Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
reform movment at the turn of the Twentieth Century was called _______. a. | Reformist
Movement | c. | Liberal
Movement | b. | Progressive Movment | d. | None of the Above | | | | |
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An
economic system in which all people are supposed to have the same amount of wealth is called
_______. a. | Aristocracy | c. | Democracy | b. | Socialism | d. | Capitalism | | | | |
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______ refers to local goverment a. | Municipal | c. | Federalism | b. | State | d. | injunction | | | | |
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4.
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A
________ was a place where poor and desperate people could go to sleep, eat, and become
educated. a. | YMCA | c. | soup
kitchen | b. | settlement house | d. | welfare office | | | | |
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A
________ was a very overcrowded and dirty apartment complex. a. | referendum | c. | referendum | b. | settlement house | d. | injunction | | | | |
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A(n)
_________________ is somebody who takes a risk to invest large sums of money on a new idea or
product. a. | entrepreneur | c. | capitalist | b. | pretender | d. | extortionist | | | | |
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__________ is an economic system where the goods and services of a country are
privately owned and land is privately owned as well. a. | socialism | c. | capitalism | b. | communism | d. | mercantilism | | | | |
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A
_______ is a business in which there is no competition in the industry. a. |
cartel | c. | monopoly | b. | oligopoly | d. | enterprise | | | | |
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_______ was a robber baron in the steel industry of Pittsburgh. a. | John D.
Rockefeller | c. | John
Heinz | b. | Andrew Carnegie | d. | J.P. Morgan | | | | |
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Industrialization caused people to move ________. a. | From other
countries to the U.S. | c. | From rural areas
to cities | b. | From cities to rural areas | d. | Both A and C are correct | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
the correct term with the definitions below. a. | Progressives | i. | Upton Sinclair | b. | Muckrakers | j. | Lincoln
Steffens | c. | Teddy Roosevelt | k. | Jacob Riis | d. | William Howard
Taft | l. | Ida
Tarbell | e. | Woodrow Wilson | m. | Federal Reserve Act | f. | Pure Food and
Drug Act | n. | referendum | g. | Seventeenth Amendment | o. | urbanization | h. | Nineteenth
Amendment | p. | immigration | | | | |
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Reform movement at turn of the 20th Century
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12.
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Provided for the Direct Election of Senators
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Provided for women to have the right to vote.
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Rapid
movement of people to the cities.
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15.
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Wrote
The Jungle
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This
law guaranteed safe food and drugs in the United States
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Journalists that wrote about problems in the United States during the Progressive
Era.
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Democratic progressive president that pushed for the Federal Reserve Act
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19.
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Very
popular Progressive President that pushed for the Pure Food and Drug Act and conservation of natural
resources.
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20.
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Wrote
Shame of Our Cities
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This
law created our current system of banking
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Somewhat unpopular Progressive president that busted more trusts than
Roosevelt
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23.
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Wrote
How the Other Half Lives
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24.
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Wrote
History of the Standard Oil Company
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This
is when an issue is put on the ballot on election day for the people to vote on.
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Movement of people into a country from another country.
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Short Answer
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27.
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List
FIVE Progressive Reforms or goals from the early Twentieth Century.
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