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Progressivism was driven by?
Reckless Librarians
Muckrakers
Bookbreaker
The Government
2
Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were
designed to protect business from foreign competition
inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws
passed by the federal government to regulate big business
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in late 1800s
3
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
supported the building of the Panama Canal
negotiated peace between Russia and Japan
supported legal action against business monopolies
protected public lands from environmental damage
4
What bombing destroyed the Knights of Labor?
The Triangle Bombings
Harvard Bombings
Florida Fire
Haymarket Square Bombing
5
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Separated races and gave them separate facilities
Declared any business that tried to restrain trade illegal
Restricted the transfer of prostitutes across state lines
Required a tax for African Americans to vote
6
Who is the 'trustbuster' in the cartoon?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
7
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Separated races and gave them separate facilities
Restricted the transfer of prostitutes across state lines
Required a tax for African Americans to vote
Declared any business that tried to restrain trade illegal
8
Who were considered “New” Immigrants?
Southern and Western Europeans
Northern and Western Europeans
Northern and Eastern Europeans
Southern and Eastern Europeans
9
Urbanization
The process of severe climate change
A shift, of humans from rural areas, towns, and cities
The process of people moving to an underpopulated Urban area
Moving to a rural area
10
Who are New Immigrants?
migrants who settled in "new", upcoming cities like Chicago
migrants who came to the US after the 1880s
migrants who came to the US before and during the 1880s
immigrants who came over while under the age of 18
11
What belief guided President Theodore Roosevelt's effort as a trustbuster?
Labor unions threatened economic stability.
City govt. were incapable of fighting corruption.
Government neded to protect women.
Business monopolies were harmful to the public interest.
12
What led to the downfall of the Knights of Labor?
Their lack of success in improving working conditions
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
The Haymarket Square Riots
The emergence of the American Federation of Labor
13
What is progressivism?
Political movement trying to make progress in cloning
Political movement to fix issues of urbanization and growth.
Term used for very efficient humans, used by scientists
Try to solve problems created because no one worked on farms
14
Unlike the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor
organized a majority of the workers
emphasized economic goals for workers
organized skilled and unskilled workers
believed workers would rise in stature
15
What president dissolved the most monopolies? In other words, who was the biggest trustbuster?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
16
What was the interstate Commerce Act?
Gave the government a means to regulate big buisness
A law that attempted to get railroads to pay for road repair
Gave states the power to regulate railroads
Forced railroads to publish standard rates
17
What was the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
A form of propaganda.
Strategic implications for the ongoing Civil War.
One goal of the Progressive Movement.
Measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.
18
Who did Political Machines typically get their power from?
The wealthy
Miners
Immigrants
Politicians
19
strengthened the Sherman act
Pendleton civil service act
Volstead act
Bland Allison act
clayton antitrust
20
Which case best represents the corruption of political machines?
Garfield's Assassination
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Homestead Act
The Tweed Ring
21
How long was Theodore Roosevelt president?
2 years
7 years
8 years
26 years
22
Business of John D. Rockefeller
General Electric
Pullman Cars
Rockefeller Steel
Standard Oil
23
Exposed the abuses of industrialization & urbanization......
political bosses
union organizers
muckrakers
nativists
24
What belief guided President Theodore Roosevelt's effort as a trustbuster?
City govt. were incapable of fighting corruption.
Government neded to protect women.
Business monopolies were harmful to the public interest.
Labor unions threatened economic stability.
25
I was known as a trustbuster, conservationist, reformer, nationalist and former governor of NY
Franklin Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
26
Where did the "new" immigrants come from?
Balkan Peninsula
Russia, Germany, and Italy
England, Italy, and Russia
Italy, Balkan Peninsula, and Russia
27
Who were the Knights of Labor?
Hoped to organize only skilled workers into smaller unions
Forced new employees to sign "yellow dog" contracts
Hoped to organize skilled and unskilled into a single union
Refused to bargain collectively when strikes did occur
28
What was only for skilled workers and founded by Samuel Gompers?
Child Labor Act
American Federation of Labor
Skilled Worker's Rights
Farmers' Alliance
29
what did the interstate commerce act do?
it limited the amount of tobacco being shipped country wide
it controlled shipping costs on railroads
it regulated the amount of costumer service at Walmart
it did not allow ships to sail into state waters
30
What are Political Machines?
organizations that used legal and illegal terms to win
Political *persons* that choose who gets to vote
Machines that picked the winners of elections
People who cheated the elections
31
What was a major problem cause by urbanization ?
Racism in urban communities.
Language amongst European immigrants and Americans
Worser inequalities in urban areas.
Overcrowding and pollution.
