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Vocab Assignment Day 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of historical figure discussed in this video clip?

(a)  

2.
Why did Jane Addams establish her project where she did?
a)
It was a huge house with tons of resources.
b)
It was surrounded by the poor she wanted to help.
c)
The federal government offered full payment.
d)
It was the worst city in all of the United States.
3.
Who benefited the most from Jane Addams?
a)
Battered women.
b)
Poor Immigrants.
c)
Business Owners.
d)
Homeless toddlers.
4.
What was Jane Addams' establishment called?
a)
The Escape.
b)
Convalescent Home.
c)
Hull House.
d)
The Mansion.
5.

For her work at Hull House, a settlement home designed to help the poor and immigrants what award did Jane Addams win?

(a)  

6.

The 2 leading African American figures of the Progressive Era were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Which one of the two was born a slave and believed the surest way for blacks to gain equal social rights was to demonstrate "industry, thrift, intelligence and property"

(a)  

7.

Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

a)

white people are superior

b)

the telephone is the best invention

c)

Education for African-Americans is important

d)

Equal rights for all

8.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
9.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

10.
DuBois was born a free man. 
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Washington was satisfied with living in segregation from white people.
a)
True
b)
False
12.

John D. Rockfeller, founder of the _____________ ____________ company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist.

(a)  

13.

Rockefeller wanted to control all of the oil business in the world this is called a

a)

competition

b)

monopoly

c)

standard business practice

14.

In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices

a)

Better Business Bureau

b)

Savings and Loan Act

c)

Sherman Antitrust Act

15.

As America’s factories grow in the late 19th century, so do the demands for ___________ ___________ as workers struggle with long hours, low wages and dangerous working conditions.

(a)