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Progressive Era Review #1

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located in New York City.
a)
true
b)
false
2.
Why did firefighters feel helpless when they reached the burning building?
a)
The building had already burned to the ground.
b)
The crowd was so large they couldn't reach the fire.
c)
They were unable to get water.
d)
Their hoses couldn't reach the fire.
3.
How much could you earn working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
a)
$6 a week plus extra on weekends
b)
$100 a week
c)
$10 a week
d)
$2 a week
4.

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

a)

Civil War Era

b)

Industrialization Era

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction Era

5.

What was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

a)

living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

b)

working conditions of a textile mill

c)

food production of a meatpacking plant

d)

medical care of soldiers in WWI

6.

Choose all the challenges/issues people faced during the progressive era.

a)

Child Labor

b)

Women's Rights

c)

Prohibition

d)

Slavery

7.

Who was president during the progressive era?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

8.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Child Labor

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Prohibition

9.

Reforming means

a)

Changing something for the better

b)

Controlling something

c)

Buying something

d)

Approving Something

10.

Suffrage is -

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to suffer

c)

the right to live

d)

the right to speak

11.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....

a)

stimulate the economy

b)

support government control of factory production

c)

encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)

correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

12.

Who created the first settlement house in the United States (Hull House in Chicago)?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Wednesday Addams

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Lucy Burns

13.

What is the strategy used by organized labor (labor unions) when employees refuse to work?

a)

Strike

b)

Leave work early

c)

Protest

d)

Go to work

14.

What are 4 work problems resulting from industrialization?

a)

child labor

b)

low wages

c)

long hours

d)

unsafe conditions

e)

unsanitary food

15.

What was the MAIN reason for the increase in labor unions?

a)

Unsafe working conditions

b)

Child Labor

c)

Women's Suffrage

d)

Long hours

16.

What organizations did workers create in response to unsafe working conditions, low pay, and long hours?

a)

Labor unions

b)

Executive committees

c)

Cooperatives

d)

Student unions

17.

Why did factory owners like to employ children?

a)

Paid children less than adults

b)

They work faster

c)

They work slower

d)

There was nothing for them to do

18.
Why would the U.S. government seek to limit the development of business monopolies?
a)
to guarantee low prices
b)
to encourage competition
c)
to increase production levels
d)
to improve hiring practices
19.
Powerful industrials like Carnegie and Rockefeller were called both “Captains of Industry"and “Robber Barons” because
a)
they provided good paying jobs, but produced unsafe products.
b)
they provided new goods and services while underpaying their laborers.
c)
they supported workplace reform but drove their competitors out of business.
d)
they worked closely with their competitors and charged consumers incredibly high prices.
20.

Another name to describe the time period between 1890-1920 where America was rapidly progressing in industrial production as well as in social and political reforms.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Assembly line

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Monopoly

21.

The complete control of an industry by one person or company.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Assembly line

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Monopoly

22.

An arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the product passed from operation to operation until completed. Invented by Henry Ford.

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Assembly line

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Monopoly

23.
I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
24.
I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ___________
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Thomas Edison
25.
My product helped to build sky scrapers and stronger bridges. I am ___________________
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
26.
Captain of the Railroad industry.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
27.
A less expensive and easier way to make steel.  It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Hull House
28.
____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.
a)
Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
b)
Captains of Industry, Robber Barons
29.

Pools, trusts, and monopolies were an effort to reduce what?

a)

Profits

b)

Unionization

c)

Child labor

d)

Competition

30.

Who was the crusader against child labor?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Carrie Nation

c)

Ellen Gates Starr

d)

Florence Kelley

31.

Which was one of the strongest unions?

a)

Women's Trade Union League

b)

Industrial Workers of the World

c)

American Federation of Labor

32.

Area below a ship's deck where new immigrants traveled.

a)

Angel Island

b)

Customs

c)

Steerage

d)

Sweatshops

33.
What are poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings called?
a)
Steerage
b)
Tenement
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Mass Transit
34.

Old immigrants were which of the following?

a)

arrived in the United States before the 1880s from northern Europe

b)

arrived in the United States starting after the 1880s from southern and eastern Europe

c)

Immigrants who entered America looking for old jobs like farming, and sewing.

d)

arrived in America from Egypt and other African nations as slaves.

35.

To adjust to a new life immigrants

a)

didn't learn to speak English and spoke their native language

b)

moved into neighborhoods with people from different countries

c)

moved into neighborhoods with others from the same country

d)

wanted to go back to their home countries

36.

The main goal of Hull House was to

a)

provide jobs for wealthy women

b)

pass the Tenement House Act of 1901

c)

help poor immigrants

d)

oppose the Chinese Exclusion Act

37.

Anti-immigrant feeling resulted in

a)

benevolent societies

b)

the Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

tenements

d)

the Tenement House Act

38.

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

a)

factories

b)

sweatshops

c)

tenements

d)

mass transit

39.

Skyscrapers were built to resolve the issue of

a)

Plumbing and water purification systems

b)

Traffic and transportation

c)

Sanitation and trash pile up

d)

Overcrowded populations that ran out of building space

40.

What did the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act prevent the Chinese from doing?

a)

working for the U.S. government

b)

immigrating to the United States

c)

obtaining jobs in the United States

d)

gaining U.S. citizenship

41.

Who wrote about living conditions of many immigrants in the book, "How the Other Half Lives"?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Frederick Law Olmstead

42.

Who was the person that visited sweatshops and wrote about the problems there ?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Florence Kelley

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Fredrick Law Olmstead

43.

During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being

a)

opposed to machine politics

b)

Loyal to United Kingdom

c)

conscientious objectors

d)

Roman Catholics

44.

a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

a)

Immigrant

b)

migrant worker

c)

Nativist

d)

Capitalist

45.

Something that attracts people to a place or activity.

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

46.

Something that causes people to want to leave a place or situation

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

47.

Learning to dress speak and look like other Americans

a)

Americanization

b)

Nativist

c)

National identity

d)

Immigrant

48.
Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?
a)
Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants.
b)
Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.
c)
Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.
d)
World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.
49.
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called
a)
reconstruction
b)
nativism
c)
urbanization
d)
mercantilism
50.
Which statement about nativism is most accurate?
a)
Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
b)
Nativists were opposed to immigration
c)
Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
d)
Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California
51.
An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800's led to
a)
An increased dependence on products made in homes
b)
An increase in urbanization
c)
A decrease in levels of water and air pollution
d)
A reduction in immigration from Europe
52.
Why did doctors examine immigrants?
a)
To make sure they didn't spread an illness
b)
To give them medicine
c)
To track growth rates
d)
To give shots
53.
What did the legal inspectors do?
a)
Ask questions about an immigrants past
b)
Look over immigrants legal documents
c)
Issue Social Security Cards
d)
Search immigrants luggage
54.

Progressives

a)

Reformer in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s who wanted to improve American life.

b)

Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity.

c)

Powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses.

d)

A 1919 amendment to the United States Constitution that gives women the right to vote.

55.

The Gilded Age saw a rise of the belief in a __________ economy in which the government has very little involvement in business.

a)

Progressive

b)

Populist

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Egalitarian

56.

What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Ida Tarbell

57.

What is a trust

a)

money used for business purposes

b)

a group of companies works together to control an industry and drive other companies out of business

c)

a bank account

d)

to control an industry of businesses

58.

What is necessary for a boycott to be effective?

a)

A boycott can be effective no matter what.

b)

There has to be at least 6 people.

c)

There must be a union leader.

d)

Enough people have to participate in it.

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