The Progressive Prize
What caused union membership to increase in the early 1900s?
A. Higher wages
B. Poor working conditions
C. More national holidays
D. New government programs
B. Poor working conditions
What is a muckraker?
A. A worker who replaces striking workers
B. A writer who uncovered shameful conditions in American business and society
C. A person who organizes a union
D. A government inspector
B. A writer who uncovered shameful conditions in American business and society
What is a trust?
A. A group of workers who refuse to work
B. A large and powerful group of companies
C. A government program that helps workers
D. A group of people who preserve land
B. A large and powerful group of companies
What is a strike?
A. A refusal to work until a group's demands are met
B. An agreement not to buy goods from a company
C. A worker who replaces another worker
D. A group of companies working together
A. A refusal to work until a group's demands are met
A community wants to recognize workers and the labor movement. Which national holiday was created for this purpose?
A. Independence Day
B. Labor Day
C. Memorial Day
D. Thanksgiving
B. Labor Day
What does the word "progressive" mean during the Progressive Era?
A. A person who owns several companies
B. A person who refuses to work
C. A person who investigates workers
D. A person trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s
D. A person trying to find solutions to problems during the late 1800s
Why were the books written by muckrakers important?
A. They encouraged people to start new businesses.
B. They explained how to become a progressive.
C. They exposed problems with American businesses and society and encouraged people to demand change.
D. They helped companies increase their profits.
C. They exposed problems with American businesses and society and encouraged people to demand change.
What did Roosevelt use the Sherman Antitrust Act to do?
A. Break up large companies with too much control
B. Create new national holidays
C. Make strikes and boycotts illegal
D. Open settlement houses
A. Break up large companies with too much control
What is a strikebreaker?
A. A person who organizes a boycott
B. A worker who joins a union
C. A person who investigates businesses
D. A worker who replaces striking workers
D. A worker who replaces striking workers
What did the government begin to tax to pay for programs?
A. Food and clothing
B. Businesses and factories only
C. Land and homes
D. Income and wages
D. Income and wages
Which example best shows the difference between a strike and a boycott?
A. A strike involves refusing to work; a boycott involves refusing to buy goods.
B. A strike involves refusing to buy goods; a boycott involves refusing to work.
C. Both involve replacing workers.
D. Both involve companies joining together.
A. A strike involves refusing to work; a boycott involves refusing to buy goods.
Which situation best demonstrates the purpose of a muckraker?
A. A worker refuses to work until demands are met.
B. A company replaces striking workers.
C. A writer exposes unfair business practices to the public.
D. A group refuses to purchase a company's products.
C. A writer exposes unfair business practices to the public.
A company is upset because workers have stopped working and customers have stopped buying its products. Which two actions are affecting the company?
A. Conservation and inspection
B. Strike and boycott
C. Trust and union
D. Progressive movement and settlement house
B. Strike and boycott
A worker refuses to work until the company agrees to meet the workers' demands. Another person is hired to take that worker's job. Which two terms describe these actions?
A. Boycott and trust
B. Strike and strikebreaker
C. Union and muckraker
D. Conservation and progressive
B. Strike and strikebreaker
Why might poor working conditions lead to an increase in union membership?
A. Workers wanted to replace striking employees.
B. Workers wanted to work together to improve their treatment.
C. Workers wanted companies to become more powerful.
D. Workers wanted to stop people from purchasing products.
B. Workers wanted to work together to improve their treatment.
What was Hull House?
A. The first settlement house
B. The first labor union
C. A large and powerful group of companies
D. A government program
A. The first settlement house
A writer investigates a business and publishes a book revealing shameful conditions. What is the writer most likely trying to accomplish?
A. Encourage people to buy the company's products
B. Help the company gain more control
C. Encourage people to demand change
D. Convince workers to become strikebreakers
C. Encourage people to demand change
A group of companies joins together and gains so much power that it controls a large part of an industry. Which term best describes this group?
A. Union
B. Trust
C. Boycott
D. Strike
B. Trust
Factory workers refuse to work until their employer agrees to improve their working conditions. What are the workers participating in?
A. A boycott
B. A trust
C. A strike
D. Conservation
C. A strike
What happened to union membership in the early 1900s?
A. It decreased because of better working conditions.
B. It increased because of poor working conditions.
C. It stayed exactly the same.
D. It disappeared completely.
B. It increased because of poor working conditions.
A family wants to make sure the meat they purchase has been checked for safety. Which law helped provide this protection?
A. Sherman Antitrust Act
B. Meat Inspection Act
C. Labor Day Act
D. Income Tax Act
B. Meat Inspection Act
A group of customers agrees to stop purchasing products from a company because they disagree with how it treats its workers. What is this an example of?
A. A boycott
B. A strike
C. A trust
D. A union
A. A boycott
A large company has gained too much control over its industry. Which law did President Roosevelt use to help break up large companies?
A. Meat Inspection Act
B. Sherman Antitrust Act
C. Labor Day Act
D. Conservation Act
B. Sherman Antitrust Act
A company hires new workers to replace employees who are refusing to work during a strike. What are the new workers called?
A. Muckrakers
B. Strikebreakers
C. Progressives
D. Inspectors
B. Strikebreakers
Workers decide to join together to demand better treatment and improved working conditions. Which organization would best help them?
A. A trust
B. A union
C. A settlement house
D. A government inspection group
B. A union