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Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

a)

The Immigrants and the Poor

b)

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

c)

The Poor and the Chinese

d)

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

2.

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Protectionism

d)

Temperance

3.

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

a)

Nativists

b)

Populists

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Social Workers

4.

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Nativism

d)

Assimilation

5.

Declining wages and a rise unemployment on the west coast led to what piece of legislation?

a)

Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Pendleton Act of 1883

6.

The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?

a)

Rural areas to Urban areas

b)

Urban areas to Rural areas

7.

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

a)

"Boss" Tweed

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

Jane Adams

d)

Andrew Carnegie

8.

What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?

a)

Political Machines

b)

Industrial Capitalists

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Labor Leaders

9.

John Rockefeller made a fortune in which industry?

a)

Railroads

b)

Oil

c)

Steel

d)

Finance

10.

A wealthy person who donates to charity is known as a ...

a)

Philanderer

b)

Philonthrope

c)

Philistine

d)

Philanthropist

11.

Rockefeller and Vanderbilt came to control nearly everything in the railroad and oil industries. As a result, they were able to set prices high for their products and services. Control over an entire industry is known as having a ....

a)

integration.

b)

oligarchy.

c)

monopoly.

12.

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

a)

Oil

b)

Steel

c)

Railroads

d)

Finance

13.

JP Morgan made his fortune in...

a)

oil.

b)

steel.

c)

railroads.

d)

finance and banking.

14.

By the 1890's, a new political party emerged. This party was made up largely of farmers and workers. It sought to represent "the people" as opposed to the banks, the railroads, and the wealthy. This new party was known as the _______________________.

a)

Green Party

b)

Populist Party

c)

Labor Party

15.
Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature of Upton Sinclair?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
16.
New immigrants arriving on the East coast gained admission at 
a)
Angel Island 
b)
Ellis Island 
c)
Boston Harbor
d)
Charleston Island
17.
Which goal, set a a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?
a)
passage of the Food and Drug Act
b)
creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
c)
adoption of a graduated income tax
d)
ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
18.
"In slave times, the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scouraging [whipping], but with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro as not only scourged; he was lynched." 

The above quotation most closely represented the views held by -
a)
William Jennings Bryan
b)
Ida B Wells
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Susan B Anthony
19.
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to 
a)
 decrease Chinese immigration
b)
create segregated classrooms
c)
settle a disagreement between China and the United States
d)
stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States
20.
How were the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act similar
a)
They authorized the breakup of labor unions
b)
They rejected the use of trust-busting strategies
c)
They increased the federal government's power to regulate business practices
d)
They reaffirmed the federal government's laissez-faire attitude toward big business
21.
During the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted the initiative, referendum, and recall. Together these procedures -
a)
extended the righ to vote to 18-year old citizens
b)
gave citizens a more direct voice in government
c)
let registered voters select each state's Presidential electors
d)
allowed a state's residents to bring lawsuits against another state
22.
The peoples chance to vote on their parties candidate, instead of it being appointed.
a)
Primary
b)
Referedum
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
23.
This organization helps fight to end discrimination against different races
a)
NSA
b)
WCTU
c)
NAACP
d)
RESPECT
24.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
25.
Campaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism.
a)
Women Suffrage
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Alcoholics Anonymous
d)
Fair Weather Fan
26.
The founder of the NAACP who encouraged African Americans to fight to end segregation
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
27.
The founder of the National Women’s Suffrage Association that helped lead congress to vote on woman’s suffrage
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Francis Willard
28.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
29.
Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Sherman Antimonopoly Act
c)
Sherman Shortly Act
d)
Sherman No Business Act
30.
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
31.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair
32.
Allowed alcohol by retracting the 18th Amendment
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment

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