Progressive Era Practice Quiz

What did Ida Tarbell criticize in her work, The History of the Standard Oil Company?

• The labor movement

• Labor unions

• The government

• John D. Rockefeller and his business methods

What did Jacob Riis document in his work, How the Other Half Lives?

• The labor movement

• The political machines in America

• The success of big businesses

• The squalid living conditions in NYC slums

What was the focus of Lincoln Steffens' magazine articles?

• Political machines

• Child labor

• All of the above

• Religion

What was the novel, The Octopus, by Frank Norris based on?

• The railroad's positive impact on the Western Farmers.

• Western farmers' success with the help of the railroad industry.

• was a fictional story based on real incidents between the western farmers and the railroad.

What did Upton Sinclair reveal in his novel, The Jungle?

• The unsanitary process of meat production

• The success of the meat-packing industry

• The healthy conditions of meat production

What was the purpose of the Progressive Era movement?

• To support big businesses

• To maintain the status quo

• To bring about social, political, and economic reform

• To resist social, political, and economic reform

What problems did America face because of rapid industrialization?

• Improved living conditions for the poor

• Decreased wealth disparity

• Child labor and poor working conditions

• Equal distribution of wealth

What was the focus of the labor movement?

• Improving working conditions and wages

• Promoting big businesses

• Exploiting workers

• Supporting child labor

What did the muckrakers expose through their work?

• The positive impact of industrialization

• The success of the government

• The lives of the workers and the poor

• The benefits of big businesses

What was the belief of progressivism?

• The need to protect big businesses

• The rejection of social, political, and economic reform

• The government is responsible for the welfare of all citizens

• The rich are getting richer and the poor are dying