U.S. History: Industrial and Progressive Era

Jane Addams social activism was most strongly supported by which of the following?

Muckraker who wrote The Jungle and exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry.

His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances.

Supreme Court of the USA ruled that separating public facilities was constitutional in which landmark case?

The 17th Amendment is an example of voter empowerment because

Which of the following groups would have strongly opposed Jim Crowe laws?

Founded the Hull House in Chicago

Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as “captains of industry”?

Which of the following groups of laborers built the first transcontinental railroad?

Big business leader who made his fortune in the steel industry.

Ida Tarbell’s efforts to expose Rockefeller’s business practices are evidence that she was a(n)

Process by which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court

An important political aim of the Progressive movement was to

What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor?

Why is the 17th amendment important?

What happened at the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

Which had the greatest impact on the economy, politics and culture of the United States in the late 1800s-1900s

Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature

Two of the major goal of developing inspection station at Ellis and Angel Islands was to

The purpose of the conservation movement was to

Muckrakers like Upton Sinclair hope to expose the abuses and corruption in politics, business or society

One of Thomas Edison’s major accomplishments was

What was the purpose behind the formation of the American Federation of Labor in 1881?

Most settlement houses, like Hull House, of the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers

President Teddy Roosevelts ideas are most directly a reaction to the

The result of Plains Indians’ resistance to westward expansion by the United States government?

During the late 1800s, the U.S. steel and oil industries directly benefited from the construction of 

Process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end.

Group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board.

Negative term for powerful industrialists

Muckraker who exposed the unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company.

What is a muckraker?

What was the experience of most “new immigrants” who arrived in the US in the late 1800s?

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie’s steel company were examples of

The 17th Amendment is an example of Muckraking

Which of the following inventions was not an improvement on U.S. infrastructure during the late 1800’s?