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Worksheets(chapter3/ Review)- Progressive Era- Test Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a good title for this list?
Child Labor
Low Wages and Long Hours
Unsafe Working Conditions
Monopolies
Pollution
Child Labor
Low Wages and Long Hours
Unsafe Working Conditions
Monopolies
Pollution
a)
Negative Effects of Industrialization
b)
Progressive Movement Reforms
c)
Reasons for the End of Labor Unions
d)
The Price of Women's Suffrage
2.
Gertrude works every day in a factory, even though she would rather be in school learning to read.
The situation above is an example of:
The situation above is an example of:
a)
pollution
b)
monopolies
c)
low wages
d)
child labor
3.
The Acme Widget Factory is dumping all of their used machine oil in the river.
The situation above is an example of:
The situation above is an example of:
a)
pollution
b)
monopolies
c)
low wages
d)
child labor
4.
The Acme Widget Factory went out of business, and now the Greedy Widget Company is the only widget maker in the U.S.
The situation above is an example of:
The situation above is an example of:
a)
pollution
b)
monopolies
c)
low wages
d)
unsafe working conditions
5.
Which negative effect of industrialization was a result of pollution?
a)
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b)
a negative impact on the environment
c)
when one company has complete control of an industry
d)
people who work for 12 hours a day, 6 days per week
6.
Which event was a result of unsafe working conditions?
a)
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b)
a negative impact on the environment
c)
when one company has complete control of an industry
d)
people who work for 12 hours a day, 6 days per week
7.
Which situation describes a monopoly?
a)
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b)
a negative impact on the environment
c)
when one company has complete control of an industry
d)
people who work for 12 hours a day, 6 days per week
8.
Which negative effect of industrialization resulted in people having to work 12 hours each day?
a)
monopolies
b)
low wages
c)
long hours
d)
unsafe working conditions
9.
Which negative effect of industrialization resulted in children having to work 12 hours each day because their parents couldn't make enough money to support their families?
a)
pollution
b)
low wages
c)
long hours
d)
unsafe working conditions
10.
making products in factories, using machines
a)
industrialization
b)
vocation
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
sweatshop
11.
a job or career
a)
strike
b)
vocation
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
sweatshop
12.
people who wanted to make changes in workplaces, women's rights, and the use of alcohol
a)
strike
b)
suffrage
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
sweatshop
13.
an unsafe workplace that pays low wages
a)
strike
b)
suffrage
c)
reforms
d)
sweatshop
14.
when workers stop working to try to get changes in the workplace
a)
strike
b)
suffrage
c)
reforms
d)
labor union
15.
the right to vote
a)
industrialization
b)
suffrage
c)
reforms
d)
labor union
16.
changes made to try to improve things
a)
industrialization
b)
vocations
c)
reforms
d)
labor unions
17.
a group of workers who try to improve working conditions or get higher wages
a)
industrialization
b)
vocation
c)
Progressive Movement
d)
labor union
18.
Which Progressive Era reform would have prevented the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
a)
minimum wage
b)
child labor laws
c)
40 hour work week
d)
workplace safety laws
19.
Many workers responded to low pay and dangerous working conditions by:
a)
counting their money carefully
b)
forming labor unions
c)
moving to settlement houses
d)
getting an education
20.
Which group would have called for the action mentioned in the headline?
a)
Boss Tweed and his political machine
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Suffragettes
d)
American Federation of Labor
21.
Eight hours for work
Eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
- AFL song
When workers sang the song above, what were they asking for?
Eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
- AFL song
When workers sang the song above, what were they asking for?
a)
safer factories
b)
higher wages
c)
shorter work days
d)
fewer work holidays
22.
What happened after the Homestead Strike?
a)
union membership decreased
b)
union membership increased
c)
many new unions were formed
d)
union membership numbers did not change
23.
The Homestead Strike was associated with which industry?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
railroad
d)
automobile
24.
The Pullman Strike was associated with which industry?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
railroad
d)
automobile
25.
Which strike is this headline, about the president calling in the army for help, probably about?
a)
Headway Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Pullman Strike
d)
Choo-Choo Strike of 1901
26.
Which Progressive Era reform would have solved the problem of factory workers who worked 12 hour days, six days per week?
a)
restrictions on child labor
b)
40 hour work week
c)
increased acceptance of labor unions
d)
improved safety conditions
27.
What was the goal of labor unions like the American Federation of Labor?
a)
help monopolies survive
b)
employee ownership in most companies
c)
improved working conditions and better pay
d)
decreasing the influence of political machines
28.
What was Samuel Gompers's main contribution to this time period?
a)
founding the American Federation of Labor
b)
organizing the Pullman Strike
c)
Helping Lucy Paul accomplish universal women's suffrage
d)
breaking up monopolies
29.