32
The progressivism were based where?
Everywhere
They were based in cities
The rural areas with the populism
In a ditch
33
The Populist Party fought for...
lower taxes for wealthy job creators.
the rights of big business.
better conditions for farmers and workers.
allowing population to increase in border states.
34
The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to
encourage the creation of labor unions
create greater fairness in industry
allow for the creation of vertical monopolies
encourage the growth of trusts
35
What time period was Progressivism?
Stone Age
1950s - 1960s
1800s - 1910s
1890s - 1900s
36
What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
to remove import taxes for goods shipped from one state to another
to ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier
to prevent railroads from charging farmers & merchants high shipping rates
to protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition
37
The main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
move western Native American groups to reservations
control unfair railroad rate and rebate practices
increase taxes on businesses that profited from interstate commerce
better regulate free-range cattle grazing
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strengthened the Sherman act
Pendleton civil service act
Volstead act
Bland Allison act
clayton antitrust
39
The main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
increase taxes on businesses that profited from interstate commerce
control unfair railroad rate and rebate practices
move western Native American groups to reservations
better regulate free-range cattle grazing
40
Identify the goals of the Knights of Labor
Equal wages and have compensation for job-related injuries
The 8-hour workday
End child labor and convict labor
All of the Above
41
JP Morgan controlled this industry:
Railroads
Steel
Oil
Banking
42
What group was Theodore Roosevelt apart of?
War hogs
Rough riders
Crips
Bloods
43
Theodore Roosevelt served as:
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Vice President
House Representative of New York
Governor of New York
44
JP Morgan was a...?
robber baron
Financer
philanthropist
captain of industry
45
What was the other name for the Populist Party?
Peoples' Party
Farmers' Party
Persons' Party
Person Party
46
What belief guided President Theodore Roosevelt's effot as a trustbuster?
Business monopolies were harmful to the public interest.
City govt. were incapable of fighting corruption.
Labor unions threatened economic stability.
Government neded to protect women.
47
Who most benefited from nineteenth-century political machines?
People who lived in cities
Housewives
School-aged children
Rural farmers
48
What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
to stop trusts from unfairly limiting competition
to prevent competitors from challenging monopolies
to provide politicians with new sources of campaign contributions
to help businesses grow in size
49
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?
Prohibited any combination or conspiracy in trade
Trusts were encouraged among businesses.
Sherman was betrayed by the government.
In which no one trusts any man named Sherman.
50
Who were considered “Old” immigrants?
Northern and Eastern Europeans
Southern and Western Europeans
Northern and Western Europeans
Southern and Eastern Europeans
51
The Interstate Commerce Commission
had little support from the American consumer
was designed to protect the railroads
was designed to strengthen states' rights
was the first attempt at federal regulation
52
Samuel Gompers did everything except...
led the Great Strike of 1877
created the AFL
led the Cigar Makers International Union
was the President of the AFL
53
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
It was William Tecumseh Sherman back at it again.
It was a pro gamer move.
It was a federal act to restrain monopolies and trusts.
it empowered trusts and corporations to repress the workers.
54
What are the Knights of Labor known for?
They organized workers regardless of color, gender, or skill
The first national labor union in the U.S.
Known for helping out certain races such as African American
Known for their peaceful tactics and treatment of members
55
What was the main goal of the Populist Party?
to represent businessmen
to represent the common interest of farmers and workers
to form organizations that dealt with overcrowding and slums
to form neutral alliances
56
In 1886, Samuel Gompers formed this union of skilled workers
Socialism Party
Knights of Labor
Pullman Union
American Federation of Labor
57
The Populist Party was largely made up of...
Farmers
Recent immigrants
College graduates
Factory workers
58
Proponents of the New South believed that south should:
Encourage immigration of cheap labor
Eliminate agriculture
Be dominated by planter aristocrats
Industrialize
59
Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were
inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws
passed by the federal government to regulate big business
designed to protect business from foreign competition
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in late 1800s
60
What is the largest reform that came out of the era of Progressivism?
Citizenship for African Americans
African American Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Military Advancements
61
Carnegie Steel
Focused on employing blacks and immagrants
Used vertical integration
Was run by Jhon Rockefeller
Used horizontal integration
62
Which of the following was a precursor to the Populist Party?
The Temperance movement
The Knights of Labor organization
The Grange movement
The People's Party
63
Theodore Roosevelt first became president...
Because he supported war
Because President McKinley was assassinated while TR was vice
Because the ballets were tampered with
Because he won the election
64
JP Morgan controlled this industry:
Steel
Banking
Oil
Railroads
65
What labor organization (union) was led by Samuel Gompers?
