Ad Progressive Era Quiz

Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was growing and monopolies were being broken apart

• Progressive Era

• The Revolutionary War Era

• Reconstruction

The complete control of an industry by one person or company.

• Freemarket

• Assembly line

• Monopoly

An investigative reporter who published allegations of business and government leaders as corrupt.

• Columnist

• Muckraker

A law passed in 1890 that prohibited businesses to become monopolies and therefore encourage competition.

• Compromise of 1877

• Child Labor Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

• Nativism

• Accepting communities

• Arminianism

Why are monopolies bad?

• They increase jobs

• They raise prices

• They give buyers too many options

Who finally won the right to vote in 1919 with the passage of the 19th amendment?

• men

• women

• children

What does Suffrage mean?

• The right to vote

• Protection against false imprisonment

• The suffering of people during war

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 13th

• 16th

• 19th

Which president was also a Chief Supreme Court justice?

• Abraham Lincoln
• William Howard Taft
• Theodore Roosevelt