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WorksheetsGilded Age & Progressive Era
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Who were the Progressives?
a)
Factory owners who tried to make inexpensive products.
b)
People who moved out of the city into the suburbs.
c)
Wealthy people who owned many tenement houses.
d)
People who tried to reform the government and society.
2.
What was a Muckraker?
a)
A politician who was corrupt.
b)
A factory owner who employed child labor.
c)
An investigative journalist who exposed corruption in society.
d)
An immigrant who lived in a tenement building.
3.
Describe the Gilded Age described by Mark Twain (1870-1900).
a)
A period in history where most people are living a good life and are happy.
b)
A period in history where everything looks good on the outside, but if you look deeper you will see lots of of serious problems especially in the government.
c)
A period in history when most things are made from metal.
d)
A period in history where construction in large cities is booming.
4.
What was a major concerns of people during the Gilded age?
a)
The Power of the rich.
b)
Cholera
c)
Immigration
d)
The president having too much power and control.
5.
What another major concerns of people during the Gilded age?
a)
Cholera
b)
The president having too much power and control.
c)
Corruption: abuse of power for personal gain.
d)
Immigration
6.
What was the Progressive Era in the United States?
a)
A time when everyone was employed in the city.
b)
A time when cars replaced horses for the main mode of transportation.
c)
A time of Westward Expansion in the United States.
d)
A time when there was political reform and changes in things like child labor, poor working conditions, women's rights, etc.
7.
Who was Jacob Riis and how did he contribute to reform?
a)
He helped change labor laws in Chicago.
b)
He wrote a book, "The Jungle," exposing the working conditions in the meat factories in Chicago.
c)
Wrote a book, "How the Other Half Lives," that showed the public what life was like in New York City living in the tenement slums
d)
He helped stop child labor
8.
What president is best know for making the most strives during the Progressive Era?
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
9.
What was one thing the progressives
did not try to change?
did not try to change?
a)
Labor Rights
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Safety of the Nation's Food & Drug supply
d)
Use of Technology
10.
What major education reform took place during the Progressive Era?
a)
All children were given free lunches at school.
b)
Many cities opened state colleges
c)
Children were REQUIRED to go to school through the 6th grade.
d)
Boys were required to go to college or trade school.
11.
What did the muckrakers do for people during the Progressive Era?
a)
Raised money to help change things in the United States.
b)
Sent letters to legislators to make them change the "wrongs" in society.
c)
Created jobs for many immigrants that recently arrived in the United States.
d)
Took pictures & wrote articles that changed public opinion & moved the U.S to reform parts of society & the government
12.
What else did Jacob Riis contribute to a reform movement?
a)
He helped create meat industry laws in Chicago.
b)
He helped create tenement housing laws in New York.
c)
He helped to created child labor laws in New York.
d)
He helped to create laws that dismantled monopolies.
13.
Describe tenement housing.
a)
Single family homes in large cities.
b)
Apartments in small towns in the midwest.
c)
Cramped apartments in large cities that had disease & crime.
d)
Basement apartments in Chicago
14.
What was one Acts (law) passed as a result of the novel The Jungle?
a)
American Disability Act - guarantees equal rights for individuals with disabilities.
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act - Banned the sale of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
c)
Regulation of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives -collects taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms & require labels that protect consumers.
d)
Hunting Act of 1906 which banned hunting of bison
15.
What was another act (law) passed as a result of the novel The Jungle?
a)
American Disability Act - guarantees equal rights for individuals with disabilities.
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act - Banned the sale of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
c)
Meat Inspection Act - required Federal inspection of meat & the Dept. of Agriculture to set cleanliness standards.
d)
Quality Air Act which required big businesses to use filters to clean the air.
16.
Why did people want to reform child labor?
a)
Children often worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little money.
b)
Children needed to stay at home and help take care of the household.
c)
Children were getting sick at work and spreading it in the community.
d)
People wanted their children to work in factories
17.
Describe the 17th Amendment:
a)
Gave the government the right to collect taxes off of people's income.
b)
Gave women the right to vote.
c)
Direct election of Senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.
d)
Banned the consumption of alcohol.
18.
Describe the Suffrage movement.
a)
Equal pay for women doing the same job as men.
b)
The right for women to attend college.
c)
The fight for women’s voting rights.
d)
The fight to ban alcohol in the United States
19.
Who was one leader in the Suffrage movement?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Zelda Fitzgerald
c)
Nelly Bly
d)
Elizabeth Blackwell
20.
What was NOT PART of Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”?
a)
His program to build new legislative building in Washington D.C.
b)
His program to protect the environment & public health.
c)
His program to break up big business monopolies (trusts).
d)
His program to improve working conditions for factory workers.
21.
What did Roosevelt accomplish regarding conservation (nature preservation)?
a)
He passed a clean water act through congress that prohibited factories from dumping waste into rivers.
b)
He created a law which limited the harvesting of timber in the National parks.
c)
He passed a clean air act through congress.
d)
Roosevelt declared millions of acres of land as protected national forests.
22.
Describe the 16th Amendment.
a)
Senators are to be chosen by direct election of the state not by the state government.
b)
Outlawed the production, transport or sale of alcohol.
c)
Gave women the right to vote
d)
Allowed the government to tax people's income.
23.
Describe the 19th Amendment.
a)
Outlawed the production, transport or sale of alcohol.
b)
Gave women the right to vote.
c)
Allowed the public to vote for senators not legislators.
d)
Allowed the government to tax people's income.
24.
What does the N.A.A.C.P. stand for?
a)
National Association for Advancement of Citizen's Police.
b)
National Action of Animal Crime Prevention
c)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
d)
Natural Air and Country Patrol
25.
Describe the N.A.A.C.P.
a)
National Association for Advancement of Citizen's Police.
b)
Citizens who are organized to help theft.
c)
Organization to obtain equal rights for African Americans.
d)
Organization to help stop crimes against animals.
26.
What is the lowest point on the land of the continental United states?
a)
Desert Shores, CA
b)
New Orleans, LA
c)
Death Valley, CA
d)
Bombay Beach, CA
27.
According to grocery statistics, more money is spent on advertising this breakfast cereal than any other - between $50 and $99 million annually.
a)
Frosted Flakes
b)
Cherios
c)
Fruit Loops
d)
Trix
28.
Which country is the world's greatest producer of wine?
a)
France
b)
United States
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
29.
Name the soft white Greek cheese usually made from goat's milk.
a)
Asiago
b)
Gouda
c)
Feta
d)
Swiss
30.
Who was Upton Sinclair and how did he contribute to the progressive Era?
a)
He wrote the book, How the Other Half Lives," which described tenement housing in New York.
b)
He helped create tenement housing laws in New York.
c)
He wrote the book, "The Jungle," which described the Meat-Packing plants in Chicago.
d)
He was for Theodore Roosevelt as a naturalist.
31.
What is a baby rabbit called?
a)
pup
b)
cub
c)
Kit or Kitten
d)
kid
32.
What was one thing the Civil Service Commission did to stop corruption in the Federal Government?
a)
Watched over Senators to make sure they were not taking bribes.
b)
watched over state legislatures to control their spending.
c)
Required all Federal employees to have a college degree.
d)
Required people applying for a Federal government job take a test to make sure they were qualified.
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