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Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 54mins
Muckraker who took pictures of child labor and hid his findings in his bible.
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hines
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."
The text is an excerpt from which amendment?
16th
17th
18th
19th
A political and social movement which looked to intellectuals, politicians, scientist, and social reformers to solve the issues brought on by industrialization.
urbanization
westward expansion
progressivism
imperialism
Which statement describes a referendum?
petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill
Voters can accept or repeal a law based on a popular vote
removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate
casting of votes in a confidential manner
movement of people from rural areas to growing urban areas
internal migration
urbanization
industrialization
immigration
The 18th Amendment meant what for alcohol in America?
Prohibition
Legalization
Progressivism
Inflation
Which Amendment does this represent?
16
17
18
19
Progressivism was a direct result of:
The Great Depression
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution
Imperialism
Muckrakers contributed to the Progressive Era by:
working for federal agencies to expose corruption in big businesses.
investigating possible Socialists within the labor movement.
exposing the various problems through literary and photographic works.
supporting Progressive political parties.
How the Other Half Lives exposed the plight of the urban working class. Who is responsible for this work?
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Frank Norris
A nativists would believe reform could be achieved by:
restraining businesses.
limiting immigration.
passing environmental legislation
enfranchising women and promoting civil rights.
All of the following are Progressive Era Amendments EXCEPT:
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Socialists believe in
No government
Private ownership of business
Government regulation of business
Government ownership of private property
Progressivism was partly a reaction against what?
Socialism
Laissez-faire policies
Free trade market
Supply side economics
Which of the following combinations were the three Progressive Presidents?
Taft, Hayes, T Roosevelt
Wilson, Garfield, Taft
T Roosevelt, Johnson, Morgan
T Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
What anti monopoly law made all"combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890) and was used against the Standard Oil Company?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Voters have the right to remove a politician from office
Voters have the right to choose who will run for President
Voters can now propose their own bills to congress.
Voters have the right to veto or accept a law passed by the government
What is a tentement?
a old house
a apartment building with a balcony
tiny, overcrowded, poorly built apartment
a well built cabin
What is a philanthropist?
A person who gives money back to communities
a monopoly
a person who takes money from employees
none of the above
How did Andrew Carnegie earn his money?
in the oil industry
in the steel industry
banking industry
all of the aboe
What is a strike?
not buying a certain product
someone crossing a picket line
Owners not allowing workers to work
Employees refusing to work
Who was the leader and first President of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Gompers
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
Nickname given to industrialists like Rockefeller who many felt were taking advantage of Americans and bending the rules.
muckrakers
robber barons
scabs
socialists
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
Two areas in which Progressivism made little or no change was:
civil rights issues
creating more employment
lowering taxes
ending monopolies
Muckraker who exposed corrupt politics in his book "The Shame of Cities"
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Lincoln Steffens
Lewis Hines
This Act centralized the banking system during the Progressive Era
The Federal Reserve Act
The Banking Act of 1906
The Panic-Act
The National Banking Act
What are 3 things Theodore Roosevelt is most known for?
Trust busting
Conservationist
Laissez faire policies
Big stick foreign policy
This muckraker focused on ending sweat shops and pushing for the 8 hour work day.
Jane Addams
Florence Kelly
Mother Jones
Mary Smith
What were the 3 economic goals of the Progressives
stopping the formation of trust companies
centralizing the banking system
lowering tariffs
regulating businesses
What was the 16th Amendment used for?
establishing eastern coastal factories
funding the police force, firemen, roads, and military.
Social Security benefits
gaining women's suffrage
This woman wanted to attain suffrage slowly and state-by-state.
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
Carrie Chapman Catt
Inez Milholland
Which Act strengthened the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Underwood Anti-trust Act
Federal Reserve Act
Payton-Aldrich Act
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Merit based exams for civil service was passed in 1883 by the ...
Stratford Act
Pendragon Act
Pemberton Act
Pendleton Act
What exactly is a "settlement house?"
a house for settlers to live in while they are building their own home
a development of houses that serves as a community
an area of poverty that is a problem
a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
Who founded Hull house?
Alexander Graham Bell
Jane Addams
William Tweed
Thomas Edison
Which legislation resulted from the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle?
Hepburn Act
Dawes Act
Meat Inspection Act
Interstate Commerce Act
This Act railroad rates were strongly regulated the railroads by setting maxium rates
Interstate Commerce
Hepburn Act
Sherman Act
The Railroad Act of 1906
Which of these BEST describes the differences between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington?
DuBois wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but Washington believed that total segregation was needed.
DuBois wanted immediate equality for blacks, while Washington wanted to use a slower approach for change.
There were no differences between them, both DuBois and Washington wanted equality as fast as possible.
Washington wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but DuBois believed that total segregation was needed.
Scientist and experts were brought in to fix which problem in the Progressive Era?
municipal problems
child labor issues
factory output problems
railraod construction
What were the organizations that provided immigrants with much needed money, food, housing, and jobs in exchange for their votes?
Settlement houses
Legislative automobiles
Political machines
Unions
What services were offered at Hull House?
A children's nursery
voting registration
English classes, early childhod education, sports
financial help, voting registration, medical exams
The person who ultimately brought down Boss Tweed was a cartoonist by the name of
Benjamin Moore
Harper Bazar
Thomas Nast
W.E.B. DuBois
Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?
America had many organizations for immigrants to join.
America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.
It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.
The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:
Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.
Americans who moved west from large cities in the east.
Indians
This invention mass produced steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:
The Crucible Process
The Bessemer Process
The Broiler-Effect
The Assembly Line
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?
When one person or company controls an entire market
combining different businesses together
a law that gave them advantages in business
a law that allowed total control over employees
Which law gave 160 acres of farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
Government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming.
Pendleton Act 1892
Dawes Act 1887
Homestead Act 1882
What are businessmen who are known for their positive contribution to the modern industrial economy called?
Robber Barons
Entrepreneurs
Leaders
Captains of Industry
The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.
Maslow
Bessemer Process
Free Enterprise
Laisez-Faire
Progressives shared a belief that industrialization and urbanization
should be supported despite the dangers they posed.
would not occur in the United States without their support.
had created serious social and political problems
should be completely banned by legislation.
Voters select their party candidates for the general election, not political machines
Referendum
Initiative
Direct Primary
Recall
Leader of the American Railway Union who was jailed during the Pullman Strike
Terrance Powderly
Samuel Gompers
Eugene Debs
Lincoln Steffens
