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WorksheetsUnit I - Ind & Progressivism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Andrew Carnegie was a true American "rags to riches" story who created a monopoly in what industry?
oil
steel
coal
railroads
John D. Rockefeller was accused to using questionable tactics in creating total domination over which industry?
oil
steel
coal
railroads
3. Which description best describes what the theory of Social Darwinism believed?
Only American owned companies should be allowed to merge or grow in size.
That all companies should be on equal footing.
That the best companies would succeed in the end, and the weaker ones would be weeded out.
One tactic that Andrew Carnegie used was called vertical integration. Which description best explains how that worked?
When a company buys out another company.
When you gain control over all the materials & suppliers that create your product.
When the government assists your growth.
What did the Bessemer Process do for the steel industry?
Turned Iron into Steel cheaply.
Allowed Steel to be produced in Europe.
It produced a cheaper, but lesser quality of steel.
It made steel extremely expensive for American builders.
Nickname given to industrialists like Rockefeller who many felt were taking advantage of Americans and bending the rules.
muckrakers
robber barons
scabs
socialists
Just like the industrialists, J.P. Morgan created a monopoly in which other industry?
banking
textiles
meatpacking
insurance
Which of the following descriptions fits what the progressive movement was attempting to do?
wanted to focus on expanding our impact on the global economy.
wanted to maintain the status quo and support industry.
made effort at restoring economic opportunity and correcting injustices in American life.
What were the muckrakers attempting to do?
Expose the worst parts of industrialized America.
Expose the inefficiencies in the workplace.
Expose stories of American success and promote them.
Expose hwo civilization could be brought the world through American intervention.
Jacob Riis was attempting to show Americans living in poverty through which medium?
film
radio
novels
photographs
As a progressive President, his style was to frequently use the Executive Order and be forceful in convincing the American people he was right.
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley
One government reform that was made in the Progressive Era was the initiative. What did that allow the American voters to do?
Cast direct votes for Senators
Voting on Laws as well as Representatives
Vote for the President
Cast direct votes to impeach Representatives
What was Teddy Roosevelt's plan to create a more equal society for Americans.
The New Deal
New Freedom
The Square Deal
America First
After leaving the Presidency in 1808 Teddy Roosevelt came back to politics to challenge for a third term as a member of which party?
Democrats
Republicans
The Bull Moose Party
The Whigs
One of Woodrow Wilson's most impactful moves as President was creating the Federal Reserve System. What did it do?
Created a completely government controlled banking system.
Allowed banking to act independently.
It determined how much money was in circulation and allowed for federal control.
It created paper money8 that could be loaned to Americans more easily.
