WorksheetsGilded Age & Progressive Era
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 24mins
During what era was there an in increase in corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization?
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Cold War
Great Depression
During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.
Immigration / urbanization
capitalism / imperialism
communism / free enterprise
reform movements / civil rights
Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a ______________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.
populist
philanthropist
muckraker
imperialist
What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?
Automobile
Airplane
Telephone
Transcontinental Railroad
The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.
cultural diffusion / globalization
acculturation / industrialization
assimilation / americanization
overspeculation / urbanization
This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West coast because it prohibited immigration from China?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Homestead Act
Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -
muckrakers
nativists
imperialists
industrialists
This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies.
Communism
Socialism
Laissez-Faire
Mercantilism
What legislation allowed the government to regulate big business like railroads and prohibited monopolies?
Dawes Act & Homestead Act
Sherman Anti-Trust & Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food & Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965
The ratification of this amendment granted suffrage to all genders.
15th
17th
18th
19th
What organization did W.E.B. DuBois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?
NAACP
Black Panthers
Muckrakers
SNCC
Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?
Natural Park Service
NAACP
Pure Food & Drug Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?
Women's Suffrage
Temperance
Muckraker
Harlem Renaissance
What amendment did the members of the Temperance movement work to achieve?
16th
17th
18th
19th
People like Upton Sinclair were _____________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.
supporters of political machines
industrialists
nativists
muckrakers
The growing political influence of this group led to the ratification of the 18th and 19th amendments?
African-Americans
Women
Native Americans
Immigrants
New _________________ like the light bulb made manufacturing processes more efficient.
innovations
urbanization
reforms
legislation
The Dawes General Allotment Act (1887), which gave Native American individuals a piece of land on which to make a living, failed in part because-
Native Americans kept combining their plots to form reservations.
White settlers grew jealous of the success of Native American farmers.
Native American often left their land to attend boarding schools.
The typical plot was not large enough to support farming in the West.
This statement, written in 1878, MOST closely reflects the point of view of-
An immigrant from China complaining about anti-Chinese demonstrations
A formerly enslaved sharecropper complaining about the sharecropping system.
An industrial worker trying to organize fellow workers into a labor union.
A factory owner complaining about large trusts hurting his business.
The Knights of Labor was an early labor union established during the 19th century.
Based on the above paragraph, which factor limited the effectiveness of the Knights of Labor?
Favoring the view of management against strikers.
Demanding the reform of unpopular child labor policies.
A majority of members working to pass anti-immigration laws.
A diverse membership preventing the adoption of common demands.
During the Industrial Revolution, how did the economic hardships of immigrants influence social reform.
Business sponsored child-care programs.
Political machines demanded improved working conditions.
Settlement houses were established to provide services to the poor.
Federal offices distributed relief payments to unemployed workers.
Which goal did the women's suffrage movement of the early 1900s share with the African American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?
Equal access to workplace opportunities.
An equal opportunity to receive an education.
Equal access to federally funded public services.
An equal opportunity to participate in the political process.
What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?
Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside
Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside
The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?
Indians (Native Americans)
Immigrants
Chinese
Settlers
What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?
Immigrants
The Poor
Indians (Native Americans)
Former Slaves
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
What Supreme Court case set the precedent for "Separate but Equal", which would last until the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 1900s?
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Marbury v Madison
Roe v Wade
Which group of women worked for the passage of this amendment?
People that wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in newspapers and magazines were called…
Inside Reporters
Suffragists
Muckrakers
Yellow Journalists
Prohibition banned the making, selling, buying, or drinking of alcohol. Which amendment made this possible?
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
