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WorksheetsUnit 2: Industrialism and Reform, 1840-1920
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 34mins
In State governments, all the following are used to increase the power of citizens except:
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Urbanization
Causes of the Progressive Movement include all of the following except:
Political corruption
Formation of trusts and monopolies
Formation of labor unions
Horrible living and working conditions
Women’s suffrage – led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul and Carrie Catt.
– Resulted in the ____ Amendment to the Constitution
13th
15th
17th
19th
Referendum, initiative, and recall were 3 progressive accomplishments in __________________ governments
Local
National
State
Who are progressives whose investigative literature exposed abuses in economics, politics, and society
Muckrakers
Typeslitters
Tonguelashers
Gluespreaders
In ________, citizens choose which candidates will be on the ballot in the general election.
Constitutional Convention
Primary Election
Recall
Referendum
The purpose of the Federal Reserve is to ____.
Control the money supply
Limit government spending
support banks
control the US budget
Author of The History of Standard oil, exposed Rockefeller's corrupt business practices.
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida B . Wells
People found jobs in cities but lived in harsh conditions in ______________ or slums
Shelters
Tenements
Ghettos
Boxes
What means government should interfere the LEAST amount possible in the economy?
Laissez-faire
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
Lakota Sioux chief killed at Wounded Knee.
Sitting Bull
Little Crow
Crazy Horse
Chief Joseph
Cavalry commander at Little Bighorn
George Custer
Frederick Jackson Turner
William Fetterman
Helen Hunt Jackson
Places where many jobs are available
Boomtowns
range wars
long drive
homestead
occurred when farmers blocked cattle trails
range wars
boomtowns
homesteads
long drive
Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by
quartz mining
hydraulic mining
placer mining
tunnel mining
The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of
gold
silver
copper
diamonds
Many of the first miners in the Colorado mountains did not find any minerals because
there were no minerals to find
the areas were too heard to reach
mining companies had claimed them.
the minerals were too deep
In the early 1800s, Americans did not think cattle ranches on the Great Plains were practical because
there was not enough grass to support large cattle herds.
eastern cattle could not survive on tough prairie grasses
wagon trains had stripped the land of needed resources
there was no demand for beef in the eastern states.
The Chisholm Trail was a trail that
wagon trains followed through the Rocky Mountains
Native Americans traveled on their forced westward migration
cowboys used to drive cattle to a railroad line
Lewis and Clark mapped on their journey to the Pacific Ocean
At first, ranchers saw barbed wire as a threat because it
harmed their cattle
kept their herds from roaming freely
required much effort to maintain
prevented cattle from finding food
The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they _________________ for five years
fenced it off
planted crops on it
lived on it
cut down trees on it
The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by
giving them land for farming
returning them to their native lands
reintroducing the buffalo to native lands
sustaining their previous way of life
Which of the following images below best illustrates the goal of the Temperance Movement?
-DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS-
He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.
What image would match up with the statements in this document?
What is the 19th Amendment known as?
The guarantee for black men to vote in any election in the US.
The guarantee for all men to vote in any US election.
The guarantee for women to vote in any election in the US.
The guarantee for all animals the right to vote in any US election.
Which of the following was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment?
Washington
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.
14th Amendment
Jim Crow laws
federal laws
state laws
Homer Plessy wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.
separate but equal
legal
constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)
unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)
The U.S. Supreme Court saw the "Separate but Equal" law as constitutional?
Yes
No
The Plessy decision of "Separate but Equal" was not overturned until what famous case decided by the Supreme Court?
Worcester v. Georgia
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott
Brown v. Board of Education
Which of the following is NOT a part of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform deal?
Control Corporations
Consumer protection
Clayton's Anti-Trust Act
Conservation of natural resources
Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Who outlined the Progressive reforms of the American public and gave his presidential campaign the name "Square Deal?"
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?
Carrie Nation
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
Who wrote The History of Standard Oil, a book which describes how John D. Rockefeller used ruthless business practices in the oil industry?
Ida Tarbell
Jane Addams
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
Look at the following diagram, which shows reforms sponsored by two presidential administration, and answer the question below.
Which action best describes a reform supported by President Woodrow Wilson?
reorganization of the banking and monetary systems
adoption of a bimetallic standard and paper currency
legislation to increase tariffs and eliminate income taxes
regulations requiring equal pay for minorities and women
Look at the following list, which shows the goals of a movement from the early 1900's , and answer the question below.
-Abolish child labor
-Restrict working hours for mothers
-Enact public health programs
-Raise wages for workers
These goals are MOST closely associated with which movement?
Civil Rights
isolationist
Social Gospel
temperance
In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?
Standing guard to protect big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Leading a government take-over of large industries
Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....
stimulate the economy
support government control of factory production
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
A wealthy person who donates to charity is known as a ...
Philanderer
Philonthrope
Philistine
Philanthropist
____________________ gained power by providing immigrants with services (jobs) in exchange for votes.
Political Machines
Big Business
Labor Unions
Andrew Carnegie
Who is the industrialist/ robber baron pictured in the political cartoon above?
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What robber baron/ industrialist is pictured in the political cartoon above?
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
