The Progressive Era quiz

Founder of the Standard Oil Company. He grew his oil empire in the late 1800s.

• Andrew Mellon

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• John Z. DeLorean

Industrialist who built the steel industry by beating the competition with the best and cheapest steel on the market. Hint: Think Pittsburg, Pa.

• Andrew Mellon

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• John Z. DeLorean

Period of time in the late 1800s of fabulous wealth for a few and poverty for the many. Mark Twain and Charles Warner named this age.

• The Antebellum Era

• The Gilded Age

• The Labor Movement

• The Progressive Era

The growth of the auto industry gave rise to which of the following?

• The modern road system

• The assembly line

• The middle class

• All of the above

The "Great Migration" was a time between 1915 and 1930 when this occurred.

• Canadian snow geese left Canada for the U.S.

• People from the East left their homes in search of riches in the West.

• 1.5 million Black southerners left the South in search of a better life in the North

• 10 million Serbians came to America.

What event on February 14, 1929 changed the course of prohibition?

• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

• World War 1

• World War 2

• The 13th Amendment

Which of the following was not a basic goal of progressivism?

• Create economic reform

• Limit immigration from China

• Promote social welfare

• Spread democracy

Which of the following is an example of economic reform?

• Social Security

• Child Labor Laws

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Law

• All of the above

Theodore Roosevelt believed the government's job was to ensure fairness or what kind of "deal" for workers and big business.

• "Circle"

• "Round"

• "Square"

• "Elliptical"

As a crusader of the environment, Theodore Roosevelt preserved 194 million acres of public land for future generations including this national landmark.

• The Grand Canyon

• Mount Rushmore

• Estes National Park

• The Mojave Desert