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WorksheetsIndustry/Progressive Era
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
A goal of the Progressive movement from 1890 to 1920 was to
a)
promote free enterprise and capitalism.
b)
address the problems caused by industrialization.
c)
promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River.
d)
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
2.
Which was NOT true of President Theodore Roosevelt?
a)
Encouraged government to break up monopolies and trusts.
b)
Ran for re-election as a candidate for the Bull Moose party in 1912
c)
Supported conservation of natural resources.
d)
Selected as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the presidency.
3.
From which continent did 90% percent of immigrants to America in the late 1800s originate?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
Africa
4.
What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be fine, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Progressive Era
d)
Era of Good Feelings
5.
A _________________ was a journalist who sought to uncover problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.
a)
carpetbagger
b)
muckraker
c)
suffragette
d)
scalawag
6.
Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution allowed which group of people full voting rights?
a)
African Americans
b)
18 year-olds
c)
Women
7.
True or False
Urbanization, the shift from workers leaving farms to work in urban factories, resulted in 40% of the US population living in urban areas by 1900, up from 7% in 1820.
Urbanization, the shift from workers leaving farms to work in urban factories, resulted in 40% of the US population living in urban areas by 1900, up from 7% in 1820.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Expansion of this type of transportation helped open up markets in the western United States in the late 1800s.
a)
Steam ships
b)
Railroads
c)
Automobiles
d)
Horse drawn carriages
9.
True or False
Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to become President of the United States.
Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to become President of the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What was the name of the "muckraking" novel authored by Upton Sinclair?
a)
The Shame of the Cities
b)
The History of the Standard Oil Company
c)
The Jungle
d)
The Hunger Games
11.
What was the Progressive Era movement called that supported the prohibition of alcohol?
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Labor Movement
c)
Women's Suffrage Movement
d)
Temperance Movement
12.
Which city in North Carolina's piedmont became the center of the furniture industry?
a)
Greensboro
b)
Mebane
c)
High Point
d)
Winston-Salem
13.
True or False
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the four U.S Presidents whose likeness is carved into Mount Rushmore.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which two cities were most closely associated with the tobacco industry in North Carolina in the late 1800s?
a)
Raleigh and Charlotte
b)
Durham and Greensboro
c)
Durham and Winston
d)
Winston and High Point
15.
Which was not one of the major industries that developed in North Carolina in the years following Reconstruction?
a)
Gold mining
b)
Textiles
c)
Furniture
d)
Tobacco
16.
What name was given to a famous group of soldiers organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War?
a)
Rough Riders
b)
Navy Seals
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Doughboys
17.
What man-made structure was completed in Promontory, Utah in 1869 that connected the eastern and western United States?
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Highway 66
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
18.
True or False
Many western states granted women the right to vote before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Many western states granted women the right to vote before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which family is incorrectly paired with the city in which their factory was located?
a)
White - Mebane
b)
Duke - Durham
c)
Reynolds - Raleigh
20.
What was the name of the US Navy ship that was blown up in Havana harbor, leading to the Spanish-American War?
a)
RMS Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS Monitor
d)
USS Constitution
21.
Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers in Cuba?
a)
Alfred Thayer
b)
Walter Reed
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
22.
What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919?
a)
It established the personal income tax.
b)
It established the prohibition of alcohol.
c)
It established the direct election of senators.
d)
It allowed for voters to select their party candidates.
23.
In 1906, the publication of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle led Congress to
a)
support the national conservation movement.
b)
create the Meat Inspection Act.
c)
pass stronger prohibition laws.
d)
legalize strikes and boycotts by labor unions.
24.
Heirs from this family constructed the Biltmore Estate, the best example of the Gilded Age in North Carolina.
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Carnegie
c)
Vanderbilt
d)
Morgan
25.
Each of the following was a U.S. President known for progressive ideals, except
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Warren Harding
d)
William Howard Taft
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