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- 1. Multiple Choice
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)Upton SinclairLincoln SteffensJacob RiisFrank Norris - 2. Multiple ChoiceJournalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big businessGump MushersMuckrakersScalawagsDirt Diggers
- 3. Multiple Choice
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created in part because
of the book, The Jungle.
suffragist were protesting the meat packing industry.
the 18th Amendment
Civil Service Act.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceBanning the sale of alcohol was the chief goal ofNational Women's Suffrage AssociationWomen’s Christian Temperance UnionBull Moose PartyGood Government League
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLaw that requires company to properly label food and medicinesMedicine ManFood AmendmentLabel LemonsPure Food and Drug Act
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?starting a system of women’s collegeswinning elections for public officesecuring the right to voteseparating men and women in prison
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health?William McKinleyTeddy RooseveltCalvin CoolidgeHerbert Hoover
- 8. Multiple Choice
Main goal of most muckraking journalists?
Gain fame through articles of high popular interest
Expose social and economic problems in need of political attention
Increase public awareness of America's great potential
End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOne way in which the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Gentlemen’s Agreement, and the National Origins Act were similar is that all were expressions ofimperialismnativismmilitarismManifest Destiny
- 10. Multiple Choice
Nativists are against...
Corruption
African Americans
Railroads
Immigrants
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe temperance movement warned people of the ____.dangers of alcoholevils of slaveryweakness of reformneed for education
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor most contributed to the living conditions faced by many immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s?new measures for containing the spread of diseaseswidespread migration to the suburbs by immigrantsincreased social services for qualified individuals and familieslack of government regulations and standards for public housing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceNational parks were established for the purpose ofprotecting natural wonders from human destructionpreventing the pollution of critical forests and waterwaysallowing government management of energy resourcesproducing hydroelectric power and controlling flooding in remote regions
- 14. Multiple ChoiceCampaign to stop abuse in the homes by urging people and the government to stop alcoholism.Women SuffrageTemperance MovementAlcoholics AnonymousFair Weather Fan
- 15. Multiple Choice
Progressives focused on three areas of reform:
easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.
easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.
easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.
- 16. Multiple Choice
In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the
enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
Which agency does this excerpt refer?
National Park Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Homeland Security
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes a referendum?
petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill
opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill
removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate
casting of votes in a confidential manner
- 18. Multiple Choice
The practice of drinking little or no alcohol.
Temperance
Segregate
Prohibition
Impeach
- 19. Multiple Choice
A national movement to ban the manufacture, sale, transportation, or use of alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition
Populism
Suffrage
Segregate
- 20. Multiple Choice
Progressivism was a direct result of:
The Great Depression
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution
Imperialism
- 21. Multiple Choice
Progressives wanted to do all of the following EXCEPT:
encourage environmental conservation and preservation
decrease the power of the federal government
improve working conditions
limit the power of big business
protect the health and safety of the public
- 22. Multiple Choice
How the Other Half Lives exposed the plight of the urban working class. Who is responsible for this work?
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Frank Norris
- 23. Multiple Choice
Kickbacks, bribery, graft, and the spoils system were all characteristics of:
local governments
state governments
federal government
all of the above
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhen was the Progressive Era?Antebellum1865-18771900-19201933-1945
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?Alexander BellJacob RiisUpton SinclairTheodore Roosevelt
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was an important benefit of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?
Food processing companies were forced to recognize their workers' unions
Child labor was prohibited in the making of drugs or the processing of foods.
Consumers were protected from adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs.
Tariff duties on imported foods and drugs were greatly reduced.
- 27. Multiple Choice
The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made American government more
democratic-
by permitting the taxation of individual incomes by the federal government
by allowing the federal government to establish the Federal Reserve System
by requiring the direct election of U.S. Senators by voters in each state
by guaranteeing the right to vote to women in all states
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader of the corrupt Tammany Hall, New York Political Machine?Andrew CarnegieHenry FordJohn D. RockefellerWilliam "Boss" Tweed
- 29. Multiple ChoiceUnofficial organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power.Chinese Exclusion ActMunn vs. IllinoisPolitical MachineGhetto
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe use of one's job to gain profit.Political MachineGhettoGraftBlue Laws
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhy did many immigrants support city political machines?Political machines were free of corruptionpolitical machines provides them with jobspolitical machines put powerful "bosses" out of businesspolitical machines fought against crime in the slums
- 32. Multiple Choice
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
credit mobilier
political machine
corrected democracy
electoral politics
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.DaleyGrantTildenTweed
- 34. Multiple Choice
Part A: What is the central idea of “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911” ?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how important it is to practice fire safety at work.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how far we have come as a society when it comes to fire and work safety.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how a community can come together during a tragedy.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed the dangerous consequences that unsafe working conditions and corrupt business owners could have for workers.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceBecause of fire in 1911, today it is illegal to _______ any doors of a building from the inside.closelockopen
- 36. Multiple Choice
Define Prohibition.
A partial ban on the sale and consumption of tobacco
A partial ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol
A total ban on the sale and consumption of tobacco
A total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol
- 37. Multiple Choice
How Did Criminals Take Advantage of the Prohibition?
Speakeasies and Bootlegging
Kidnappings
Robberies
- 38. Multiple ChoicePeople who illegally made & sold liquor in the US during Prohibition were known ascriminalssmugglersbootleggersmobsters
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was NOT a characteristic of Prohibition in the US?Americans frequently ignored the law & drank anywaypolice were bribed to look the other wayCongressmen all refrained from drinking alcoholviolators of the law were either fined or imprisoned
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe event that symbolized the violence of the gang warfare of the 1920's was thearrest of Al CaponeSt. Valentine's Day MassacreIrish vs Italian gang wars in Chicagodeath of Baby Face Nelson
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