• NAACP

• Pure Food & Drug Administration

• Environmental Protection Agency

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

• Women's Suffrage

• Temperance

• Muckraker

• Harlem Renaissance

People like Upton Sinclair were _____________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

• supporters of political machines

• industrialists

• nativists

• muckrakers

These reforms made the government directly accountable (more 'democratic') to the citizens.

• 16th and 18th amendments

• 19th and 22nd amendments

• referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendments

• Pendleton Act & Homestead Act