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Progressive Vocabulary 2025

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Immigration

a)

Moving into a population

b)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

c)

A book by John Riis that told the public about the lives of the immigrants

d)

March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside

2.

Emmigration

a)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages,

b)

a test given to fill positions in the government and replace patronage

c)

A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible condi

d)

movement of individuals out of a population

3.

Ellis Island

a)

Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the West Coast

b)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth centur

c)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

d)

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, and cheated the ci

4.

Angel Island

a)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth centur

b)

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

c)

A law passed by Congress to subject food industry to periodic inspections

d)

Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the West Coast

5.

Melting Pot Theory

a)

when people form other cultures assimilate into American society

b)

A law passed by Congress to subject food industry to periodic inspections

c)

banned the formation of trusts and monoploies

d)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

6.

Salad Bowl Theory

a)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

b)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

c)

A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible condi

d)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

7.

Boss Tweed

a)

A corrupt political boss who stole $ from NYC

b)

a test given to fill positions in the government and replace patronage

c)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth centur

d)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

8.

Tammany Hall

a)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

b)

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

c)

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

d)

A law passed by Congress to subject food industry to periodic inspections

9.

Muckrakers

a)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

b)

Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business

c)

movement of individuals out of a population

d)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages,

10.

Thomas Nast

a)

political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed and political corruption in NYC

b)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

c)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

d)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

11.

Jacob Riis

a)

banned the formation of trusts and monoploies

b)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

c)

A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible condi

d)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

12.

How the Other Half Lives

a)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

b)

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, and cheated the ci

c)

A book by John Riis that told the public about the lives of the immigrants

d)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

13.

Lewis Hine

a)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

b)

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

c)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth centur

d)

famous photographer most well known for his haunting photographs of child l

14.

Upton Sinclair

a)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

b)

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

c)

a test given to fill positions in the government and replace patronage

d)

political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed and political corruption in NYC

15.

The Jungle

a)

banned the formation of trusts and monoploies

b)

This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing

c)

Moving into a population

d)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

16.

Pure Food and Drug Act

a)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

b)

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

c)

famous photographer most well known for his haunting photographs of child l

d)

Moving into a population

17.

Meat Inspection Act

a)

A law passed by Congress to subject food industry to periodic inspections

b)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

c)

March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside

d)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth centur

18.

Tenement

a)

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

b)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

c)

A building in which several immigrant families rent rooms or apartments, of

d)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

19.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

a)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

b)

Political machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.

c)

March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside

d)

Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business

20.

labor union

a)

when people form other cultures assimilate to the point where their origina

b)

A book by John Riis that told the public about the lives of the immigrants

c)

political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed and political corruption in NYC

d)

organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions and wages

21.

19th Amendment (1920)

a)

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness.

b)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages,

c)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

d)

Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the West Coast

22.

Civil Service Exam

a)

famous photographer most well known for his haunting photographs of child l

b)

a test given to fill positions in the government and replace patronage

c)

author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906

d)

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages,

23.

Sherman Antiitrust Act

a)

when people form other cultures assimilate to the point where their origina

b)

Gave women the right to vote (suffrage rights)

c)

famous photographer most well known for his haunting photographs of child l

d)

banned the formation of trusts and monopolies

24.

18th Amendment

a)

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

b)

March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside

c)

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, and cheated the ci

d)

A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible condi

25.

Robber Barons

a)

1906 - required manufacturers to create labels identifying ingredients in p

b)

A building in which several immigrant families rent rooms or apartments, of

c)

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, and cheated the ci

d)

an American capitalist who acquired a fortune by using ruthless methods