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The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

a)

Immigration / urbanization

b)

capitalism / imperialism

c)

communism / free enterprise

d)

reform movements / civil rights

2.

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

a)

the railroad

b)

suffrage

c)

slavery

d)

political machines

3.

Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -

a)

muckrakers

b)

nativists

c)

imperialists

d)

industrialists

4.

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Mercantilism

5.

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big business like railroads and prohibited monopolies?

a)

Dawes Act & Homestead Act

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust & Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Pure Food & Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

6.

The ratification of this amendment granted suffrage to all genders.

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

7.

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer's safety as a response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?

a)

Natural Park Service

b)

NAACP

c)

Pure Food & Drug Administration

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

8.

Which movement is Susan B. Anthony most closely associated with?

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Temperance

c)

Muckraker

d)

Harlem Renaissance

9.

People like Upton Sinclair were _____________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.

a)

supporters of political machines

b)

industrialists

c)

nativists

d)

muckrakers

10.

These reforms made the government directly accountable (more 'democratic') to the citizens.

a)

16th and 18th amendments

b)

19th and 22nd amendments

c)

referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendments

d)

Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

11.

Which people were most likely to be "Progressives" or reformers?

a)

Extremely wealthy men who lived in rural areas

b)

Middle-class people who were religious & lived in major cities

c)

Farmers who thought that the cities were godless and full of sin

d)

Atheists who thought that religion was a corrupting foce in the cities

12.

Why is this time period called The Gilded Era?

a)

Gilded means something cheap/rotten is covered with a thin layer of gold

b)

Everyone was making so much money

c)

America was facing a gold shortage so it became even more valuable

d)

The gold rush in California meant that the USA was the leading exporter of gold

13.

What do we call the crowded buildings that the poor (esp. immigrants) lived in?

a)

Tent cities

b)

Shanty towns

c)

Colonias

d)

Tenements

14.

Which Constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

15.

What is the term for investigative writers and journalists who tried to expose bad working conditions and political corruption?

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Troublemakers

c)

Outside agitators

d)

Scabs

16.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

a)

Stopped U.S. cities from hiring Chinese workers.

b)

took away the U.S. citizenship of Chinese Americans.

c)

prevented Chinese laborers from entering the country and stripped them of their Civil Rights.

d)

forced Chinese children to attend segregated schools.

17.

Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

a)

a ban on child labor

b)

antitrust legislation

c)

laws to protect workers such as building codes and fire-safety codes

d)

the spread of settlement houses

18.

Industrial workers often labored/worked

a)

for high wages.

b)

under ideal conditions.

c)

with unsafe machinery and poor wages

d)

in well-ventilated factories.

19.

Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

a)

banned slavery

b)

gave African Americans the right to vote

c)

gave women the right to vote

d)

placed an income tax

20.

community centers that provided social services and adult education to the urban poor

a)

union

b)

antitrust

c)

settlement house

d)

muckrackers

21.

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had to do with women getting the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

22.

Who was the muckraker that wrote "The Jungle?"

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

23.

The ___________________ Era was an attempt to address the Problems of society created by the Gilded Age.

a)

Political

b)

Progressive

c)

Populist

d)

Grange

24.

What was the name for corrupt politicians being able to maintain control of local government?

a)

Conglomerates

b)

Trust Busters

c)

Political Machines

d)

Monopolies

25.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution provided for a graduated income tax?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

26.

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowed citizens to vote directly for their state senators?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

27.

The creation of the National Park Service reflected Progressive concerns about what?

a)

Politics

b)

The economy

c)

Conservation / protecting the environment

d)

City life

28.

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

a)

It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.

b)

It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.

c)

It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

d)

It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

29.

Jane Addams is best remembered for ~

a)

writing muckracking articles inspiring social reform

b)

creating social reform programs for the urban poor

c)

leading the temperance movement during the early 1900s

d)

serving as the first woman representative during the 1800s

30.

