Where did immigrants initially live when coming to the United States?

overcrowded tenements in the city

What effect did muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis, have on the United States?

They exposed problems in society in hopes of reform

How did monopolies, like Rockefeller's Standard Oil, affect the United States?

Eliminated competition and raised prices for consumers

Why was it called the "Progressive Era"?

It tried to reform and create social and economic equality

What was a goal of Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?

All were goals of the Square Deal

What is industrialization?

The use of machines to help increase production

Why was there a push to regulate trusts?

They cheated the public and limited competition

Why was child labor so common during this era?

Families needed their income to live and employers profited

Who were Alice Paul, Susan B Anthony, and Carrie Chapman Catt?

women who fought for the right to vote

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1
Where did immigrants initially live when coming to the United States?
overcrowded tenements in the city
Farms in the Midwest
Suburbs of cities
Government run boarding houses
2
Which event showed the dangerous working conditions in factories?
Chicago Fire
Rockefeller Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
New York Fire
3
What effect did muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis, have on the United States?
They did dirty work for robber barons
They were similar to robber barons
They were politicians accused of corruption
They exposed problems in society in hopes of reform
4
Most factory workers were...
all answers are correct
women
immigrants
wealthy
5
Which means to make one group culturally become or resemble another?
Assimilation
Urbanization
Nativism
Monopolize
6
What is segregation?
A ban on alcohol
The right to vote
A break up of monopolies
Separation based on race
7
Which of the following was an example of a monopoly?
Square Deal
Industrialization
Standard Oil
Urbanization
8
Business leaders joined together to improve efficiency and eliminate competition is called a...
union
laissez faire
perfect competition
trust
9
Why did immigrants settle in cities?
Near work
Cheap housing
All answers are correct
Ethnic communities (ghettos)
10
Which word means, "right to vote"?
abolition
suffrage
muckraker
picket
11
How did monopolies, like Rockefeller's Standard Oil, affect the United States?
Encouraged free market competition
Slowed down the process of industrialization
Eliminated competition and raised prices for consumers
All answers are correct
12
Why was it called the "Progressive Era"?
It was an era that focused on equality for immigrrants
All answers are correct
It was about the government taking control
It tried to reform and create social and economic equality
13
Who led the Prohibition movement?
Women
Immigrants
White men
Business leaders
14
What was a goal of Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?
Conserve resources
All were goals of the Square Deal
Control corporations
Consumer protection
15
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
19th Amendment
16
What is industrialization?
An increase in immigration
The concentration of people into cities
Breaking up monopolies
The use of machines to help increase production
17
Urbanization was the growth of...
Cities
Discrimination
Monopolies
Government
18
Why was there a push to regulate trusts?
They encouraged innovation
All answers are correct
They cheated the public and limited competition
There were philanthropists
19
Which law was passed because of Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle?
Hawley Smoot Act
No laws were passed
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Meat Inspection Act
20
Which president led the Progressive Movement from his "bully pulpit"?
Theodore Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
21
Why was child labor so common during this era?
Families needed their income to live and employers profited
There were too many jobs, and children filled in
Parents did not value education
There were no schools for the poor
22
Who was the author of How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Andrew Carnegie
23
Who were Alice Paul, Susan B Anthony, and Carrie Chapman Catt?
Wives of business leaders
women who fought for the right to vote
union leaders
first female business leaders
24
Which of the following were goals of labor unions?
All answers are correct
Improve working conditions
End child labor
Higher pay

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