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WorksheetsUnit 2 CSA-Industrial Revolution-Progressive Era
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
________is to oil; as ________ is to steel.
Carnegie; Rockefeller
Vanderbilt; Carnegie
Rockefeller; Vanderbilt
Rockefeller; Carnegie
Which of the following groups made the LEAST amount of progress during the Progressive Era?
African Americans
Working class
Women
None of the above made any progress
Having complete control over an industry with little to no competition is known as a ____.
Monopoly
Union
party boss
political machine
The notorious boss of the political machine, Tammany Hall
William Howard Taft
Boss Tweed
Rutherford B. Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
This amendment gave women the right to vote
16th
17th
18th
19th
This African American Organization founded by W.E.B. DuBois had the goal to eliminate race based discrimination
African American Justice Association
Tuskegee Institute
NAACP
AARP
What was the significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire?
The factory didn't have adequate ways for workers to escape the factory
A discarded match started the fire
As a result of the incident, New York passed safety codes
Women workers couldn't get out of the building and therefore died
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Teddy Roosevelt’s while in office?
Breaking up monopolies (Trust Busting)
Environmental Conservation
Regulating the food and drug industries
All of the above are goals of Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson’s plan of reform was known as the ______ and involved _______.
Square Deal; Continuing to break up monopolies
Square Deal; Raising Tariffs
New Freedom; Conserving nature
New Freedom; Passing anti-trust laws
Which political party did Roosevelt create to allow him to run for president during the 1912 election?
Bull Moose Party
Republican Party
Populist Party
Democrat Party
Having a nutrition label on the back of a container of butter is the direct result of which law?
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Meat Inspection Act
Jungle Act
Which of the following presidents was NOT considered a progressive president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
All of these are progressive presidents
A muckraker is ___.
a newspaper writer who exaggerates stories with the purpose of selling more papers.
a journalist who exposes government and business corruptions to the general public.
a photographer who takes pictures of common people in their everyday environments.
businessman who takes advantage of poor immigrants by bribing them to vote for a certain candidate in an election.
Which of the following ladies did NOT dedicate their lives to fighting for women’s suffrage?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Select all of the following ways that African Americans were kept from voting even after Reconstruction. You will have more than one answer.
Poll Tax
Bill of Rights
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Tests
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Carnegie and Rockefeller were both so successful and wealthy in their time?
there was no government regulation on monopolies
there was no government regulation on price wages or working conditions
they came from families with a lot of wealth
Which of the following would have occurred due to the court case Plessy v. Ferguson
blacks and whites were forced to attend the same school
males and females were forced to attend the same schools
blacks and whites were forced to attend separate schools
males and females were forced to attend separate schools
A series of laws passed, legalizing segregation were called ______.
Civil Rights Act
Plessy’s laws
The Du Bois Act
Jim Crow Laws
An informal group of politicians who controlled a cities politics was known as a _______.
Robber Barons
Political Machines
Social Darwinists
Capitalists
Which of the following was not a muckraker during the Progressive Era
Boss Tweed
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Why did political machines tend to favor immigrants?
Immigrants didn’t know the language and were uneducated
Immigrants were easy to bribe because they were desperate for jobs, housing, and citizenship
Immigrants were better workers than native born Americans
Immigrants usually became great politicians
A group of people who join together to demand better working conditions is called ________.
Monopoly
Party Boss
Union
Scabs
Which muckraker led the anti-lynching movement?
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
W.E.B. DuBois
Which muckraker wrote a book about the horrors of the meat packing industry in Chicago?
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
Which muckraker was responsible for exposing the Standard Oil Company monopoly?
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Ida B. Wells
This amendment gave the US Government the right to tax the income of citizens
16th
17th
18th
19th
This amendment outlawed the production ,sale ,and consumption of alcohol
16th
17th
18th
19th
This was the first monopoly that Roosevelt broke up
Meat Packing Industry
Steel Industry
Oil Industry
Railroad Industry
This term describes someone who is breaking up monopolies (Like Teddy Roosevelt)
Business Breaker
Muckraker
Trust Buster
Political Machine
Which SPEC category?
Ida B. Wells pushing for the end of lynching
Social
Political
Economic
Cultural
The type of monopoly where a business overtakes and buys out smaller similar businesses.
Vertical Integration
Adjacent Integration
Congruent Integration
Horizontal Integration
Which of the following would have occurred due to the court case Plessy v. Ferguson
males and females were forced to attend separate schools
males and females were forced to attend the same schools
blacks and whites were forced to attend separate schools
blacks and whites were forced to attend the same school
