WorksheetsGilded Age & Progressive Era
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women and immigrants. It sought to address some of the problems caused by industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
2.
The Haymarket Affair, Homestead Strike, and Triangle Factory Fire were all...
a)
wealthy industrialists of the late 1800s
b)
leaders of labor unions
c)
notorious industrial disasters
d)
horizontally consolidated companies
3.
This man was known for his success in the railroad industry.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
4.
Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low.
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Robber Baron
c)
Philanthropist
d)
Consolidator
5.
Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
6.
Laissez-faire means...
a)
Government intervention
b)
"Hands-off" economic policy
c)
Deficit spending
d)
Command economy
7.
The first laws Congress passed to reduce immigration to the U.S. placed restrictions on immigrants from which country?
a)
Cuba
b)
Great Britain
c)
Japan
d)
China
8.
The new immigrants during the second wave of immigration were from ____________.
a)
Northern and Western Europe
b)
Africa and Asia
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
Australia and Africa
9.
Where were the "old" or "first wave" immigrants from?
a)
Northern and Western Europe
b)
Southern and Eastern Europe
c)
Russia
d)
Austrailia
10.
Although corrupt, _______ did supply important services and help assimilate the ever-expanding population of city dwellers
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Political Machines
c)
Segregation
d)
Steel
11.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
12.
Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrants coming to the U.S.?
a)
Opportunity
b)
Oppression
c)
Cultural ties
d)
Freedom
13.
Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
JP Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
14.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought to change?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
15.
What was the name of the unsafe and crowded apartments that many immigrants lived in during the Gilded Age?
a)
Slums
b)
Ghettos
c)
Tenements
d)
Shantytown
16.
Movement during the Gilded Age of people from the country to the city?
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
assimilation
d)
Americanization
17.
What institution most expanded during the Gilded Age?
a)
big business
b)
the military
c)
the credit industry
d)
rural life
18.
Production of what good became cheaper because of the invention of the Bessemer Process?
a)
iron
b)
steel
c)
gold
d)
oil
19.
Type of business that controls all of a market?
a)
corporation
b)
business
c)
monopoly
d)
pool
20.
What is the name for the trend of people going from working on farms to factories?
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
assimilation
d)
Americanization
21.
This group was created to reform racial problems.
a)
KKK
b)
NAACP
c)
YMCA
d)
AASC
22.
The Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act were created due to what novel?
a)
The Meat
b)
The Jungle
c)
The Union
d)
The Political Machine
23.
What is a push factor?
a)
Reason to leave a country
b)
Reason to come to a new country
c)
Reason to stay in a country
d)
Reason to stay at a job
24.
What is a pull factor?
a)
Reason to leave a country
b)
Reason to come to a new country
c)
Reason to stay in a country
d)
Reason to get a new job
25.
True or False: The Progressive Era was a time when Americans wanted to reform America for the better
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What is a Laissez-faire economy?
a)
An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
b)
An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
c)
An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
d)
An economy that is controlled by another country
27.
During the Gilded Age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours in organizations known as...
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
28.
Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —
a)
requiring vocational training programs for children
b)
employing children as a source of cheap labor
c)
seeking government regulation of child labor
d)
providing safe working conditions for child laborers
29.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
automobiles
d)
horse drawn carriages
30.
What problems resulted from the rapid growth of cities and factories in America?
a)
overcrowding
b)
pollution
c)
child labor
d)
all of the above
31.
What is the term for an organized group of workers that unite to go on strike to force their employers to make changes in the work place?
a)
investor
b)
inventor
c)
labor union
d)
NAACP
32.
The increasing movement of people into the cities is referred to as:
a)
industrialization
b)
urbanization
c)
The Great Migration
d)
Birds of Paradise
33.
A business owned by many people is called what?
a)
investor
b)
corporation
c)
stockholder
d)
monopoly
34.
Who was America's most important manufacturer of steel?
a)
Edison
b)
Rockefeller
c)
Carnegie
d)
Vanderbilt
35.
What shared factor most encouraged settlement of the west AND the industrial revolution?
a)
The Homestead Act
b)
Pro-Business Government
c)
The Populist Party
d)
The Railroads
36.
An 8-hour work day was a major goal of..
a)
politicians
b)
farmers
c)
labor unions
d)
business owners
37.
Major problems with the new urban cities included all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
deadly disease
b)
excessive farm animals
c)
air pollution
d)
overcrowded housing
38.
Settlement Houses were designed to:
a)
serve as a social club for economic elites.
b)
create new workers for the factory system
c)
give women a college education.
d)
aid immigrants in adjusting to life in America
39.
The U.S. Government kept its hands out of private business during the Gilded Age, this practice is also known as ______________.
