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CFA 8 Progressive Era

Quiz by Stephanie Roseman

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  • Q1
    Which event caused America to get involved in World War I?
    Election of Adolf Hitler
    Zimmerman Telegram
    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    Sinking of USS Lusitania
    30s
  • Q2
    Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry. His dedication helped to pass the ____________________.
    16th amendment
    Food Drug Administration
    Jim Crow Laws
    illegal sale of alcohol
    30s
  • Q3
    Which of these means a rapid movement of people to the city?
    urbanization
    industrialization
    plight
    reform
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of these time periods occurred first?
    Reconstruction
    Antebellum America
    Civil War
    Progressive Era
    30s
  • Q5
    Journalists who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as
    immigrants
    muckrakers
    abolitionists
    suffragists
    30s
  • Q6
    The famous immigration center in NYC is
    Angel Island
    Coney Island
    Ellis Island
    Long Island
    30s
  • Q7
    What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?
    a large amount of unused farmland
    decline in economic growth
    crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
    sharp increase in college enrollment
    30s
  • Q8
    Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled in size. This is most likely due to...
    Jim Crow Laws
    immigration
    Baby Boom
    better healthcare
    30s
  • Q9
    Explain the impact electricity had on factories
    Factories had to close down early.
    Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
    People could only go to the factories in the morning.
    People moved to the country.
    30s
  • Q10
    The business practices used during the late 1800s to eliminate competition was _______________________________.
    forming monopolies or trusts
    increasing prices of their products
    creating safe working conditions
    paying high wages to workers
    30s

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