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Unit 12 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the Book, How the Other Half Lives?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Ida Wells
d)
Jacob Riis
2.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
3.
Fact most significant in development of labor unions during nineteenth century? 
a)
Working conditions
b)
Racial segregation
c)
Class discrimination
d)
Growing prosperity
4.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
5.
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
6.
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
7.
What was the purpose of the Temperance Movement?
a)
Support immigrant rights
b)
Oppose the consumption of alcohol
c)
Gain women the right to vote
d)
Prevent unsafe working conditions
8.
The 19th Amendment dealt with what?
a)
Prohibition of alcohol
b)
Women’s right to vote
c)
Naturalization laws
d)
Abolition of slavery
9.
Which movement provided workplace reforms?
a)
Suffrage movement
b)
Temperance movement
c)
Westward expansion
d)
Progressive movement
10.
Which persons founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
a)
Booker T. Washington & Frederick Douglass
b)
Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln
c)
Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois
d)
W.E.B. DuBois & Ida Wells-Barnett
11.
J.P. Morgan was a captain of which industry?
a)
Railroads
b)
Steel
c)
Banking
d)
Oil
12.

The Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.

a)

steel

b)

automobiles

c)

gasoline

d)

cloth

13.

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Baltimore

14.

In general, why did most people immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th Century?

a)

escape difficult conditions

b)

a better life

c)

job opportunities in America

d)

all of the above

15.

A journalist that dedicated their work to exposing the problems and corruption of big business and government was known as a what?

a)

Whistle blower

b)

Smoking gun

c)

Exposer

d)

Muckraker

16.
This made selling Alcohol against the law in the United States
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
17.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition
18.

Which act prohibited the growth of monopolies?

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust act

b)

16th Amendment

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

d)

Laissez-Faire

19.
In the second half of the 19th century, the U.S. government allowed more immigrants into the country MAINLY because
a)
more soldiers were needed in the American military.
b)
industries needed an increasing amount of cheap labor.
c)
the World War in Europe was causing millions to flee their homelands.
d)
western territories needed more settlers to explore for gold and silver.
20.
 A goal of the Progressive movement was to
a)
reduce the government’s involvement in social issues
b)
correct the problems caused by industrialization
c)
promote laissez-faire policies
d)
promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River
21.
What was one thing the progressives
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
22.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is the captain of which industry?
a)
assembly line
b)
automobile
c)
textile
d)
shipping and railroad
23.

Why did a number of farmers leave farms and move to cities?

a)

rise in farming technology left less need for farmers

b)

famine

c)

offered better living conditions in cities

d)

lack of pesticides left them frustrated

24.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it 
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
25.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

a)

Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

26.
How did population change in the late 1800s?
a)
People moved to farms
b)
Many people moved south
c)
Immigrants went west for farms
d)
Immigrants settled in cities
27.
New methods of transportation such as the _______ allowed raw materials to be shipped to cities to be turned into consumer goods.
a)
Telephone
b)
Telegraph
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Light bulb
28.

_______ started the aircraft industry by inventing a plane.

a)

The Wright Brothers

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Samuel Morse

29.

Who made cars more efficient to make by using the assembly line and interchangeable parts?

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

30.
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

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