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Industrialization Problems

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Unions fight for better working conditions?

a)

They beat up factory bosses and threatened them

b)

They organized strikes and protests

c)

They petitioned the government

d)

They destroyed factories and burned down houses

2.
Define a monopoly.
a)
A card game
b)
businesses that are owned by investors
c)
A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
d)
Poor families
3.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
4.
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a)
Workers secured a greater share of company profits
b)
The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
c)
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
d)
Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations
5.
The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) were efforts by the federal government to
a)
regulate aspects of business
b)
expand the positive features of the trusts
c)
favor big businesses over small companies.
d)
move toward government ownership of key industries
6.

Problems caused by urbanization

a)

Aided Westward Expansion

b)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands.

c)

overcrowding, pollution, unsanitary living conditions

d)

quick method of production where items are brought to workers

7.

Negative effects of Industrialization

a)

More efficient than small businesses

b)

Allowed for labor exploitation (child labor) and abuse.

c)

First American "big business"

d)

Negative terminology as related to the wealthy.

8.

Strike

a)

jobs could be easily found because they required unskilled labor

b)

producing large quantities of goods as quickly and cheaply as possible

c)

banker and later owned a steel company

d)

An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands.

9.

Labor Union

a)

Railroad monopolist

b)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members.

c)

More efficient than small businesses

d)

Used as a cheap source of labor

10.

Monopoly

a)

Aided Westward Expansion

b)

quick method of production where items are brought to workers

c)

More efficient than small businesses

d)

Sole control of an industry or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.

11.

Making large quantities of products quickly and cheaply is called:

a)

Monopolies

b)

Nativism

c)

Urbanization

d)

Mass production

12.

During Industrialization, we learned that a trust is basically the same as?

a)

A monopoly

b)

Love

c)

A board game

d)

Friendship

13.

Who EXPOSED corruption in government and problems in society?

a)

Corporations

b)

Labor unions

c)

Muckrakers

d)

Trustbusters

14.

The Sherman Anti-trust Act

a)

made monopolies illegal and limited the power of big business

b)

stated that anyone with the name of Sherman should not be trusted

c)

reformed voting

d)

institutionalized racism in the South

15.

The book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair

a)

exposed child labor and led to the passage of Child Labor Laws

b)

exposed lynching in the South and led to anti-lynching laws

c)

exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry and led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

d)

exposed the corruption of big business and led to the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

16.
The 17th Amendment gave people the right to vote for their ______ directly.
a)
President
b)
Vice President
c)
Senators
d)
House Representatives
17.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Tim Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
18.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party which divides Republicans and helps to elect Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
none of the above
19.
Which president pushed for the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Reserve, and Federal Trade Commission?
a)
McKinley
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
20.

Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?

a)

Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt

b)

Wilson, Garfield, Taft

c)

T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan

d)

T Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

21.
What was the purpose of Muckrakers?
a)
Writers who wanted to make money by selling newspapers
b)
Writers who wanted to cause change with their writings
c)
Writers who supported big business and corruption in politics
d)
Writers who wrote patriotic short stories
22.

Pictures like this would have been discussed in what book?

a)

The Jungle

b)

History of the Standard Oil Company

c)

The Shame of the Cities

d)

How the Other Half Lives

23.

What is the term for the protection of natural resources?

a)

trustbuster

b)

conservation

c)

prohibition

d)

initiative

24.

Any person who works to destroy monopolies and trusts

a)

conservationist

b)

progressive

c)

entrepeneur

d)

trustbuster

25.

A primary is

a)

when voters select their party candidates

b)

when people vote on bills directly

c)

the first time an individual votes

d)

when voters propose bills to the legislature

26.

Which amendment paved the way for the graduated income tax?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

27.
Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices. 
a)
Ida B. Wells 
b)
Ida Tarbell 
c)
Susan B. Anthony 
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
28.

This reform allows voters to remove an elected official from office

a)

suffrage

b)

recall

c)

initiative

d)

prohibition

29.
Depending on how much money you make, the government will tax you at different rates
a)
Tax Invasion
b)
Salary Tax
c)
Sales Tax
d)
Graduated Income Tax
30.
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
a)
Recall
b)
Referendum
c)
Initiative
d)
Primary
31.
I was responsible for creating the Federal Reserve in 1913.
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
32.

I passed the Meat Inspection Act

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Roosevelt

33.

I passed the Clayton Anti trust to strengthen the Sherman anit trust act

a)

Taft

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

34.

I established the federal Reserve in 1913

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Wilson

c)

Taft

35.

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - Focused on consumer protection after reading The Jungle, passing the Meat Inspection Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

36.

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - created the "Bull Moose" Progressive Party to run for president for a third term in 1912

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

37.

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - Fought against the power of big banks by establishing the Federal Reserve

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

38.

He worked to get the ICC more enforcement power to lower railroad rates:

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

39.

Which president wanted to control businesses and conserve the environment?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

40.
The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-
a)
Reduce the number of farms
b)
Build an overseas empire
c)
Regulate big business
d)
Reduce immigration
41.
The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states during the Progressive Era as ways to-
a)
restrict the use of presidential vetoes
b)
promote the formation of trusts
c)
make government more democratic
d)
limit immigration
42.
During which period in United States history were the amendments concerning the income tax, direct election of senators, Prohibition, and women's suffrage enacted?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
New Deal
c)
Progressive Era
d)
Gilded Age
43.
What federal agency was established in 1916 by Congress to manage national historic sites?
a)
National Park Service
b)
Department of the Interior
c)
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
44.
What act did The Jungle help establish?
a)
Pendleton Act
b)
Pure Food and Drug Act
c)
Federal Reserve Act
d)
Dawes Act
45.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
46.
A "muckraker" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes 
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
47.
A "suffragette" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes 
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
48.
A "political machine" is
a)
A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories
b)
Someone who took bribes 
c)
someone who fought for women's rights
d)
a gardener
49.
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
50.
Political Machines promised jobs and housing in return for votes
a)
False
b)
True
51.
Preserving natural resources is called
a)
conservation
b)
temperance
52.
True or False: Progressives feared that Big Business had too much control over the economy.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
True or False: Progressives were advocates for child labor laws. 
a)
True
b)
False
54.
Progressivism promoted the idea that society's problems could be solved by passing _________
a)
rights
b)
jobs
c)
laws
d)
presidents
55.
Progressives were concerned about the _______ conditions of the factories and the ________ hours people were expected to work. 
a)
clean, jobs
b)
unsafe, long hours
c)
good, time
d)
money, places
56.
Reformers advocated for ____________ to be created in hopes of restricting child labor. 
a)
Parks
b)
Jobs
c)
Automobiles
d)
Schools
57.
Theodore Roosevelt passed the _______ to protect the right of consumers. 
a)
Pork Inspection Act
b)
Beef Inspection Act
c)
Meat Inspection Act
d)
Food Inspection Act
58.
The ________ Amendment outlawed the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages. 
a)
11th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
22nd

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