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WorksheetsGilded Age/ Progressives/ Imperialism Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as
scabs.
robber barons.
philanthropists.
anarchists.
Most urban working class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
suburbs
skyscrapers
tenements
workhouses
What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?
Their products were more expensive
They could hire more workers
They had higher operating costs
They could produce goods more cheaply and efficiently
Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s?
the rapid expansion of urban areas
mechanization of agriculture
high wages for factory workers
overpopulation of the South
The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to:
Encourage industries to form cartels
Promote fair industrial competition
Place higher taxes on business
Encourage the growth of business monopolies
Process of gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development.
Horizontal consolidation
Trust
Vertical consolidation
Oligopoly
How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the United States?
All Americans enjoyed a higher standard of living
The income gap between farmers and factory workers widened
Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few industrialists
The income gap between the rich and the poor grew smaller
Why was striking an effective tool for industrial workers and unions during the Gilded Age?
Damaged profits for business owners
Decreased demands for manufactured goods
Decreased wages for industrial workers
Improved employer and employee relationships
Why did many immigrants support city political machines?
Political machines were free of corruption.
Political machines provided them with jobs.
Political machines put powerful “bosses” out of business.
Political machines fought against crime in the slums.
Which of these people was an author, who advocated for a strong navy and control of seaports around the world
Thomas Nast
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Which of these people was an industrialist, who made a fortune in steel in the late 1800s through vertical consolidation, gave more than $350 million to schools and built more than 3000 libraries.
William “Boss” Tweed
Thomas Nast
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Which of these people was an industrialist, who made his wealth in the oil refinery business through horizontal consolidation, gave away nearly half his fortune to churches, medical foundations, universities, and centers for the arts
William “Boss” Tweed
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Which of these people was a notoriously corrupt political boss who ruled New York through the Tammany Hall political machine.
William “Boss” Tweed
Thomas Nast
Andrew Carnegie
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right of the United States to intervene in the affairs of Latin America
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Sphere of influence
1823 US policy that states that North, Central, and South America were not to be the sites for future European colonization and the US would not interfere in Europe's internal affairs and expanded US influence in the Western Hemisphere starting in the late 1800s
Annex
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Sphere of influence
Policy where all nations would have equal trading privileges in China
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Sphere of influence
To incorporate land into another country
Annex
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Areas of a nation where a foreign country has special privileges, often trading rights, denied to other countries
Annex
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Sphere of influence
The Platt Amendment resulted in which country becoming a “sphere of influence” or a “protectorate”?
Guam
Columbia
Panama
Cuba
What motivation for imperialism is directly related to Industry?
Need to improve military superiority
Need for new markets to sell manufactured goods
It is God’s will for the US to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Spread various religious faiths to unreached countries
The newspaper headline above is an example of what journalistic technique that uses sensationalism and exaggerated reporting to attract readers
Good journalism
Imperial journalism
Muckraking
Yellow journalism
The event being described in the headline above helped draw the US into what conflict
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
The Cuban country could not enter any foreign agreements, the United States could establish naval bases as needed on the island, and the United States could intervene whenever necessary
Platt Amendment
Great White Fleet
Isolationism
Imperialism
The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract the reader, used by Hearst and Pulitzer to start the Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism
Great White Fleet
Isolationism
Imperialism
Gathering of colonies for mercantilist reasons is called
Yellow Journalism
Platt Amendment
Isolationism
Imperialism
A policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries
Yellow Journalism
Platt Amendment
Isolationism
Imperialism
A collection of United States ships that traveled the world to show other countries the might of the U.S. navy
Yellow Journalism
Great White Fleet
Isolationism
Imperialism
Which of the following is NOT a tactic used by political machines:
Local voter fraud
accepting money from big business in exchange of reduced regulations
Building local food banks
Building apartments to improve immigrant housing
This is the idea that those who were naturally superior to others should naturally rise to the position of the greatest and wealthiest in society:
The Bessemer Process
Social Darwinism
Laissez-Faire Economics
The Gospel of Wealth
The progressive movement focused mainly on the problems of which group?
African Americans
Urban residents
Tenant farmers
Non Unionized workers
Law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; specified big businesses activities that were forbidden
Clayton Antitrust Act
Referendum
Direct primary
Initiative
An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption
Temperance
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Process which allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature
Referendum
Direct primary
Initiative
Recall
Election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Referendum
Direct primary
Initiative
Recall
Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election
Referendum
Direct primary
Initiative
Recall
A process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters' signatures on a petition
Referendum
Direct primary
Initiative
Recall
How did the pattern of immigration shift in the 1890s?
From Jewish to Catholic Europeans
From Northern and Western to Southern and Eastern Europe
From Eastern to Southern and Northern Europe
From Eastern to Northern and Western Europe
In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced American politics by
running for political office.
offering to pay higher taxes
giving money to government officials.
importing more foreign goods.
Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?
Strong labor unions
Free colleges
Cheap, comfortable housing
Job opportunities
Under imperialism, strong nations attempted to
control weaker nations.
prevent immigration.
avoid contact with the outside world.
decrease the size of their military.
Which of the following was a factor in the growth of imperialism?
The shortage of manufactured goods
The military threat from groups of smaller nations
The need for natural resources
The desire to learn from the cultures of other nations
As a result of its victory in the Spanish-American War, the United States gained
Important ports in Mexico
Panama
Puerto Rico and the Philippines
A large section of China
Theodore Roosevelt believed in
An aggressive foreign policy
A cautious foreign policy
No American involvement overseas
Economic, but not military, intervention
The muckrakers were
Politicians
Journalists
Lawyers
Business owners
The United States responded to the outbreak of WWI by
declaring its neutrality.
sending troops immediately to Europe.
stopping its overseas trade.
forming an alliance with the Central Powers.
When the United States joined World War I, it
Refused to loan money to the Allies
Sent a huge army to Europe right away
had already instituted a draft as part of its preparations for war
needed to institute a draft to build a large army.
Which constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which constitutional amendment established Prohibition?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which constitutional amendment established the Direct Election of Senators?
16th
17th
18th
19th
Which constitutional amendment established a federal income tax?
16th
17th
18th
19th
