WorksheetsProgressive Era
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
This theory was used to justify why the poor stayed poor and to rationalize imperialism
Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Laissez Faire
An act of joining or consolidating with one’s competitors to create a monopoly.
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
True or False: The Knights of Labor admitted only highly trained workers in the union.
True
False
He was associated with steamships before becoming a titan of the railroad industry.
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
The term "The Gilded Age" originated from this author...
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
Jack London
Ernest Hemingway
All the following are true of W.E.B. DuBois EXCEPT:
He created the Atlanta Compromise
He helped found the NAACP
He wanted immediate Civil Rights progress
he believed in the Talented Tenth
This depicts what problem in the Government?
the role of corporate interests in Congress
the struggles of labor unions
the rising national debt
the power of liberals
Populism drew its support primarily from...
western farmers.
labor unions.
factory workers.
businessmen.
True or False: Samuel Gompers was the president of the American Federation of Labor.
True
False
All the following are true of railroads in the 19th century EXCEPT:
they were owned primarily by the government
they were funded by government land grants
a transcontinental railroad sped up western settlement
time zones were created due to the railroad
How did the Interstate Commerce Commission change between the Gilded & Progressive Age?
It weakened by the end of the Progressive Era
it was strengthened during the Progressive Era
It was consistently weak in both periods
it was consistently strong in both periods
According to Rockefeller's "American Beauty Rose" philosophy...
eliminating competition helped the economy thrive
competition was an integral part of economic growth
monopolies were unfair practices
the government should maintain laissez faire policies
TRUE or FALSE: "Pittsburgh Plus Pricing" hurt the Southern economy...
True
False
The "Gospel of Wealth"...
argued that the poor should stay poor
argued the rich had a responsibility to provide services for the poor
advocated giving charity to the poor with no strings attached
was only supported by Carnegie
All the following were characteristics of cities in the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
high immigrant populations
skyscrapers and lights
dumbbell tenement buildings
ethnically and racially integrated neighborhoods
Unlike "Old Immigrants" of the 1840s, "New Immigrants"...
tended to be less literate and slower to assimilate
came primarily from non-European countries
were wealthier and more skilled
were not targets of nativist criticism
All the following are true of Settlement Houses EXCEPT:
they were fully secular
they helped teach immigrants English
they provided resources and childcare for immigrants
they gave women a chance to get involved outside the home
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute and believed in temporary accommodation, waiting for Civil Rights?
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
WEB DuBois
Samuel Gompers
TRUE OR FALSE: women involved in the temperance & suffrage movements in the 19th c typically challenged gender norms.
True
False
The Populist Party and William Jennings Bryan MOST supported what currency?
greenbacks
silver
gold
the barter system
In this 1894 strike of railroad workers (led by Eugene Debs) a federal injunction was used to end the strike:
Haymarket Square
Pullman Strike
Homestead Strike
Coal Miners' Strike
The Election of 1896 between McKinley & Bryan was significant because...
it showed the triumph of the big business & cities
it showed labor and farmers uniting
it marked the end of the Republican Party
It led to the end of the use of the Gold Standard
All the following are Progressive goals EXCEPT:
breaking up monopolies
direct election of US Senators
suffrage & temperance
ending government ownership of utilities
TRUE OR FALSE: Muckrakers carefully researched their topics before publishing their stories
True
False
This 1911 event led to significant reforms in factories
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Sinking of the Titanic
The Great Chicago Fire
The publishing of "The Jungle"
What was not part of Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?
control of corporations
consumer protection
breaking up all trusts
conservationism
The 1912 Republican Convention...
unified the Republican Party
Led Roosevelt to run as a 3rd Party candidate
Was not held due to the popularity of Taft
resulted in the nomination of Wilson by the Republicans
