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CH. 4: CONFLICT IN THE GILDED AGE (1877-1920)
CH. 4: CONFLICT IN THE GILDED AGE (1877-1920)
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1
Which became president after McKinley's assassination and was the first progressive president?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
FDR
2
President Wilson's lower tariffs were meant to encourage this between business & lower prices
competition
inflation
regulation
3
Which argument would a laissez-faire supporter most likely accept?
democratic elections should answer "What to Produce"
businesses make production decisions for resource allocation
government rationing
4
Which amendment attempts to separate the interests of state and federal office holders
16th
18th
17th
5
What writer coined the term "Gilded Age?"
Andrew Carnegie
Dan Brown
Mark Twain
6
President Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party became known as the
Rough Rider Party
Bull Moose Party
Aggressive Progressive Party
7
All are ways that the role of women changed during the Progressive Era EXCEPT...
better educated
all are correct
new service jobs
women's unions
8
Which wants the role of the federal gov't to be limited to protect free market and competition
french traditionalism
laissez-faire
capitalism
9
Which is a progressive African-American organization formed to fight civil rights
AACP
NACP
NAWSA
NAACP
10
A company that is jointly owned by many different people who buy stock in their company.
trust
corporation
monopoly
11
John D. Rockefeller organized which trust?
Securities and Exchange Commision
Standard Oil
Carnegie Steel
12
What issue did the Progressive Movement ultimately fail to address?
Social Reform
Civil Rights
economic regulation
13
Progressive journalist who exposed the truths of many Gilded Age practices were known as...
Philosphers
Critics
Muckrakers
14
Which statement describes the labor movement in the U.S. in the early 1900s?
union works were paid high wages
Unions grew in popularity but had not been widely accepted
most immigrants were part of labor unions
15
Which progressive movement also encouraged Christians to end "crimes against humanity?"
Economic
Social Gospel
Settlement House
16
The message of the cartoon most likely criticizes.....
Social Darwinism
Sherman Anti-trust Act
philantrophy
17
Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" most directly conflicted with...
organized labor
conservation
traditional laissez-faire principles
18
In the late 1800s, many Midwestern farms failed because farms had taken...
invested in to many commodities
borrowed large amounts of $ to pay for high shipping prices
cut back crop production
19
All of the following were reforms passed during Teddy Roosevelt's progressive admin EXCEPT...
The Pure Food & Drug Act
establishing the Federal Trade Commission
achieving the "Square Deal" through the miners strike
trust busting the Northern Securities Company
20
Which party and movement gained support & called for the gov't to control property &resources
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
21
Which statement best explains why huge corporations emerged during the Gilded Age?
large industrial production could be organized efficently
gov't subsidies were more likely
wages could be higher with more workers
22
"We must treat each man on his worth and merits" a quote by Roosevelt after resolving the ..
Square Deal
Progressive Deal
Miner's Deal
Easy Deal
23
The Federal Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food & Drug Act were a result of which muckraker novel
Jacob Riis's "How the Other Half Live"
Oliver Sinclair's "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
24
The Temperance Movement led to the 18th Amendment known as
AA
Social Gospel
Prohibition
25
Trusts were combinations of separate owned businesses usually by which two types of integration
vertical and horizontal
vertical and lateral
horizontal and lateral
26
All of following are types of market systems that most economies are based off of EXCEPT...
all are correct
Traditional
Market
Command
27
Child labor was popular in U.S. business in the late 1800s because...
federal regulations called for higher pay for adults
immigrant families needed $ and businesses made more $
children were better at their jobs
28
The 16th Amendment was passed to create ______ _______ to pay for public reform programs
income taxes
welfare reform
property taxes
29
What allowed big business to resist government regulation of their industries?
market based economy support
Support from laissez-faire federal judges
political campaigns
30
The organization of business changed in the 1800s (laissez-faire) leading to corporations & ..
all of them
Trusts
Holding Companies
Monopolies
31
Which two industries had the most significant economic impact on farmers in the Gilded Age?
meatpacking and food processing
coal and steel
Banking and railroad
32
Which were the first two attempts to restrict monopolies and trusts
Sherman Anti-Trust Act & ICC
Interstate Commerce Act & Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act & ICC
33
When corporations were ruled that they were legal persons, which effect did it have?
it protected them from government regulation
they could influence the democratic process
forced corporations to become more socially responsible
34
Progressives believed the gov't should play a more active role. Who were the progressives?
Politicians
Women
Middle Class
All were progressives
35
A neighborhood center that provided services, classes,and other activities for poor people.
Settlement House
Philantrophy
Halfway House
36
Which event marked a victory for the women's rights movement of the early 1900s?
election of Woodrow Wilson
congressional approval of the Equal Rights Amendment
19th Amendment