The Voice of Labor
The main purpose of labor unions was to:
a. eliminate anarchists from the work force
b. provide labor when workers went out on strike
c. allow business owners to share information with each other
d. try to get better conditions and better pay for workers
D. try to get better conditions and better pay for workers
This is known as "The Fourth Estate"
What is the free press?
The Progressive Movement of the early 20th century dealt with all of these problems EXCEPT:
a. racial prejudice
b. child labor
c. business monopolies
d. wasting natural resources
A. Racial prejudice
What is a polyglot neighborhood?
Poly=many glot=tongue
These four men served as President between 1900 and 1920. Which series is in the correct order
a. Roosevelt, McKinley, Wilson, Taft
b. McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
c. McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft
d. Taft, McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson
B. McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
These made the latest fashions available to everyone, not just the rich.
What are department stores?
Which of the following would be a likely project for a muckraker?
a. draining a swamp in an urban area
b. running for mayor of Cleveland
c. writing about police corruption in Chicago
d. harvesting sawgrass in the Florida Everglades
C. writing about police corruption in Chicago
One progressive reform was the direct primary. In a direct primary, candidates from each political party are chosen by
a. state legislators belonging to that party
b. party officials
c. the voting public in special primary elections
d. the U.S. Senate
c. The voting public in special primary elections
Which of the following statements about Jane Addams is false?
a. She provided food and shelter for the homeless.
b. she served as the first female governor in the United States
c. she established the first juvenile court in the country.
d. She won the Nobel Peace Prize
B. She served as the first female governor in the United States.
*bonus: what did Jane Addams establish which still stands today?
After Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, much of the presidential decision making was done by:
a. the VP
b. Wilson's wife
c. The speaker of the house
d. The mayor of washington
B Wilson's wife, Edith
Labor leader Samuel Gompers supported all of the following except:
a. an 8-hour work day
b. socialism
c. increased wages
d. collective bargaining
D. Collective bargaining
Who was Nellie Bly?
a. she was the first woman to fly an airplane.
b. she was a daring, truth-telling newspaper-woman.
c. She jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and lived.
d. She became America's first female millionaire.
*Bonus: What was Nellie Bly's real name?
B. She was a daring, truth-telling newspaper-woman and the pen name of Elizabeth Cochran
All of the following were reasons America went to war against Spain in 1898 EXCEPT
a. The sinking of the Maine
b. yellow journalism
c. Spanish cruelties in Cuba
d. President McKinley's Desire for war
D. President McKinley's desire for war.
*bonus: what is yellow journalism?
All of the following enabled the Ford plant to produce cars more cheaply and quickly EXCEPT:
a. conveyor belts
b. interchangeable parts
c. hiring only highly skilled workers
d. assembly process where the same worker put on the same part
C. Hiring only highly skilled workers
At the beginning of WWI, how did President Wilson feel:
a. he was eager to join the Allies
b. He hoped the Central Powers would win
c. He wanted the U.S. to remain neutral.
d. He agreed to help both sides financially, but would not send soldiers to fight.
C. He wanted the U.S. to remain neutral.
Clarence Darrow called Mother Jones a "fearless soul" because she wasn't afraid to speak out against this working condition.
What is child labor?
This freedom protected by the First Amendment was most important to the work of Ray Stannard Baker and S.S. McClure.
The freedom of the press
This is a person who is against the expansion of a nation by taking over foreign lands.
What is an Anti-imperialist
Though he was a brilliant inventor and business man, Henry Ford had some unfortunate ideas. Which of the following is true:
a. He believed that lazy people would succeed.
b. He believed that all buisnesses should be owned by the government.
c. He was stingy when paying his workers.
d. He was anti-semitic and an admirer of Hitler.
D. He was anti-semitic and an admirer of Hitler
In WWI which three countries were part of the Central Powers?
a. Germany, Austria, Turkey
b. France, Russia, England
c. Japan, Italy, Russia
d. China, England, France
a. Germany, Austria, Turkey
*Bonus: which countries were the Allies?
What happened as a result of the strike by the workers at the textile mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts?
a. the leaders of the strike were fired.
b. the owners of the mills sold the factories to townspeople.
c. Women were allowed to be hired.
d. The mill owners agreed to raise wages and pay overtime.
D. The mill owners agreed to raise wages and pay overtime.
Which quote best expresses John Muir's philosophy?
a. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press
b. Not one penny for scenery.
c. When we try to pick out anything (in nature) by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
d. The city mansions are built on the broken bones and dropping heads of the children
C. When we try to pick out anything in nature by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
Which one of the following statements about Theodore Roosevelt as president is NOT accurate:
a. He was eager to meet and greet the people
b. He established national parks
c. He worked hard to expand the powers of corporations
d. He supported pure food and drug laws.
C. He worked hard to expand the powers of corporations.
Bonus: How did the first Teddy bear came to be?
In order to fly a plane successfully, the Wright brothers had to solve the technical problems of;
a. weight, speed, and wind velocity
b. fuel type, patent rights, and flight pattern
c. lift, propulsion, and control
d. pilot, mechanic, and flight stewards.
c. lift, propulsion, and control
This was the major reason for America's decision to fight in WWI.
What is the Germany sinking American ships in the Atlantic Ocean.