1. Part I Gilded Age Industrial Age Progressive Era
Mid Term Review
Part I
Gilded Age
Industrial Age
Progressive Era

2. Had received job training at school Were able to work after school
During the late 19th century, factory owners often hired child workers because children
Could be paid low wages
Had received job training at school
Were able to work after school
Required little supervision 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

3. Improved communications Expanded markets Shortage of raw materials
The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following except-
Growth of cities
Improved communications
Expanded markets
Shortage of raw materials 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

4. What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s economy during the late 1800s
Transportation and communication improved
Big business monopolized industry
The government collected fees on all new patents
Taxes were assessed on all new inventions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

5. Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890 by
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Forming holding companies
Hiring non-union workers
Filing lawsuits
Issuing stock 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

6. How did the 17th Amendment to the U. S
How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter
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It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race
It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax
It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population
It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

7. Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall
Restructured the government branches
Increased the power of the judicial branch
Made government more responsive to the voters
Provided for use of the Australian ballot
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8. What group do the large men at the back of the room represent?
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1. labor organizers
2. wealthy monopolists
3. very powerful senators
4. typical American citizens 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

9. What is the main idea of this cartoon?
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The Senate is working for the people, not for special interests.
Owners of business monopolies control the Senate.
Ordinary people are not allowed in the Senate.
Senators can be bribed for small amounts of money. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

10. Which of the following best completes the diagram below?
Integration
Progressivism
Imperialism
immigration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

11. The labor movement grew rapidly during the late 1800s because of-
An increase in agricultural production
A significant fall in stock prices
An increase in wages for unskilled labor
A significant growth in industry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

12. Which of the following issues was the most likely reason for the creation of the National Woman’s Party, shown in the photograph?
Promoting conservation legislation
Ending gender discrimination in voting
Promoting the growth of big business
Ending immigration restrictions
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13. The conditions listed below best explains the growth of-
Farmer alliance
Urban areas
National railroads
Labor unions
Unhealthy working conditions
Unequal distributions of wealth
Long working hours
Growing incidence of wage cuts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

14. The innovations listed below had a direct impact on-
Reform movements
Union organizations
Western expansion
Industrial development
-Invention of the cotton gin
-Use of interchangeable parts
Introduction of the assembly line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

15. Improved communications Expanded markets Shortage of raw materials
The growth of railroads in the late 1800s contributed to all the following except-
Growth of cities
Improved communications
Expanded markets
Shortage of raw materials 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

16. What effect did inventions have on the growth of the nation’s economy during the late 1800s
Transportation and communication improved
Big business monopolized industry
The government collected fees on all new patents
Taxes were assessed on all new inventions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

17. Businesses responded to the Sherman Antitrust act of 1890 by
Forming holding companies
Hiring non-union workers
Filing lawsuits
Issuing stock
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18. How did the 17th Amendment to the U. S
How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter
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It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race
It allowed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax
It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population
It allowed for only two senators per state to be elected by popular vote 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

19. Which of the following is the most important effect of the Progressive reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall
Restructured the government branches
Increased the power of the judicial branch
Made government more responsive to the voters
Provided for use of the Australian ballot
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20. WEB DuBois’s views on racial equality differed from Booker T
WEB DuBois’s views on racial equality differed from Booker T. Washington’s in that-
Dubois thought that whites would grant blacks equality without a fight
Dubois openly opposed segregation
Their views did not differ
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21. Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in the 1872 presidential election because
She wanted to protest the fact that women were not allowed to vote.
She did not know it was illegal
She wanted to help re-elect President Grant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

22. Which concept is described by this passage?
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“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
Communism
Populism
Social Darwinism
Utopian socialism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

23. In the late 1800s, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D
In the late 1800s, the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D. Rockefeller was intended to
Control prices and practices in the oil refining business
Increase competition among oil refining companies
Protest small, independent oil firms
Distribute donations to charitable causes
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24. As a result of the 19th Amendment
Women were guaranteed voting rights
African Americans were granted citizenship
Native Americans were prevented from owing property
Children were prohibited from working in factories 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

25. Which Progressive reformer was well-known for his efforts in Wisconsin and became a model for other Progressive reformers
Eugene V. Debs
Woodrow Wilson
W.E.B. Dubois
Robert LaFollette 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

26. The Progressive Era is defined by reform of all of the following except-
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Political parties
Big business
Labor practices
Civil rights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

27. Which person worked to reform social conditions in cities in the late 1800s?
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
Helen Hunt Jackson
William Marcy Tweed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

28. The business tactics of industrialists
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?
The business tactics of industrialists
The use of vertical integration
The ruling of the Supreme Court
The theory of Socail Darwinism
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29. Justice Harlan used this reasoning for what purpose?
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To celebrate American democracy
To justify democracy
To denounce the “separate-but-equal” argument
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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

30. The muckrakers served Progressivism by-
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Informing people about abuses so that they could protest
Enacting legislation to prevent political corruption
Cleaning up unhealthy meat processing plants
Filing and prosecuting antitrust lawsuits. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32