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Gilded Age & Progressive Reform Quiz

Authored by SHAE WILBUR

Social Studies

11th Grade

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Gilded Age & Progressive Reform Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main goal of muckrakers during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era?

Support monopolies and big business

Promote westward expansion

Expose corruption and social problems to the public

Increase industrial production

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which author exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry in The Jungle?

Ida Tarbell

Jacob Riis

Upton Sinclair

Lincoln Steffens

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Ida Tarbell’s investigative journalism focus on?

Working conditions in coal mines

Corruption in city governments

The oil monopoly of Standard Oil

Unsafe food and drug practices

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term “robber baron” was used to describe business leaders who

Created jobs and expanded industry fairly

Used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and exploit workers

Encouraged fair wages for workers

Supported government regulation of business

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term “captain of industry” was used to describe business leaders who

Used wealth to benefit society through philanthropy and innovation

Avoided paying taxes

Exploited child labor for profit

Opposed any government involvement in business

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did laissez-faire economics affect government involvement in business during the late 1800s?

The government heavily regulated business

The government allowed businesses to operate with little interference

The government set prices for goods

The government controlled wages and working hours

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which U.S. President became known as a “trust buster” for breaking up monopolies and enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act?

William McKinley

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

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