Progressive Reforms Review

Which time period was known as a time of business expansion, corruption, and unlimited power?

• Progressive Era

• Immigration Era

• Gilded Age

• Revolutionary Period

Which THREE industries made the most profit during the Gilded Age when several business owners became the wealthiest men in America?

• Silver

• Iron

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

Which time period was known for activists working to end welfare issues in American Society?

• Revolutionary Period

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

• Gilded Age

Which of these is NOT true about tenement apartments?

• Many immigrants lived in tenement apartments.

• Tenement apartments did not having running water.

• Sometimes up to four families lived in one apartment.

• Tenement apartments were easily affordable for families.

• Tenement apartments were often filthy and smelled of mold.

Where did many impoverished/immigrant families go to receive services like child care or counseling?

• Cultural Neighborhoods

• Settlement Houses

• Hospitals

• Immigrant Houses

What were the apartment style houses that many immigrants lived in called?

• Tenements

• Condos

• Shack

• Hotel

Answer explanation

In tenements, many apartments were spacious with a lot natural light coming in through windows.

• True

• False

Which of the following would be a correct description of what life was like in urban areas during the height of immigration in New York?

• majority of the people were wealthy

• most people in urban areas lived in nice houses

• most people lived in poverty, and cities were overcrowded & dirty

• city streets were well maintained, and the unemployment rate was low

In New York State the Tenement House Act passed

• Cut working hours to eight hours

• Required new buildings to have better ventilation in bathrooms and running water

• Prevented child labor

• Created sanitation codes

What journalist and photographer became famous for exposing the horrible conditions in New York City tenements?

• Jacob Riis
• Mr. Hamm
• Jane Addams
• Frederick Olmsted