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- 1. Multiple ChoiceReporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known asmuckrakerssuffragistsimmigrantsabolitionists
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThis event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businessesHaymarket RiotTriangle Shirtwaist Factory firefounding of the Tuskegee Instituteattempted assassination of President Garfield
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformedIndustrializationProgressive EraReconstructionProhibition
- 4. Multiple ChoiceProhibition began with the15th Amendment17th Amendment18th Amendment21st Amendment
- 5. Multiple ChoiceProgressive reformers, or muckrakers known for taking photographs to expose unsafe or unsanitary conditionsIda Tarbell and Upton SinclairWEB DuBois and Booker T WashingtonJacob Riis and Lewis HineAlice Paul and Carrie Catt
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAmendment that gave women the right to vote15th17th18th19th
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Sherman anti-trust act was passed tobreak up monopoliesgive equal rights to womenhelp people living in povertyend racism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceUpton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass theSherman Anti-Trust Act18th AmendmentPure Food and Drug ActEqual Rights Amendment
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote about and exposed the corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?Ida TarbellLewis HinesJacob RiisUpton Sinclair
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposedDangers faced by coal minersCorrupt business practices of the Standard Oil CompanyUnsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industryIllegal deals between special interests and the government
- 11. Multiple ChoiceRoosevelt’s Square Deal refers to:Fair treatment of people in societyUsing the government’s power to help citizensSettling issues for the betterment of societyAll of the above
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best states the goal of prohibitionists?To eliminate the sale of alcohol to childrenTo eliminate the use of alcohol in societyTo reduce accidents in the workplaceTo reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSuffrage refers to:DiscriminationWomen’s RightsThe Right To VoteThe Denial of Voting
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?Banned the use of assembly linesAllowed the government to have unlimited powerCleaned up food producing factoriesAdvocated for minority groups
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?Meat Inspection ActPreservationConservationIntimidation
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?Jacob RiisLewis HinesIda TarbellUpton Sinclair
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?Ida TarbellLewis HinesJacob RiisUpton Sinclair
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a Recall?People have the right to choose who will run for PresidentPeople have the right to remove an elected official from officePeople have the right to propose a new lawPeople have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto
- 19. Multiple Choice
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in societySuffragistsMuckrakersStudentsChaffinators - 20. Multiple Choice
In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair's the Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in -
working with labor unions to increase worker salaries
taking responsibility for the safety of consumers
setting limits on the growth of private industry
implementing social welfare programs
- 21. Multiple Choice
What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?
Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal
Document labor conditions during an economic crisis
Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda
Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Workers secured a greater share of company profits.
The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced.
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies.
Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations.
- 23. Multiple Choice
This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies.
Communism
Socialism
Laissez-Faire
Mercantilism
- 24. Multiple Choice
People like Upton Sinclair were _____________ because they investigated and exposed abuse and corruption.
supporters of political machines
industrialists
nativists
muckrakers
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which president wanted to control businesses and conserve the environment?
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-Reduce the number of farmsBuild an overseas empireRegulate big businessReduce immigration
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states during the Progressive Era as ways to-restrict the use of presidential vetoespromote the formation of trustsmake government more democraticlimit immigration
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not one of Roosevelt's Square Deal?Conserve resourcesProtect the consumerControl businessesCreate new jobs
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThis man was elected after Roosevelt to continue the progressive reform agenda.Andrew JohnsonFranklin RooseveltWilliam Howard TaftWilliam McKinley
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened in the election of 1912?Roosevelt runs as a third party and winsRoosevelt runs as a third party and losesTaft runs as a Republican and winsWilson runs as a Republican and loses
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat political party did Roosevelt run as in the election of 1912?DemocratRepublicanBull MooseLibertarian
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWho won the election of 1912?RooseveltTaftWilsonMcKinley
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment created a national income tax?16171819
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment allowed for the direct election of US Senators?16171819
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the Federal Reserve do?Regulates monopoliesRegulates the money supplyRegulates trustsRegulates Prohibition
- 36. Multiple Choice
Wilson's program of reforms was called
New Nationalism
New Freedom
Progressive Nationalism
Progressiveism
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