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Gilded Age/ Progressive Era Summative

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many new immigrants lived in ___________, which were crowded and often dirty apartment buildings.

a)

Condominiums

b)

Hostels

c)

Tenements

2.

The sinking of the Maine was blamed on:

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Canada

d)

France

3.

Poor young immigrant women often worked in _________ that were cramped, unsafe, and paid low wages.

a)

Grocery Stores

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Sweatshops

d)

Newspapers

4.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in :

a)

Sweatshops

b)

Meating Packing Plants

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Tenements

5.

This Amendment gave women the right to vote:

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

6.

Reporters and writers who exposed problems and corruptions during the Gilded Age were called:

a)

Lawyers

b)

Robber Barons

c)

Muckrakers

7.

Theodore Roosevelt's motto was:

a)

Only the strong survive

b)

The early bird catches the worm

c)

Speak softly, and carry a big stick

8.

Progressive Presidents wanted to:

a)

Help rich corporations

b)

Implement social reforms

c)

Sell insurance

9.

John D Rockefellar, Andrew Carnegie, and JP Morgan are often referred to as

a)

Presidents

b)

Robber Barons

c)

Old guys

10.

Facing pressure from the temperance movement, Congress enacted the

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

11.

Because of Jim Crow laws and lack of jobs, many black people moved north in a movement called:

a)

The Jungle

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Big One

12.

As a result of poor treatment of employees, __________ formed and led strikes across many different industries.

a)

Tenements

b)

Labor Unions

c)

Sweatshops

13.

Which of these is the biggest pull factor for immigrants to the east coast of America?

a)

Poverty

b)

Factory and Industry jobs

c)

Religious Freedom

14.

Roosevelt's nickname for journalists who uncovered scandals and exposed corruption in business.

a)

Drama Queens

b)

Mudslingers

c)

Trouble makers

d)

Muckrakers

15.

Although political machines were often engaged in fraud they were beneficial to immigrants because:

a)

they encouraged them to assimilate

b)

they left them alone

c)

they provided essential services, like jobs

d)

they taught them morals

16.

News that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

a)

Old news

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Realistic Fiction

17.

The sinking of the USS Maine led to the :

a)

Civil War

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Spanish-American War

18.

A period of U.S. history in the 1870s noted for political corruption, financial speculation, and the opulent lives of wealthy industrialists and financiers.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Gilded Age

c)

The Square Deal

19.

President Roosevelt domestice policy based on : protecting all citizens, limiting big corporations, and conserving our natural resources.

a)

Square Deal

b)

Fair is Fair

c)

Cheaters never prosper

20.

Who was a leader of the Woman's Suffrage Movement?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Mary Todd Lincoln

c)

Emily Dickinson