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Progressive Era Review
Test Description: Answer the questions on the Progressive Era.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) One company which completely controls an entire industry – running all competitors out of business, and charging prices as high as they care to – is called a –
A
corporation
B
sole proprietorship
C
monopoly
D
partnership
2) Which of the following WAS NOT a goal of labor unions during the 19th Century?
A
better safety conditions
B
opportunities for child labor
C
eight (8) hour work day
D
higher wages
3) Which of the following methods WAS NEVER USED by labor unions to achieve their goals?
A
sit-ins and protests
B
hiring of strikebreakers
C
strikes
D
collective bargaining
4) During this event in Chicago, workers from the McCormick Harvesting Company were protesting a wage cut when a bomb exploded – killing several police officers.
A
The Haymarket Square Riot
B
The Ludlow Massacre
C
The Railroad Strike of 1877
D
The Homestead Plant Strike
5) Andrew Carnegie cut the wages of his employees in 1892, and when they went on strike to protest, he fired the men and replaced them with strikebreakers.
A
The Ludlow Massacre
B
The Pullman Strike of 1894
C
The Homestead Strike of 1892
D
The Johnstown Flood
6) When workers at a sleeping car company had their wages slashed, but did not see any decrease in their rents or prices at the company store, they went on strike.
A
The Pullman Strike of 1894
B
The Homestead Strike of 1892
C
The Johnstown Flood
D
The Ludlow Massacre
7) He was the founder of the American Federation of Labor, and he sought the right to collective bargaining, higher wages, and safer working conditions
A
John Lewis
B
Samuel Gompers
C
Terence V. Powderly
D
Eugene V. Debs
8) Which of these was goal of the American Federation of Labor?
A
management training
B
mandatory overtime
C
public school funding
D
safer working conditions
9) The process of becoming more American by learning the English language, US History, and the customs, traditions, rights, and responsibilities of the United States is called –
A
common school movement
B
assimilation
C
urbanization
D
nativism
10) He was a political cartoonist who’s art work exposed corruption in government and voter fraud -
A
Lincoln Steffens
B
Thomas Nast
C
Pat Oliphant
D
Jacob Riis
11) Journalists who wrote articles or books which exposed corruption or other problems in society were called
A
libelers
B
muckrakers
C
paparazzi
D
protagonists
12) She wrote a A History of the Standard Oil Company, a book which condemned the business practices of John D. Rockefeller
A
Jane Addams
B
Nellie Bly
C
Harriet Beecher Stowe
D
Ida Tarbell
13) The novel The Jungle resulted in the passage of this law
A
The Federal Reserve Act
B
The Meat Inspection Act
C
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D
The United States Department of Agricultur
14) The 16th Amendment to the Constitution
A
created a federal income tax
B
prohibited the drinking of alcohol
C
gave women the right to vote
D
citizens elected their Senators directly
15) This amendment to the Constitution ended the election of Senators by state legislatures
A
15th Amendment
B
17th Amendment
C
26th Amendment
D
19th Amendmen
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