wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Westward Movement, Industrialism, and Progressive Era

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1890s Native American Indians were sent to Federal Reservations that were located...

a)

Along the major rivers and lakes in the South

b)

In Urban Centers of the Northeast and Midwest

c)

East of the Mississippi River

d)

In sparsely populated regions of the West and Great Plains

2.

The US Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) stated...

a)

Right of Representation

b)

Separate but Equal facilities are legal

c)

Freedom of expression and universal suffrage

d)

Property ownership should be extended to Freedmen

3.

The mechanization of Agriculture in 1870s to 1900 in the United States led directly to...

a)

Less dependence on railroads for farmers

b)

An increase in crop production (supply)

c)

An increase in the Railroad Freight Tax

d)

Fewer agricultural exports

4.

In the period 1865 to 1900 the Federal Govt encouraged Western settlement by...

a)

passing several restrictive immigration laws

b)

giving land to railroad companies to promote railroad construction

c)

providing free transportation to move to the Frontier

d)

selling the best public land to Native American Indians

5.

Which statement indicates the philosophies of Dr. Booker T. Washington and Dr. W.E.B. DuBois?

a)

Both wanted the Supreme Court to uphold Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Both said that Social Justice was the first step to equality

c)

Neither wanted the Govt to protect Civil Rights of African Americans

d)

Both believed vocational/technical training would provide advancement

6.

The American Frontier in the 1870s-1900 led to the creation of a...

a)

Decreased population

b)

Fishing economy in Nebraska and Montana

c)

Widespread support for the Whig Party

d)

National Economy

7.

What legislation provided 160 acres of land as long as improvements were made within 5 years, encouraging settlement in the West?

a)

Interstate Commerce Commission

b)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Hepburn Act

8.

Vertical integration involves....

a)

Forming trusts

b)

Using new methods to crank up production

c)

Merging with other companies that make similar products

d)

Buying out and controlling all aspects of the process: raw materials, processing, and distribution

9.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act...

a)

established big business and monopolies

b)

was supported by millionaire industrialists

c)

helped fight for workers rights

d)

outlawed trusts that interfered with free trade

10.

What best describes immigration in the late 19th/early 20th century?

a)

immigrants were mostly from Germany and Ireland and assimilated quickly in society

b)

immigrants were mostly Asian and worked on railroads

c)

immigrants were mostly Southeastern European and were slow to assimilate into society

d)

They were widely accepted by native-born Americans

11.

Which of these was an amendment passed during the Progressive Era?

a)

Direct Election of Senators - 17th Amendment

b)

Black Male Suffrage - 15th Amendment

c)

Abolishment of Slavery - 13th Amendment

d)

Elimination of Poll Taxes - 24th Amendment

12.

The strong anti-immigrant sentiment shared by many Americans at the turn of the 20th century was known as?

a)

White Supremacy

b)

Nativism

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

10 percentism

13.

The term "muckrakers" refers to:

a)

Suffragists

b)

Politicians

c)

Conservationists

d)

Investigative Journalists

14.

Which one of these was NOT a goal of the Progressive Movement?

a)

Protecting consumers

b)

Economic reforms (taxes and the banks)

c)

Promoting monopolies

d)

Social Welfare reform

15.

Which action helped Taft to lose in the 1912 Presidential Election?

a)

Failure of continuing trust-busting from Roosevelt's presidency

b)

Inconsistency on tariff issues

c)

Inability to unify the Republican Party because of Roosevelt's third party run in that election

d)

Overuse of the "bully pulpit"

16.

Which one of these was not a great industrialist?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

William Jennings Bryant

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Andrew Carnegie

17.

A great industrialist would be considered a "captain of industry" for all of these reasons EXCEPT:

a)

Giving away millions to people in need (philanthropy)

b)

Providing jobs for American workers

c)

Used business practices like "horizontal integration" to get ahead

d)

Made goods more readily available and brought prices of those products down for consumers

18.

