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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 9mins
Big companies that owned and controlled most of their industry are called
corporations
partnerships
monopolies
What inventions were changing American life at the turn of the century? (check ALL that apply)
electricity
trains
telephones
airplanes
Which of the following best describe the view of Social Darwinists?
Society should help people in need
Businesses that get too big should be regulated by the government
It is unnatural for the wealthy or the government to help the poor.
In his book, How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis took pictures of
dangerous working conditions
living conditions of the poor
environmental problems
Reporters that investigated and exposed problems were called:
At Hull House Jane Addams did all the following EXCEPT?
provided a place for the immigrants to live temporarily
provided job training for poor and immigrants
exposed the dangers of child labor
Check all the things that were a result of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in 1911
laws requiring fire protection and escapes
the death of 146 women
the factory owners went to jail
Florence Kelley fought against
dangerous food and medicines
child labor
political bosses
John Muir wanted land and natural resources to be set aside and not be touched. This is called
preservation
conservation
recycling
Check all the ways listed below that Boss Tweed and political machines used the government to benefit themselves
required people to pay bribes for jobs like firefighter
over charged the government for building contracts and kept the extra money for themselves
allowed people to vote directly on laws
The 17th Amendment gave Americans more control over their government by allowing this:
people to pick their candidates
people to vote on laws
people to vote directly for their Senators
