Progressive Era Quiz 1

The period of time after Reconstruction that saw the rise of big business and a handful of Americans became extremely wealthy was called the _____________________.

• Age of Prosperity

• Gilded Age

• Golden Age

• Age of Wealth

Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social problems were called____________?

• whistle-blowers

• muckrakers

• mudslingers

• dirt peddlers

During the Gilded Age, government didn't try to regulate business. This was called _____________?

• laissez faire economics

• progressive economics

• voodoo economics

• trickle down economics

One business controlling an entire industry is known as a ________________.

• juggernaut

• gerrymander

• monopoly

• corporation

Who did the National Grange help?

• Farmers

• Miners

• Bankers

• Loggers

What is Social Darwinism, and how did it apply the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human societies?

• A) A theory about natural selection in plants and animals.

• B) A theory suggesting certain races or nations were biologically superior and destined to dominate others.

• C) A theory promoting equality among all human societies.

• D) A theory emphasizing cooperation and harmony among different races.

Which Captain of Industry became the world's first billionnaire?

• Carnegie
• Rockefeller
• Ford
• Vanderbilt

Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.

• Progressive Era

• Assembly line

• Industrial Revolution

• Monopoly