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WorksheetsGilded Age - Muckrakers (Unit 6-7)
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Steel and Oil Industries directly benefited from the construction of ______
the Trans-Continental Railroad
the Erie Canal
the Panama Canal
Interstate Highways
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the economy, politics and culutre of the United States during the late 1800's and early 1900's?
Immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe
Immigrants from South Africa and Asia
Immigrants from Canada & Mexico
Immigrants from Western & Northern Europe
The bullets above most directly reflect the ________.
progressive legislative actions including empowerment of the voter
Growing protest against United States military engagements abroad in the 1920s
The negotiations of new trade agreements among North American countries
Decisions defining individual rights and protections, such as Miranda v. Arizona.
What U.S. History concept is summarized in image?
Dredd Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Roe v. Wade
Which of the following inventions was not an improvement on U.S. infrastructure during the late 1800s?
Telegraph
Telephone
Electric Light Bulb
Cotton Gin
Ida Tarbell's efforts to expose Rockefeeler's business practices are evidence that she was a(n) _______.
abolitionist
muckraker
communist
Radical Republican
Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic growth, industrial growth during the years after the Civil War?
Canals
Railroads
Airplanes
Telephones
A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of the discussion?
Goals of U.S. Naturalization policies
Objectives of the Second Great Awakening
Reasons for immigrating to the United States
Principles of the Sons of Liberty
During the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which of the following groups would have provided the labor needed to build the railroad?
Native Americans
Immigrants
Socialist
Progressivist
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company were examples of ________.
government privatization of essential resources.
the rise of trusts and monopolies
the impact of labor leaders on government
the public benefiting from business leaders that reformed domestic industries
His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances.
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Samuel Gompers
Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?
The passage of laws restricting immigration to the United States
A decline in efforts to Americanize immigrants
The weakening of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
An increase in Progressive reforms
What was the result of Plains Indians' resistance to westward expansion by the United States government?
the Plains Indians' maintained control of their traditional lands
The Plains Indians' benefited economically from government policy
The Plains Indians' became farmers and small business owners
The Plains Indians' were forced to live on reservations
An important political aim of the Progressive movement was to ________.
guarantee government jobs for the unemployed
stimulate voting reforms to empower voters
create a unicameral national legislature
increase the participation of African Americans in the Federal Government
What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
to form a monopoly in the oil business
to promote efficiency in the steel industry
to increase the bargaining power of workers
to provide social services to new immigrants
Two of the major goals of developing inspection station at Ellis and Angel Islands were to ___________.
Process and isolate immigrants from the American population
Teach immigrants the English language
Provide free child care and education to immigrants
Insure political and cultural safety in America
Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?
Alcatraz Island and Liberty Island
Ellis Island and Angel Island
Staten Island and Jekyll Island
Long Island and Manhattan Island
How did African Americans react to federal recognition of "Jim Crow" laws?
They created a guest worker program that encouraged temporary immigration to Africa, but denied citizenship
A significant portion of African Americans remained loyal to Democrats
Many African Americans engaged in violent resistence to the federal decision
They established the NAACP in an attempt to question the legality of "Jim Crow" laws.
Which statement BEST explains the data in the table?
Native American railroads laborers died from diseases and unsafe working condition
Big business purchased lands from Native American people for railroad expansion
Native Americans migrated eastward on the railroads and assimilated into U.S. Society
Growth of the railroad system led to an increase in conflicts with Native Americans
A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of discussion?
Technological advancements int he field of construction during the 1900s
Farming and ranching innovations of the late 1800s
Machines developed to build trenches during WWI
Instruments used to construct the Transcontinental Railroad
The Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson had a major impact on the lives of African American because it ruled that _______________.
segregation was illegal in educational institutions
voting was a right guaranteed by the Constitution
separate but equal public facilities were legal
military occupation of the South was Unconstitutional
The principal message of the cartoon is that the Standard Oil Company?
Used its size to lower the prices of its products
Protected the nation from foreign competition
Used its economic power to influence government decisions
Employed violence to gain an unfair advantage for its workers
Which of the following groups brought the above social problems to the attention of society?
Muckrakers
Industrialist
Capitalist
Nativist
What was the role of progressivist such Elizabeth C. Stanton, Ida Tarbell and Jane Addams?
They supported the deconolization of Asia & Africa
They encouraged women to play a role in a variety of social reform.
They introduced a series of literacy tests and physical examinations to manage immigrants
They were educational advocates that raised awareness of the effects of poverty on students' opportunities
Work stoppages and strikes were used by labor unions to _____.
support for nativists calling for limitations on labor unions
protest against acts of police brutality against workers
influence businesses to provide better working conditions for employees
support for police actions against foreign revolutionaries
Which of the following aspects of Jane Addams description expresses a major change in Americans' views of social reforms?
The idea that women could play a major role in the Progressive Movement.
The idea that government should preserve wilderness areas in a natural states
The idea that government should protect the voting rights of citizens
The idea that labor unions were playing a role in the corruption of local governments
Which of the following groups would have strongly opposed the concepts in the picture attached?
AFL
CIA
HUAC
NAACP
The purpose of the conservation movement was to _____.
save Native Americans fom being removed from their land
encourage Americans to start going back to church
save millions of acres of wilderness lands, particularly in western states
build factories in southern states so that African Americans could receive jobs
