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STAAR Review: Labor & Immigration, Progressivism

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
2.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
3.
Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?
a)
Alexander Bell
b)
Jacob Riis
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
4.
Which of the following was NOT a famous muckraker during the early 1900's?
a)
Ray Stannard Baker
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Ida Tarbell
5.

Suffrage means the right to _______________.

a)

be free

b)

vote

c)

go to work

d)

free speech

6.

What is a suffragist?

a)

a person who works to end slavery

b)

a person who likes school

c)

a person who supports women's right to vote

d)

a person who suffers in rags

7.
Prohibition of alcohol – banning sale, manufacture & consumption of alcohol
a)
18th
b)
17th
c)
16th
d)
15th
8.
Direct election of senators – Progressive Era
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
9.
Government’s right to tax income (income taxes)
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
10.

What is the 19th Amendment?

a)

It gave women the right to vote.

b)

It gave Native Americans the right to vote.

c)

It gave immigrants the right to vote.

d)

It gave African Americans the right to vote.

11.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women

12.

Someone who tries to break up monopolies and trusts is a

a)

Suffragists

b)

Trustbuster

c)

Muckraker

d)

Progressive

13.
True or False: Progressivism was largely an upper class movement. 
a)
True
b)
False
14.

These reforms made the government directly accountable to the citizens.

a)

Referendum, recall, initiative, and 17th amendment

b)

19th and 22nd Amendments

c)

Pendleton Act & Homestead Act

d)

16th and 18th Amendments

15.

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

a)

Pure Food and Drug Administration

b)

NAACP

c)

National Park Service

d)

Environmental Protection Agency

16.

What organization did W.E.B. Dubois establish to help secure legal equality for minorities?

a)

Muckrakers Movement

b)

Black Panthers

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

17.

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big businesses like railroads and dissolve monopolies?

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964 & Voting Rights Act 1965

c)

Homestead Act & Dawes Act

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act & Interstate Commerce Act

18.
Which of the following individuals campaigned for President as a third party (the Bull Moose party)?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Donald Trump
19.
Susan B. Anthony wanted....
a)
the colonists to be free from British rule.
b)
to be the first woman president
c)
to be a nurse
d)
all women to have the right to vote
20.

This was the name of Wilson's progressive agenda for the nation:

a)

New Freedom

b)

New Nationalism

c)

New Deal

d)

New Movement

21.

Which piece of legislation outlawed price discrimination?

a)

The Sherman Act

b)

The Federal Trade Commission Act

c)

The Morrisey Act

d)

The Clayton Antitrust Act

22.

Pullman Strike leader

a)

Gustavus Swift

b)

Granville Woods

c)

Eugene V. Debs

d)

John D. Rockefeller

23.
Legislation to reform the spoils system.
a)
Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
Blue Laws
c)
Pendleton Civil Service Act
d)
Political Machine
24.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
25.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
26.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
27.
Where was Ellis Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28.
What was Jane Addams' establishment called?
a)
The Escape.
b)
Convalescent Home.
c)
Hull House.
d)
The Mansion.
29.
Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
b)
Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
c)
Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
d)
Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs
30.
Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 
a)
Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
b)
Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
c)
Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
d)
Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round
31.

What was Tammany Hall?

a)

A dance hall for wedding parties

b)

Central offices where the "Boss" operated from

c)

The mayors office in New York City

d)

A Union office for Laborers and Workers

32.

Boss Tweed gained power through

a)

Helping poor immigrants find jobs

b)

Helping poor immigrants find places to live

c)

Repairing and making New York a better place to live

d)

All of the Above

e)

None of the Above

33.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

34.

Anti-immigrant feeling resulted in

a)

benevolent societies

b)

the Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

tenements

d)

the Tenement House Act

35.

Poorly built overcrowded apartment buildings were

a)

settlement houses

b)

skyscrapers

c)

tenements

d)

benevolent societies

36.

Hot stuffy workshops in which workers prepare materials for low wages in neighborhoods were

a)

factories

b)

sweatshops

c)

tenements

d)

mass transit

37.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans

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