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Unit 2 CSA-Industrial Revolution-Progressive Era

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________is to oil; as ________ is to steel.

a)

Carnegie; Rockefeller

b)

Vanderbilt; Carnegie

c)

Rockefeller; Vanderbilt

d)

Rockefeller; Carnegie

2.

Which of the following groups made the LEAST amount of progress during the Progressive Era?

a)

African Americans

b)

Working class

c)

Women

d)

None of the above made any progress

3.

Having complete control over an industry with little to no competition is known as a ____.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Union

c)

party boss

d)

political machine

4.

The notorious boss of the political machine, Tammany Hall

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Boss Tweed

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

5.

This amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

6.

This African American Organization founded by W.E.B. DuBois had the goal to eliminate race based discrimination

a)

African American Justice Association

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

NAACP

d)

AARP

7.

What was the significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire?

a)

The factory didn't have adequate ways for workers to escape the factory

b)

A discarded match started the fire

c)

As a result of the incident, New York passed safety codes

d)

Women workers couldn't get out of the building and therefore died

8.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Teddy Roosevelt’s while in office?

a)

Breaking up monopolies (Trust Busting)

b)

Environmental Conservation

c)

Regulating the food and drug industries

d)

All of the above are goals of Teddy Roosevelt

9.

Wilson’s plan of reform was known as the ______ and involved _______.

a)

Square Deal; Continuing to break up monopolies

b)

Square Deal; Raising Tariffs

c)

New Freedom; Conserving nature

d)

New Freedom; Passing anti-trust laws

10.

Which political party did Roosevelt create to allow him to run for president during the 1912 election?

a)

Bull Moose Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Populist Party

d)

Democrat Party

11.

Having a nutrition label on the back of a container of butter is the direct result of which law?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Meat Inspection Act

d)

Jungle Act

12.

Which of the following presidents was NOT considered a progressive president?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William H. Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

e)

All of these are progressive presidents

13.

A muckraker is ___.

a)

a newspaper writer who exaggerates stories with the purpose of selling more papers.

b)

a journalist who exposes government and business corruptions to the general public.

c)

a photographer who takes pictures of common people in their everyday environments.

d)

businessman who takes advantage of poor immigrants by bribing them to vote for a certain candidate in an election.

14.

Which of the following ladies did NOT dedicate their lives to fighting for women’s suffrage?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ida B. Wells

15.

Select all of the following ways that African Americans were kept from voting even after Reconstruction. You will have more than one answer.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Literacy Tests

16.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Carnegie and Rockefeller were both so successful and wealthy in their time?

a)

there was no government regulation on monopolies

b)

there was no government regulation on price wages or working conditions

c)

they came from families with a lot of wealth

17.

Which of the following would have occurred due to the court case Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

blacks and whites were forced to attend the same school

b)

males and females were forced to attend the same schools

c)

blacks and whites were forced to attend separate schools

d)

males and females were forced to attend separate schools

18.

A series of laws passed, legalizing segregation were called ______.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Plessy’s laws

c)

The Du Bois Act

d)

Jim Crow Laws

19.

An informal group of politicians who controlled a cities politics was known as a _______.

a)

Robber Barons

b)

Political Machines

c)

Social Darwinists

d)

Capitalists

20.

Which of the following was not a muckraker during the Progressive Era

a)

Boss Tweed

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Ida Tarbell

21.

Why did political machines tend to favor immigrants?

a)

Immigrants didn’t know the language and were uneducated

b)

Immigrants were easy to bribe because they were desperate for jobs, housing, and citizenship

c)

Immigrants were better workers than native born Americans

d)

Immigrants usually became great politicians

22.

A group of people who join together to demand better working conditions is called ________.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Party Boss

c)

Union

d)

Scabs

23.

Which muckraker led the anti-lynching movement?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

24.

Which muckraker wrote a book about the horrors of the meat packing industry in Chicago?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Upton Sinclair

25.

Which muckraker was responsible for exposing the Standard Oil Company monopoly?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Lincoln Steffens

d)

Ida B. Wells

26.

This amendment gave the US Government the right to tax the income of citizens

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

27.

This amendment outlawed the production ,sale ,and consumption of alcohol

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

28.

This was the first monopoly that Roosevelt broke up

a)

Meat Packing Industry

b)

Steel Industry

c)

Oil Industry

d)

Railroad Industry

29.

This term describes someone who is breaking up monopolies (Like Teddy Roosevelt)

a)

Business Breaker

b)

Muckraker

c)

Trust Buster

d)

Political Machine

30.

Which SPEC category?

Ida B. Wells pushing for the end of lynching

a)

Social

b)

Political

c)

Economic

d)

Cultural

31.

The type of monopoly where a business overtakes and buys out smaller similar businesses.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Adjacent Integration

c)

Congruent Integration

d)

Horizontal Integration

32.

Which of the following would have occurred due to the court case Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

males and females were forced to attend separate schools

b)

males and females were forced to attend the same schools

c)

blacks and whites were forced to attend separate schools

d)

blacks and whites were forced to attend the same school