What was a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

New building codes were passed to protect workers.

What is the purpose of a labor union?

To bargain for better working conditions

In 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was

The first public meeting for women’s rights ever held.

What was the main factor that limited the growth of unions during the late 1800’s?

employers were hostile towards their efforts to organize.

Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt do to help the conservation movement?

He doubled the number of national parks and nature reserves

Why were labor unions opposed to immigration?

They thought immigrants would take their jobs

Which of these is NOT a reason Prohibition failed?

Crime decreased during Prohibition

A gruesome disaster in New York inspired progressives to fight for safety in the workplace

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Progressive reformers in the Temperance Movement tried to improve society by:

Attempting to restrict the consumption of alcohol.

The Nineteenth Amendment

granted women the right to vote.

What was the greatest effect of muckrakers on the Progressive movement?

Their writing exposed social and economic problems

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1
What was a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
New building codes were passed to protect workers.
Business leaders volunteered to compensate injured workers.
Working conditions around the country got worse.
Buildings were not allowed to be built too high
2
Which term means restricting the consumption (drinking) of alcohol?
Tempering
Temperance
The Gilded Age
Suffrage
3
What is the purpose of a labor union?
To try to destroy companies/corporations
To keep child labor
To give women the right to vote
To bargain for better working conditions
4
The Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts were a direct result of what book?
The Meat Chronicles
The Jungle
How The Other Half Lives
Way Past Midnight
5
Theodore Roosevelt's idea to balance the interests of consumers, laborers, and businessmen:
Fair Play Accord.
New Way.
Square Deal.
Great Society.
6
In 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was
The first public meeting for women’s rights ever held.
A protest led by civil rights leaders.
The first public movement for the temperance movement.
A protest led by Alice Paul
7
What was the main factor that limited the growth of unions during the late 1800’s?
Unions were made illegal by Congress.
Workers felt they did not need to have unions.
employers were hostile towards their efforts to organize.
Unions ran out of money so they could not organize.
8
Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt do to help the conservation movement?
He suggested that natural history be taught in all schools.
He allowed millions of acres of forest land to be cut down.
He doubled the number of national parks and nature reserves
He required manufacturers to limit the use of fossil fuels.
9
Who wanted African Americans to learn to get a job as the best way to fighting discrimination?
Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
10
The passage of the 18th Amendment led to:
The Progressive Era
The Era of Good Feeling
Industrialization
The ban of alcoholic beverages
11
To fight monopolies, trusts and unfair business practices which law was passed?
Mann-Elkins Act
Federal Reserve Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Federal Reserve Act
12
Which word means the right to vote?
suffrage
ballot
suffering
election
13
What political reform allows citizens to remove an elected official from office?
The direct primary
The referendum
The recall
The initiative
14
Why were labor unions opposed to immigration?
They thought immigrants would take their jobs
They thought immigrants might injure themselves on the job
They thought immigrants weren’t qualified to work in the US
They were not opposed to immigration
15
Which of these is NOT a reason Prohibition failed?
Crime decreased during Prohibition
Increase in crime during Prohibition
The government lost tax money
Deaths from bootleg liquor
16
A gruesome disaster in New York inspired progressives to fight for safety in the workplace
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Jungle
The Rubber Shoe Warehouse Fire
The Fire of the Century
17
City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called
voting leagues.
political mobs.
voting drives.
political machines.
18
Progressive reformers in the Temperance Movement tried to improve society by:
Calling for building codes that fixed the tenements.
Demanding that all Americans be given the right to vote.
Passing laws that upgraded the safety in factories.
Attempting to restrict the consumption of alcohol.
19
Which of these reforms allowed voters to approve or reject a law that the government proposed?
the direct primary
the initiative
the recall
the referendum
20
Who founded the National Women's Party and ended up going on hunger strike?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
21
Name the document that was created at the Seneca Falls Convention to give women more rights:
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Sentiments
The Liberator
Declaration of Women’s Suffrage
22
The Nineteenth Amendment
instituted a federal income tax.
prohibited the sale and use of alcoholic beverages.
granted women the right to vote.
allowed voters to elect senators.
23
What was the greatest effect of muckrakers on the Progressive movement?
Their writing angered those trying to make reforms.
Their writing brought to light issues about animal cruelty
Their writing exposed social and economic problems
Their writing helped rich people take advangtage of the poor

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