WorksheetsProgressvism
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
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
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
Investigative Reporters that exposed societal problems were known as
Monopolists
Muckrakers
Journalists
President Theodore Roosevelt's nickname was
Trustbuster
Muckraker
The Jungle
Reform means
to make worse
to make better
Progressivism was a time period...
where reformers tried to fix social, political, and economic problems caused by urbanization and industrialization
rapid urbanization and industrialization that brought nothing but good things to the US
where railroads were built in every state across America
Political machines like Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall were corrupt.
True
False
The 19th amendment granted African American Men the right to vote.
True
False
Suffrage means
the right to free speech
the right to vote
the right to bear arms
Monopolies were powerful because they
controlled the entire industry and could control prices
controlled the government and the elections
had the biggest muscles
The 19th Amendment granted who the right to vote?
African American Men
Women
All African Americans
Children
Progressivism was an early twentieth century movement that promoted
limited war to spread social justice to other countries
increased immigration to diversify the nation’s population
government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems
public education for all immigrants entering the United States
How were political machines like New York's Tammany Hall corrupt?
They had a Boss who helped them win and control elections by illegal means.
They had a Boss who persuaded others to go out and vote.
They had a Boss who controlled the city by running for mayor.
They had a Boss who encouraged the people to be better citizens.
In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in an attempt to
ensure the safety of American consumers
establish price controls on the cattle industry
limit the power of Congress
increase public awareness about the discrimination that immigrants faced
Problems: Overcrowding, high crime rate, and poor sanitation. In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of
muckrakers' influence
conservation programs
westward migration
rapid urbanization
Which of the following was not a reform movement of the Progressive Era?
Temperance Movement
Labor Movement
Women's Suffrage Movement
Animal Abuse Movement
Who were two activists that fought for racial equality during the Progressive Era?
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
Frederick Douglass
WEB Du Bois
During the Gilded Age, why was government corrupt?
Mrs. Moore was President
Political Machines and Monopolies had too much control
Voting booths were not located in easily accessible places
Boss Tweed had too much money and did not use it to make progress
