Review Sheet for the Progressive Era Unit Quest
1.
Many business practices were developed to eliminate competition between 1865-1900
2.
Two Congressional acts which attempted to eliminate monopolies: Interstate Commerce Act and Sherman
Antitrust Act
3.
An important result of industrialization in the United States was a growth in the power of large
corporations
4.
Between 1865-1920 liberal immigration policies fueled the economic growth of the United States.
5.
Between 1865-1900 the issue which dominated the U.S. was the rise of big business.
6.
During the second half of the 19th century, a major goal of new types of business organizations was to
consolidate the manufacture and distribution of products
7.
A pioneer wanting to settle in the West in the 1870s would have benefited most from the Homestead Act
8.
In which pair of events did the first event most directly influence the second? building of the
transcontinental railroad / disappearance of the frontier
9.
A belief in manifest destiny, the passage of the Dawes Act, and the completion of the transcontinental
railroad are most closely associated with the expansion and settlement of the West
10. In the late 1800s, most strikes by unions were unsuccessful mainly because government usually supported
business instead of workers
Vocabulary:
Holding Company
progressive movement
muckraker
referendum
Pool
initiative
recall
Florence Kelley
scientific management
Trust
prohibition
Monopoly
Robert M. LaFollette
NAACP
NACW
Susan B. Anthony
Suffrage
NAWSA
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Theodore Roosevelt
Meat Inspection Act
conservation
Square Deal
Pure Food and Drug Act
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th amendment
William Howard Taft
Bull Moose Party
Social Gospel
Jacob Riis
temperance movement
Margaret Sanger
W.E.B. DuBois
Frank Norris
Government Reform
Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Stephens
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Study all information on the power point worksheet on the Progressive Era