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WorksheetsIndustrialization, Progressivism, and Immigration
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 23mins
Someone who treats their workers badly and wipes out the competition would be known as a
captain of industry
robber barron
inventor
immigrant
Industrialization in the North caused
factory workers to move to suburbs
middle class to emerge
skilled artisans to earn higher wages
labor unions to disband
A second wave of immigrants in the 1890's came from
Latin America
Northern and Western Europe
China and Germany
Southern and Eastern Europe
Which group of immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad on the Western portion of the track?
Japanese
German
Chinese
Irish
Which of the following migration patterns occurred due to industrialism?
Urban to Rural
Rural to Urban
Rural to Suburban
Suburban to Urban
What is the best weapon for a labor union to use when negotiations fail?
Strikes
Yellow-dog contracts
Court injunctions
Collective bargaining
Which amendment provided women with the right to vote?
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
The Jungle was written to expose problems in which industry?
Lumberjacking in Florida
Medicine production in Maine
Meatpacking in Chicago
Steel production in Pittsburgh
Muckrakers are best described as:
Investigative journalists
Corrupt politicians
Elected government officials
Captains of Industry
Which of the following Muckrakers wrote about the homeless boys living on the streets of New York City?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
John Muir
W.E.B. DuBois
What is the best definition of a monopoly?
Many companies compete in the same industry
Companies share resources to reduce costs for consumers
One company dominates a single industry
Quality of products increases, while costs for consumers increase
The steel industry was controlled by a monopoly run by:
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
Booker T. Washington disagreed with W.E.B. DuBois and believed that:
African Americans should leave the United States and return to Africa
African Americans should use education and make the best of segregation
African Americans should begin lynching white Americans
African Americans were not deserving of the right to vote
How did the second Industrial Revolution benefit America?
The United States became the largest agricultural nation in the world
The United States became the world's poorest country
The United States developed severe air and water pollution
The United States became a major producer of manufactured goods
Industrialization caused many problems in American society. Which of the following are accurate problems:
Millions of jobs were created
Pollution in air and water increased
Improvements in technology lead to the creation of new appliances
Work was often challenging and exciting
A collection of ideas and activities-or a series of responses to problems in American society that grew from urbanization and industrialization is known as:
progressivism
socialism
capitalism
communism
Journalists that exposed corruption and harsh conditions in society were known as
muckrakers
Atlantic voyagers
Fox news reporters
military correspondents
Which Supreme Court case determined 'separate but equal'?
Plessy v Ferguson
Wabash v Illinois
Brown v Board of Education
Tinker v Des Moines
All of the following were demands of labor unions EXCEPT
better pay
shorter hours
safer conditions
continue child labor
The growth of cities is known as
urbanization
immigration
progressivism
imperialism
Laws that institutionalized racism in the South were called
Progressive Laws
Reconstruction Amendments
Jim Crow Laws
Containment Policies
What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?
starting a system of women’s colleges
winning elections for public office
securing the right to vote
separating men and women in prison
What is suffrage?
the right to drive
the right to end suffering
the right to vote
the right to a free education