Which governmental policy was a direct result of the described event?

a)

New education programs were created to study geography and climate.

b)

Efforts to annex Alaska were undertaken by the President and Congress.

c)

Millions of acres of land were set aside as public property and national parks.

d)

Large grants of money were given to agencies dedicated to conservation efforts.

31.

The writings of W.E.B. DuBois promoted the idea that ~

a)

African Americans deserved racial equality immediately.

b)

African Americans needed to organize as a political party.

c)

African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights.

d)

African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights.

32.

As a result of the listed Progressive Era reforms ~

a)

citizens became more involved in the election process

b)

corporate leaders began campaigning for elected office

c)

political bosses gained greater control over local elections

d)

big business came under additional government regulation

33.

Journalist and social reformer Ida B. Wells was responsible for exposing the brutality associated with ~

a)

lynching

b)

gambling

c)

child labor

d)

alcohol abuse

34.

Choose all of the people who were activists for African American's rights during the progressive era.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

W.E.B Dubois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Frederick Douglas

35.

Booker T. Washington was famous for founding the ____.

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

Tuskegee Institute

d)

NASCAR

36.

Which president wanted to control businesses and conserve the environment?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

37.
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
38.
During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish-
a)
free public schools located in inner-city neighborhoods
b)
settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor
c)
newspapers that helped to inform Americans about slum conditions
d)
laws that restricted certain immigrant groups
39.
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
40.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
41.
What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?
a)
Banned the use of assembly lines
b)
Allowed the government to have unlimited power
c)
Cleaned up food producing factories
d)
Advocated for minority groups
42.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
43.
Which of the following is a Recall?
a)
People have the right to choose who will run for President
b)
People have the right to remove an elected official from office
c)
People have the right to propose a new law
d)
People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
44.
The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to
a)
break up monopolies
b)
give equal rights to women
c)
help people living in poverty
d)
end racism
45.
Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
a)
muckrakers
b)
suffragists
c)
immigrants
d)
abolitionists
46.
The famous immigration center in NYC is
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Coney Island
d)
Long Island
47.

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

a)

Promise of a better life

b)

War or religious persecution

c)

Religious Freedom

d)

Better opportunities

48.
Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Alcatraz
d)
Angel Island
49.

Immigration push factors are…

a)

reasons people come to a new place

b)

reasons people leave their homelands

c)

reasons people begin working

d)

reasons people stop working

50.

Immigration pull factors are…

a)

reasons people come to a new place

b)

reasons people leave their homelands

c)

reasons people begin working

d)

reasons people stop working

51.

Nativists believed ..

a)

Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

b)

White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

c)

Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

d)

All of the above.

52.
During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?
a)
The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
b)
Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
c)
Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
d)
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.
53.
Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?
a)
Melting Pot
b)
Birds of Passage
c)
Nativism
d)
All of the above
54.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
55.
Which is an example of the idea of assimilation?
a)
Native Americans following their ancient religious traditions. 
b)
German immigrants learning to speak English.
c)
The development of ethnic neighborhoods like "Chinatown".
d)
The trend for wealthy Americans to dress like Italians. 
56.
How were the "new" immigrants who came to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s different from the "old" immigrants who came previously?
a)
The new immigrants were more widely accepted into American culture. 
b)
The new immigrants mainly settled in the southern states and became farmers. 
c)
Most of the new immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe. 
d)
Most of the new immigrants came for a short time to earn money.
57.

Why did doctors examine immigrants at Ellis Island?

a)

To make sure they didn't spread an illness

b)

To give them medicine

c)

To track growth rates

d)

To give shots

58.
Most immigrants traveled
a)
first class
b)
second class
c)
steerage
d)
fourth class
59.
In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to
a)
Process immigrants arriving from overseas
b)
Defend New York City from attack
60.

Booker T. Washington believed that ___

a)

African Americans should not try to win better conditions

b)

African Americans should focus on economic opportunity by learning skills necessary to find jobs

c)

African Americans should fight for full social and political equality as soon as possible

d)

African Americans did not face any serious problems during the Gilded Age

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