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Gilded/Progressive

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name

Class

Date

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.

Nativists

Political bosses

Miners

Labor leaders

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

Sherman Antitrust Act

Stamp Act

Great Plains Act

Homestead Act

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

Interstate Commerce Act

Homestead Act

Sherman AntiTrust Act

Dawes Act

The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:

expansionism

gilding

mechanization

assimilation

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?

When one person or company controls a market

a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie

a law that gave them advantages in business

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

Increased the number of Chinese immigrants

Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.

Prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving the U.S.

Prohibited immigrants from entering the U.S.

Which inventor created lighting and new uses of electricity?

Samuel Morse

Thomas Edison

Cyrus McCormick

Robert Fulton

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

18th

13th

19th

5th

The term muckraker was used in the early 1900s to describe writers who

supported limits on government regulation

wanted the United States to ban all immigration

exposed abuses in American society

promoted racial integration efforts

10.

In the early 20th century, muckrakers were able to influence American society mainly by

organizing demonstrations in large cities

lobbying members of Congress

contributing to presidential campaigns election

exposing corruption in business and government and

11.

Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) in response to

foreign influences on the United States economy

public demand for better roads

monopolistic practices that were harmful to small businesses

the failure of federal banks to provide loans to individuals

12.

During the late 1800s, political machines controlled the governments of many cities by

denying voting rights to immigrants

attracting dissatisfied voters from the two major political parties

using corrupt practices and patronage

favoring civil service reform

13.

During the late 1800s, the use of child labor in United States factories was most opposed by

parents

labor unions

factory owners

nativists

14.

During the Progressive Era, direct primary elections were adopted to

raise additional campaign funds for candidates

increase the power of voters in the political process

strengthen the role of political machines

expand the power of the federal government

15.

• Overcrowding
• High crime rate
• Poor sanitation

In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of

muckrakers’ influence

conservation programs

westward migration

rapid urbanization

16.

"The Jungle," a book written by Upton Sinclair during the progressive era, exposed what negative aspect of society?

High rates of Chinese immigrants

Bad working conditions in meat packing

Bad treatment of Chinese workers

Bad working conditions for children

100 %

Gilded/Progressive

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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