WorksheetsGilded Age/ Progressive Era Summative
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Many new immigrants lived in ___________, which were crowded and often dirty apartment buildings.
Condominiums
Hostels
Tenements
The sinking of the Maine was blamed on:
England
Spain
Canada
France
Poor young immigrant women often worked in _________ that were cramped, unsafe, and paid low wages.
Grocery Stores
Labor Unions
Sweatshops
Newspapers
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in :
Sweatshops
Meating Packing Plants
Labor Unions
Tenements
This Amendment gave women the right to vote:
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
Reporters and writers who exposed problems and corruptions during the Gilded Age were called:
Lawyers
Robber Barons
Muckrakers
Theodore Roosevelt's motto was:
Only the strong survive
The early bird catches the worm
Speak softly, and carry a big stick
Progressive Presidents wanted to:
Help rich corporations
Implement social reforms
Sell insurance
John D Rockefellar, Andrew Carnegie, and JP Morgan are often referred to as
Presidents
Robber Barons
Old guys
Facing pressure from the temperance movement, Congress enacted the
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
Because of Jim Crow laws and lack of jobs, many black people moved north in a movement called:
The Jungle
The Great Migration
The Big One
As a result of poor treatment of employees, __________ formed and led strikes across many different industries.
Tenements
Labor Unions
Sweatshops
Which of these is the biggest pull factor for immigrants to the east coast of America?
Poverty
Factory and Industry jobs
Religious Freedom
Roosevelt's nickname for journalists who uncovered scandals and exposed corruption in business.
Drama Queens
Mudslingers
Trouble makers
Muckrakers
Although political machines were often engaged in fraud they were beneficial to immigrants because:
they encouraged them to assimilate
they left them alone
they provided essential services, like jobs
they taught them morals
News that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
Old news
Yellow Journalism
Realistic Fiction
The sinking of the USS Maine led to the :
Civil War
French and Indian War
Spanish-American War
A period of U.S. history in the 1870s noted for political corruption, financial speculation, and the opulent lives of wealthy industrialists and financiers.
Progressive Era
Gilded Age
The Square Deal
President Roosevelt domestice policy based on : protecting all citizens, limiting big corporations, and conserving our natural resources.
Square Deal
Fair is Fair
Cheaters never prosper
Who was a leader of the Woman's Suffrage Movement?
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Todd Lincoln
Emily Dickinson
