The Gilded Age
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era II
People
Government Policies
100
What does “Melting Pot” mean and how is it related to the Gilded Age?
What is: The blending together of cultures in America due to high immigration numbers in the late 19th century.
100
A muckraker was a(n) -
What is: Investigative reporter whose work “rakes up” the corruption and inequalities of society.
100
The above photograph MOST LIKELY show
What is: Urban tenements
100
Whose work exposing sanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry led to the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Who is: Upton Sinclair
100
Summarizes Theodore Roosevelt’s position on trusts?
What is: Some trusts were harmful to the public interest
200
What is the meaning of the term “Gilded Age?”
What is: Mark Twain used this term to describe the time period in American history when many social problems were masked by a thin layer of gold that made things look better than they actually were.
200
Urbanization is the —
What is: Growth of cities.
200
What was “Yellow Journalism?”
What is: Reporting of events using sensational, and sometimes false, headlines.
200
Who was the founder of AT&T
Who is: Alexander Graham Bell
200
President William Taft is best known for his—
What is: Dollar Diplomacy
300
This act prevented the entry of a certain people group into America.
What is: The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
What is: An octopus has many arms that can grab lots of things all at once and Standard Oil is controlling political figures in Washington, D.C. as well as other oil companies.
300
Nativism was —
What is: An anti-immigrant movement during a period of high immigration in the late 19th century.
300
Who invented the light bulb?
Who is: Thomas Edison
300
What was the Square Deal?
(include the president who created it, in your answer)
What is:
Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a “square” (fair) deal.
400
Pre-factory work required....
What is: Very little skill is needed for the job
400
The purpose of the Panama Canal was to--
What is: Make trade and travel easier and faster between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
400
The above cartoon shows American—
What is: Imperialism
400
Cornelius Vanderbilt was best known for—
What is: Controlling shipping and railroads.
400
List three characteristics of capitalism:
(All must be correct for full points)
What is:
competition between businesses
free market trade
private ownership of business
500
Promontory Point was--
What is: The place where the eastern and western parts of the Transcontinental Railroad met, linking both coasts of the United States for the first time.
500
The U.S. government had laissez-faire policies towards businesses during the Gilded Age. This meant—
What is: There were few government regulations on industry.
500
With the increasing demand for steel, which adverse working condition became a common complaint of the labor movement?
What is:
Long work shifts of twelve-hour days, six days a week
500
Andrew Carnegie was different from other wealthy business owners because he—
What is: Gave away millions of dollars to the poor, schools, and other social programs.
500
Why did the US formulate the Open-Door Policy toward China?
What is: To prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade
600
Who are the smaller men in the picture?
Who are: U.S. senators
600
When a business buys all the services and products that go into that business, it is said to be which term?
What is: Vertical integration
600
The Progressive Movement had all of the following goals:
(All goals must be included in answer for total points)
What is:
- protecting social welfare
- creating economic reform
- fostering efficiency in the workplace
600
Jacob Riis was....
Who is: A progress reformer who photographed homeless children and people living in tenements
600
President Woodrow Wilson’s progressive platform was nicknamed the
What is: New Freedom
700
What is the Homestead Act
What is: Any of the following are appreciable:
It gave settlers up to 160 acres of land in the West.
It required settlers to improve their land and live on it for five years.
It was signed into law by President Lincoln.
700
Which of the following was the reason crop prices dropped for American farmers in the late 19th century?
What is:
New agricultural technologies.
Better farming methods.
Greater crop yields.
700
In the 1890s, when an overabundance of wheat on the world market caused prices to drop, some farmers tried to survive by -
What is: Buying more land on credit
700
List three accomplishment that J.P. Morgan achieved
What is:
He bailed out the U.S. government.
He created General Electric.
He bought Carnegie Steel.
700
The _____________ was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the U.S. the “police force” of the Western Hemisphere.
What is: Roosevelt Corollary
800
What inventions allowed the building of skyscrapers?
What is: Bessemer process and elevator
800
What was The Grange?
What is: An association of farmers organized to protect their rights and profits.
800
Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the
What is: The Rise of Big Businesses
800
Booker T. Washington believed that....
What is: (One of the following is acceptable)
Black Americans would eventually “earn” their equality, but that it would take time.
- Vocational training was the first step toward equality for Black Americans.
800
The Policy of investing in Latin America so that the region would become a market and solid ally for the United States.
What is: Dollar Diplomacy