Mid Term ReviewPart I
Gilded AgeIndustrial Age
Progressive Era
During the late 19th century, factory owners often hired child workers because children
1. Could be paid low wages
2. Had received job training at school
3. Were able to work after school
4. Required little supervision
The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following
except-1. Growth of cities2. Improved
communications
3. Expanded markets
4. Shortage of raw materials
What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s
economy during the late 1800s1. Transportation
and communication improved
2. Big business monopolized industry
3. The government collected fees on all new patents
4. Taxes were assessed on all new inventions
Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890
by1. Forming holding
companies2. Hiring non-
union workers3. Filing lawsuits4. Issuing stock
How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political
power to the individual voter1. It allowed citizens to
vote regardless of race
2. It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax
3. It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population
4. It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote
Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive
reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall
1. Restructured the government branches
2. Increased the power of the judicial branch
3. Made government more responsive to the voters
4. Provided for use of the Australian ballot
What group do the large men at the back of the room represent?
1. labor organizers
2. wealthy monopolists
3. very powerful senators
4. typical American citizens
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
1. The Senate is working for the people, not for special interests.
2. Owners of business monopolies control the Senate.
3. Ordinary people are not allowed in the Senate.
4. Senators can be bribed for small amounts of money.
Which of the following best completes the diagram below?
1. Integration2. Progressivis
m3. Imperialism4. immigration
The labor movement grew rapidly during the late 1800s
because of-1. An increase in
agricultural production
2. A significant fall in stock prices
3. An increase in wages for unskilled labor
4. A significant growth in industry
Which of the following issues was the most likely reason for the creation of the National Woman’s Party, shown in
the photograph?1. Promoting
conservation legislation
2. Ending gender discrimination in voting
3. Promoting the growth of big business
4. Ending immigration restrictions
The conditions listed below best explains the growth of-
- Unhealthy working conditions
- Unequal distributions of wealth
- Long working hours
- Growing incidence of wage cuts
1. Farmer alliance
2. Urban areas3. National
railroads4. Labor unions
The innovations listed below had a direct impact on-
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1. Reform movements
2. Union organizations
3. Western expansion
4. Industrial development
-Invention of the cotton gin
-Use of interchangeable parts
Introduction of the assembly line
The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following
except-1. Growth of cities2. Improved
communications
3. Expanded markets
4. Shortage of raw materials
What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s
economy during the late 1800s1. Transportation
and communication improved
2. Big business monopolized industry
3. The government collected fees on all new patents
4. Taxes were assessed on all new inventions
Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890
by1. Forming holding
companies2. Hiring non-
union workers3. Filing lawsuits4. Issuing stock
How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political
power to the individual voter1. It allowed citizens to
vote regardless of race
2. It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax
3. It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population
4. It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote
Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive
reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall
1. Restructured the government branches
2. Increased the power of the judicial branch
3. Made government more responsive to the voters
4. Provided for use of the Australian ballot
WEB DuBois’s views on racial equality differed from Booker T.
Washington’s in that-1. Dubois thought
that whites would grant blacks equality without a fight
2. Dubois openly opposed segregation
3. Their views did not differ
Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in the 1872
presidential election because1. She wanted to
protest the fact that women were not allowed to vote.
2. She did not know it was illegal
3. She wanted to help re-elect President Grant
Which concept is described by this passage?
1. Communism2. Populism3. Social
Darwinism4. Utopian
socialism
“The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest. The American beauty rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.”
- John D. Rockefeller
In the late 1800s, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D.
Rockefeller was intended to
1. Control prices and practices in the oil refining business
2. Increase competition among oil refining companies
3. Protest small, independent oil firms
4. Distribute donations to charitable causes
As a result of the 19th Amendment
1. Women were guaranteed voting rights
2. African Americans were granted citizenship
3. Native Americans were prevented from owing property
4. Children were prohibited from working in factories
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1. Eugene V. Debs2. Woodrow
Wilson3. W.E.B. Dubois4. Robert
LaFollette
The Progressive Era is defined by reform of all of the following
except-
1. Political parties2. Big business3. Labor practices4. Civil rights
Which person worked to reform social conditions in cities in the
late 1800s?
1. Jane Addams2. Ida Tarbell3. Helen Hunt
Jackson4. William Marcy
Tweed
In the 19th century, government attempts to regulate industry in the U.S. included the Interstate
Commerce Act (1887), Sherman Antitrust Act (1890). What posed the biggest obstacle to
enforcement of these laws?
1. The business tactics of industrialists
2. The use of vertical integration
3. The ruling of the Supreme Court
4. The theory of Socail Darwinism
Justice Harlan used this reasoning for what purpose?
1. To celebrate American democracy
2. To justify democracy
3. To denounce the “separate-but-equal” argument
4. To demonstrate the equality before the law is not practical
“We boast of the freedom enjoyed by our people above all other peoples. But it is difficult to reconcile that boast with a state of the law which, practically, puts the brand of servitude and degradation upon a large class of our fellow-citizens, our equals before the law.”
-Justice John Harlan in
the dissenting opinion in
Plessy v. Ferguson
The muckrakers served Progressivism by-
1. Informing people about abuses so that they could protest
2. Enacting legislation to prevent political corruption
3. Cleaning up unhealthy meat processing plants
4. Filing and prosecuting antitrust lawsuits.