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Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle was about what industry?
Garment industry
steel
oil
meat packing
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Mark Twain nicknamed this period called the Gilded Age because-
People easily found the wealth and the American dream
The old immigrants welcomed the new immigrants with gold
It looked on the surface, but underneath there were problems
America was suffering from the great depression
3
How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
they exposed corruption by writing about it.
they organized labor strikes
they hired lawyers to settle disputesabout safety
they testified in Senate hearings
4
Who was considered the "Progressive President"
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
5
Which nationality was barred from entering the U.S. in 1882?
Japanese
Chinese
Italians
Russias
6
What event caused the government to pass laws to make the workplace safer?
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Women's right protest
Niagara Falls protest
Haymarket Riot
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The muckraking journalist who was the author of "The Jungle" was -
Ida Wells
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair Lewis
8
Andrew Carnegie was a scottish immigrant who grew wealthy from what industry?
Railroads
Oil
Steel
Banking
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Community centers that offered health care, education, and social service to cities
Tenements
Settlement Houses
Factories
Union Buildings
10
A journalist who exposed government abuses & big business to readers
Dirt Dobber
None of the Above
Muckraker
Mudwriter
11
The idea that it was a Christian's responsibility to end poverty and inequality:
Social Gospel
Unions
Niagara Movement
Reformation
12
Purchasing competing companies in the same industry
Stock Purchase
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Diagonal Integration
13
The picture is an example of run-down apartments immigrants lived in called?
Jim Crows
tenements
monopolies
cottages
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What major trend related to population happened during the late 1800's?
People moved back to the countryside
People moved to the cities for factory jobs
Most people moved to the West Coast
Immigration decreased drastically
15
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
right to own property
right to vote
equal access to employment and education
equal pay for equal work
16
When the US started to make products in large quantities in factories
Nativism
Cottage Industries
Naturalization
Industrialization
17
Plessy vs. Ferguson had what impact?
Protected immigrants
Made segregation illegal?
Put limits on voting rights for African Americans
said segregation was okay?
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The Niagara movement worked towards which kind of reform?
Women's Rights
Working Conditions
Improvement of African American conditions
Living Conditions
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In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis documented the living conditions of -
African Americans in the segregated South
the rich in their mansions
Native American Indians on reservations
workers in tenement buildings
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Limits were placed on African Americans voting rights by:
All of the above
Poll Taxes
Property qualifications
Literacy Tests
21
The purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act was to
increase the power of local governments
Eliminate unfair business practices
reduce imports from foreign nations
Reduce the power of unions
22
John D. Rockefeller made his wealth from what industry?
Railroads
Steel
Banks
Oil
23
Term used to descibe business leaders who use exploitative practices to dominate an industry:
Capitalist
Robber Baron
Trust
Monopoly
24
Booker T. Washington thought that African Americans should focus on Self-Improvement
True
False
25
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
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