No correct answer listed
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW / Wobblies))
66
JP Morgan
directed the banking coalition that stopped Panic of 1907
was the leading financier of the Progressive Era
arranged the merger of Edison General Electric
dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation
67
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
it empowered trusts and corporations to repress the workers.
It was a federal act to restrain monopolies and trusts.
It was a pro gamer move.
It was William Tecumseh Sherman back at it again.
68
What organization was headed by John D. Rockefeller?
American Oil Standard
Standard Oil Co.
National Oil and Refining Corp
John's Rail and Oil
69
What president dissolved the most monopolies? In other words, who was the biggest trustbuster?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
70
what is an impact of urbanization
food demand increase
overcrowding
more waste and garbage
natural habitats destroyed
71
The Interstate Commerce Commission was created to
control trade in the states
provide assistance to workers
overlook railroad and prevent unfair rate and collisions
regulate the trading markets
72
The goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to
encourage the growth of trusts
create greater fairness in industry
allow for the creation of vertical monopolies
encourage the creation of labor unions
73
JP Morgan was known for:
Finance
Iron
Oil
Steel
74
Goals of the Populist Party
Government regulation of railroads
Continue the use of the Gold Standard
the enactment of bimetallism
graduated income tax
75
What did the Populist Party push for?
Democratic Government and Reforms to helpfarmers.
New economic inventions.
The Gold Standard.
The ending of slaveryand equality for all.
76
Corrupt political machine
Social Gospel
debt peonage
tenement
Tammany Hall
77
What was the goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
To stop trusts from unfairly limiting competition
To provide politicians with new sources of campaign contributions
To prevent competitors from challenging monopolies
To help businesses grow in size
78
The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act both...
Created strong government machinery to deal with corruption
Outlawed rebates
Ineffective in regulating business abuses
Created price control for industry
79
Who is Samuel Gompers?
President of the United utomobile Workers Union
President of the American Federations of Labor
President of the United Mine Workers
President of the Knights of Labor
80
All of the following were goals of the Populist Party except:
unlimited coinage of silver
secret ballots
graduated income tax
unlimited immigration
81
Carnegie, Morgan, and Rockefeller, were all _.
Presidents
Populists
Hero's of the Spanish American War
Robber Barons
82
Political Machines were popular with what people?
Native Americans
African Americans
Immigrants
Whites
83
Political machines exchanged economic favors for
votes
gold
silver
money
84
President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he
resigned from the Republican Party
encouraged conservation of natural resources
directed the building of the Panama Canal
supported legal action against business monopolies
85
What islands did immigrants come through?
Ellis Island & Paris Island
Russia & Angel Island
Angel Island & California
Angel Island & Ellis Island
86
Which of these strikes caused the fall of the Knights of Labor?
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Haymarket Riot
87
Which was not one of the challenges of Urbanization?
clean water
thieves
fire safety
religion
88
What is Urbanization?
The mass production of iron
The movement of people to the countryside
The falling apart of society
The movement of people to cities
89
Andrew Carnegie was known for:
Oil
Steel
Iron
Finance
90
What 4 goals did progressivism focus on?
creating economic reform
Protect Social Welfare
All The Above
Fostering Efficiency
91
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act do?
Made it legal to make contracts resulting in trusts
Made it where monopilies are legal
Monopolies and trusts are completely legal
Made contracts that results in trusts illegal
92
What was the main goal of the Populist Party?
to form organizations that dealt with overcrowding and slums
to represent the common interest of farmers and workers
to form neutral alliances
to represent businessmen
93
What did John D. Rockefeller establish?
Steel
Oil
Iron
Standard oil
94
What did the Interstate Commerce Act do?
Started conflict with other countries
Put tariffs on imports
Raised inflation
Regulated trade
95
Many of the ideas of the Progressivism were adopted from which earlier reform movement?
Populists
Great Awakening
Salvation Army
Abolitionist
96
Who was Andrew Carnegie
A industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry
Who is Anreu Carnigy
A anti-industrialist who was poor and chanted women's rights
Zach Rebuck's brother
97
Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were
inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in late 1800s
designed to protect business from foreign competition
passed by the federal government to regulate big business
98
What is the Sherman antitrust act?
Separate but equal
Made it illegal make products w/o permission of top seller
made it illegal to make monopolies/trusts etc
Total War
99
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
A law that was created to create better work enviroments
A law used to destroy any form of company merging
A law created to get rid of all trusts small businesses had
A law that forbid trusts or combinations in buisnesses
100
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
It was a pro gamer move.
It was a federal act to restrain monopolies and trusts.
it empowered trusts and corporations to repress the workers.
It was William Tecumseh Sherman back at it again.