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Big-Big-Big Fresno Fair
d)
Dictatorship
40.
Famous inventors made life easier and spurred industrial growth during the Gilded Age by creating new things, like ________________ who invented the phonograph, batteries and the motion picture and perfected the light bulb.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
William "Boss" Tweed
41.
________________________, or businesses owned by many people, allowed businesses to grow to never before seen sizes during the Gilded Age.
a)
Limited Licensing Companies (LLCs)
b)
Copyright Laws
c)
Vertical Integration
d)
Corporations
42.
_____________, like the American Federation of Labor, were created by Samuel Gompers and others in order to protect the rights of industrial workers and to attempt to get better working conditions.
a)
Closed Shops
b)
Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Marxist Groups
43.
Perhaps the most famous example of a huge corporation which gained immense power during the Gilded Age was ___________________ Standard Oil Company.
a)
John D. Rockefeller's
b)
Andrew Carnegie's
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt's
d)
J.P. Morgan's
44.
This political cartoon is an example of the popular Gilded Age idea called ___________________ and led to Chinese Exclusion Act.
a)
Nationalism
b)
National Socialism
c)
Racism
d)
Nativism
45.
Famous writer Mark Twain said this famous quote about the period of US History after the Civil War (1870-1900) now referred to as the Gilded Age... "The Golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness underneath" meaning...
a)
That although the US was wealthy, they should keep making more $ from other countries
b)
that the US was extremely poor and needed to invest more money in it's own natural resources
c)
that although the Gilded Age made a few wealthy there was a lot of corruption and negativity hidden underneath
d)
Mark Twain meant that the Gold Rush was soon to be over
46.
Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Goods were transported across country
b)
Populations in the west increased
c)
Travel across the country was possible
d)
Railroads reduced the size of the US
47.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as...
a)
Educated professionals
b)
Factory Workers/ Sweatshop Workers
c)
Skilled Workers
d)
Scientists
48.
What did Carnegie and Rockefeller do with their money later in life?
a)
Spend it all
b)
Donate millions to education and charities
c)
Invest in future technologies
d)
Pay their workers high wages
49.
Which of these is a work associated with the Muckrakers?
a)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
b)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
c)
The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison
d)
The Empire of Business by Andrew Carnegie
50.
The Progressive Era was primarily concerned with...
a)
making government more responsible to the needs of the people
b)
advocating the passage of laws that guaranteed corporate freedom
c)
making the people more accountable to the needs of the government
d)
preventing farmers from being restricted by federal laws
51.
How did American industrial leaders accumulate wealth during the late 1800s?
a)
by developing new farming techniques
b)
by creating monopolies and establishing trusts
c)
by inventing new technology
d)
by using mainly slave or forced labor
52.
This civil rights activist helped found the NAACP...
a)
Ida B Wells
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
53.
To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources...
a)
Precipitation
b)
Convection
c)
Conservation
d)
Infusion
54.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society...
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
55.
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed...
a)
Dangers faced by coal miners
b)
Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c)
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
d)
Illegal deals between special interests and the government
56.
Which of the following marked the end of the Progressive Era?
a)
Starting of World War II
b)
Starting of Vietnam War
c)
Starting of World War I
d)
Starting of Iraq War
57.
Using machinery to replace manual labor is called...
a)
Oppressive
b)
Urbanization
c)
Mechanization
d)
Iron Man
58.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
59.
Which of the following best describes the Progressive Movement?
a)
a time period of social activism and political reforms
b)
a time of economic issues
c)
a time period of imperialism and expanisionism
d)
a time period of civil rights
60.
Which of the following is NOT a country where new (second wave) immigrants came from during the Gilded Age?
a)
Italy
b)
Russia
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
England
61.
Which of the following are push factors?
a)
War/violence
b)
Unemployment
c)
Religious persecution
d)
All of the above
62.
Job opportunities, religious freedom, and political rights are all examples of...
a)
push factors
b)
pull factors
c)
union demands
d)
reforms
63.
In The Jungle, Jurgis worked at a meatpacking factory in _______________, which was known for the meatpacking industry.
a)
Pittsburgh
b)
New England
c)
Chicago
d)
Detroit
64.
The picture above show textile mill workers. This picture was most likely taken in...
a)
New England
b)
Detroit, Michigan
c)
Chicago, Illinois
d)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
65.
Pittsburgh's professional football team is named after...
a)
the steel industry
b)
the textile mills
c)
the city's reputation for thieves
d)
automobile production
66.
The city of Detroit in Michigan became known for what industry during the Gilded Age?
a)
Meatpacking
b)
Textiles
c)
Automobiles
d)
Steel
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