Quarter 1 Test Review

Who revolutionized the steel industry?

Information used to influence people’s thinking?

An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned.

A form of government when the ruler has no checks and balances?

A person described as a political progressive was a person who believed in what?

What was the 19th Amendment?

What is the belief of a strong military?

What was so important about the Congo Region?

In 1884, to avoid conflict, European leaders met at the ______________ to set upthe rules for colonizing Africa.

A military observation of a region to ascertain valuable information?

Eugene V. Debs was founding member of?

What was known as the gateway to Europe and India?

Who invented the first practical light bulb?

What is love and loyalty to one’s country?

A political movement in the 1890’s that claimed to represent ordinary people.

During the Progressive Era, Black Americans such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois worked towards which goal?

Why was Teddy Roosevelt known as a “trust buster” during the Progressive era?

Horace Mann held all of the following beliefs when it came to schools EXCEPT…

The action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness through continued attack or pressure?

Who invented the Model T car?

In his 1906 novel, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed the terrible conditions in which Chicago industry?

Brought new ideas/inventions to the world, which included new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States.

John W. Burgess argued that “so-called progressives” wanted too much government. What was he afraid this would lead to?

Someone who adapts the attitudes of someone else?

A system of government who controls peoples lives and the economy?

During the Progressive Era, a number of journalists called muckrakers emerged with the intention of doing what?

Socialists in the Progressive Era wanted to replace the traditional market economy with what?

Unfair treatment of a person or group because of beliefs about that group of people.

The Spoils System (patronage) rewarded political supporters with jobs and favors.

An agreement between two or more nations? (joining forces)

A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from the trenches?

What does Deprivation of the right to vote mean?

What African country were slaves returned to?

A play that popularized a metaphor about American immigration was known as melting Pot.

The way a country manages its money and resources to produce, buy, and sell goods and services.

Who invented the telephone?

A time period where some Americans lived luxurious lives, while most lived in poverty, was known as what.

The belief that western nations domination of weaker countries was improving the quality of life for all was known as?

Britain sold ___________ in China which led to war between China and England.

A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal risks in order to do so.

A medical condition caused by prolonged exposure to damp, unsanitary and cold conditions?

The freedom of business to operate without government interference.

If the government has a laissez-faire approach to businesses which of the following would most likely happen?

A rise in prices and a fall in the purchasing value of money.

Political progressives helped make all of these changes happen during the early 1900s EXCEPT…