Which strike was successful for the workers?
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
neither of these was successful for the workers
d)
both of these were successful for the workers.
30.
What is suffrage?
a)
unending pain
b)
the right to vote
c)
a group that helps workers get higher pay
d)
the plan to make alcohol illegal
31.
Which amendment was accomplished due to marches such as the one in this photo?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
18th
d)
19th
32.
Which amendment does this photo support?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
18th
d)
19th
33.
Who was an early (19th century) activist for women's suffrage, along with Susan B. Anthony?
a)
Alice Burns
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Lucy Wells
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
34.
Who was a 20th century activist for women's suffrage, along with Lucy Burns?
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Susan Wells-Barnett
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
35.
Which amendment were the men in this photo against?
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
21st
d)
19th
36.
The main goal of the suffrage movement was for women to:
a)
perform at American Federation of Labor meetings
b)
find religious freedom
c)
get the right to vote
d)
join political machines
37.
The Temperance Movement opposed:
a)
citizenship for immigrants
b)
global warming
c)
suffrage for women
d)
drinking alcohol
38.
The women's suffrage movement increased opportunities for women to _____ in addition to gaining voting rights.
a)
smoke cigarettes
b)
drink alcohol
c)
get an education
d)
work in coal mines
39.
The 19th amendment was passed in:
a)
1920
b)
1820
c)
1870
d)
1892
40.
Who believed that equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Henry Ford
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Booker T. Washington
41.
This photo is an example of:
a)
Reconstruction
b)
segregation
c)
emancipation
d)
equality
42.
According to Booker T. Washington, which of the following options was the best way for African Americans to gain equality?
a)
working longer hours at more difficult jobs
b)
holding protest marches and strikes
c)
learning skills and trades (vocational education)
d)
attending political meetings and participating in elections
43.
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans by--
a)
guaranteed voting rights to African American women
b)
legalizing racial segregation
c)
expanded civil rights to include American Indians
d)
guaranteed equal wages for equal work
44.
Southern states tried to limit the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments by-
a)
passing Jim Crow laws
b)
seceding from the union
c)
starting the Civil War
d)
ending racial discrimination
45.
Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Henry Ford
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Booker T. Washington
46.
Who was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Henry Ford
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Booker T. Washington
47.
Which statement best describes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington?
a)
Equal education will lead to the desegregation of schools.
b)
Higher education, such as the establishment of Tuskegee Institute, would lead to equality for African Americans.
c)
passing an amendment to allow African American men the right to vote would lead to equality.
d)
Laws should be passed to create separate buy equal facilities in public places.
48.
Who was one of the founders of both the NAACP and the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)?
a)
Ida B. Wells- Barnett
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Lucy Paul
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
49.
Who worked in support of women's suffrage and against lynching and Jim Crow laws?
a)
Ida B. Wells- Barnett
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
50.
Which development powered labor saving devices in the home?
a)
electrification
b)
natural gas pipelines
c)
windmills
d)
new coal mining techniques
51.
Who was responsible for manufacturing automobiles on a moving assembly line, making them affordable for the average American?
a)
David Sarnoff
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Henry Ford
52.
Who was the creator of the broadcast industry?
a)
David Sarnoff
b)
Guglielmo Marconi
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Henry Ford
53.
Who was the inventor of the radio?
a)
David Sarnoff
b)
Guglielmo Marconi
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Henry Ford
54.
How did the new affordability of automobiles change American life in the 1920s?
a)
Many people moved to the cities.
b)
There were new jobs and greater mobility.
c)
More railroads were built.
d)
Pollution decreased in the cities.
55.
Which of the following describes the trend that occurred in Model T Ford prices from 1911 to 1915?
a)
prices rose steadily
b)
prices remained stable
c)
prices fell continuously
d)
regular people could not afford Model T
56.
The oil, road construction, and steel industries grew as a result of ________.
a)
affordable automobiles
b)
broadcast industry
c)
affordable radios
d)
electrification
57.
Washing machines, water heaters, and electric ovens were some of the changes to American life which happened due to ___.
a)
affordable automobiles
b)
affordable radios
c)
the broadcast industry
d)
electrification
58.
The new type of ____ introduced in the late 1920s were called "talkies".
a)
radio shows
b)
television shows
c)
movies
d)
gas stations
59.
In the 1920s, communication improved in America due to movies, radio, and ___.
a)
television
b)
telephones
c)
tariffs
d)
T Model Fords
60.
Improvements such as washing machines, water heaters, and electric ovens are known as ____.
a)
labor saving devices
b)
improvements in communication
c)
car jobs
d)
civil rights
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