What was the name of the third political party that developed to address the needs of farmers, including government ownership of railroads and introduction of the silver standard for currency?

a)

Socialist Party

b)

Whig Party

c)

Bull Moose Party

d)

Populist Party

19.

What idea, promoted by great industrialists Andrew Carnegie, claimed God meant for them to be rich, but that they had a responsibility to give back to their community?

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

The Gospel of Wealth

d)

Survival of the Fittest

20.

Which of these was NOT an effect on society because of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Development of US time zones

b)

Discouraged immigrants from coming to the US

c)

Helped to create western industries like mining, cattle ranching, and farming

d)

Cut the time of cross country travel down to one week

21.

Which of these was NOT a factor in the demise of Native American tribes of the west in the late 19th Century

a)

Bureau of Indian Affairs

b)

Near extinction of the Buffalo

c)

Alcoholism

d)

The Railroad

22.

Which of these did NOT lead to industrialization during the late 19th Century?

a)

Government control over big business

b)

Availability of natural resources such as iron ore

c)

Inventiveness in the US

d)

Increase immigration, which provided cheap labor

23.

What economic theory related to the idea of "survival of the fittest" with respect to the business world and justified business practices of the great industrialists:

a)

Vertical integration

b)

Social Gospel

c)

Horizontal Integration

d)

Social Darwinism

24.

This reformer pushed for anti-lynching legislation

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Ida B Wells

c)

Francis Willard

d)

Alice Paul

25.

This person was the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which pushed for prohibition of the consumption of alcohol

a)

Alice Paul

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Lucy Burns

d)

Francis Willard

26.

This conservationist pushed President Roosevelt to set aside land in order to protect against the harmful effects that industrialization had on the environment

a)

Lewis Hine

b)

John Muir

c)

Hiram Johnson

d)

Emma Goldman

27.

This muckraker exposed the unsafe practices of drug manufacturing companies, influencing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and wrote the article entitled "Great American Fraud" about this issue

a)

Samuel Hopkins Adams

b)

David G Phillips

c)

Frank Norris

d)

Upton Sinclair

28.

This politician brought needed political reforms to their state with initiatives, referendums, and recalls, in addition to influencing direct election of senators on the national level

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Robert LaFollette

d)

John Muir

29.

Founder of the Anti-Saloon League, this activist pushed young people to pledge abstinence from alcohol

a)

Emma Goldman

b)

Howard Hyde Russell

c)

Carrie Nation

d)

Francis Willard

30.

This axe-wielding prohibitionist was a radical member of the temperance movement

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Lewis Hine

c)

Francis Willard

d)

Howard Hyde Russell

31.

This photojournalist used his work to try to bring an end to child labor

a)

John Spargo

b)

Lewis Hine

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Ida Tarbell

32.

This founder of the National Consumers League staged boycotts of products that were produced with the use of child labor or unfair business practices

a)

Emma Goldman

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Margaret Sanger

d)

Florence Kelley

33.

This reformer wrote "Shame of the Cities", which exposed political corruption in local politics

a)

Samuel Hopkins Adams

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

David Graham Phillips

34.

This reformer wrote "The Bitter Cry of the Children", which advocated for an end of the exploitation of children as labor

a)

John Spargo

b)

Lincoln Steffens

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Frank Norris

35.

This social activist provided resources to immigrants and other poor residents at their settlement house in Chicago (Hull House)

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Lucy Berns

d)

Jane Addams

36.

This muckraker exposed the unfair business practices used by Standard Oil and advocated for anti-trust legislation

a)

Emma Goldman

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Henry Demarest Lloyd

37.

This journalist detailed the lives of those living in the slums of New York City in the early 20th century in his work entitled "How the Other Half Lives"

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

John Spargo

c)

Lewis Hine

d)

Samuel Hopkins Adams

38.

This radical suffragists used strategies such as protests and hunger strikes in order to push for the passage of an amendment that provided suffrage for women

a)

Florence Kelley

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Lucy Burns

d)

Ida B Wells