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Industry, Progressives, and Expansion
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Complete the paragraph by selecting the correct phrase from each drop-down menu.

There were many Progressive-Era reforms. Reforms such as __________ empowered citizens of the United States. In addition, reforms such as __________ made the workplace safer for people living in the United States.
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During the 1800s, the United States was expanding westward. Many Plains Indians resisted the expansion. What did the U.S. government do in response to the Plains Indians' resistance to the expansion?

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It encouraged interest in American Indian culture.
It halted the building of the transcontinental railroad.
It relocated American Indians onto Reservations.
It slowed the number of settlers moving west.
It engaged in numerous military battles.
It trained American Indians to work in factories.
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The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their
use of the media to advocate passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
willingness to expose the corruption of US society.
support for the formation of US military alliances with European countries.
articles supporting the economic benefits of laissez-faire economics.
Which technology MOST aided in the settlement of the West during the period immediately following the Civil War?
the automobile
the telegraph
the light bulb
the railroad
Use the quotation to answer the question.

“Hawaii is ours; Puerto Rico is to be ours; at the prayer of her people Cuba will finally be ours; in the islands of the East… the flag of a liberal government is to float over the Philippines… The Opposition tells us that we ought not to govern a people without their consent. I answer the rule… that all government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, applies only to those who are capable of self-government.” -Senator Albert Beveridge, “The March of the Flag” speech (1898)

Which policy was Senator Beveridge advocating in this statement?
containment
imperialism
isolationism
disarmament
The New Immigrants that came to the United States after 1880
were culturally different from previous immigrant groups.
had experience with democratic governments.
were numerous but never constituted a majority of the total immigrants in any given year.
received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants
As a result of westward expansion at the end of the 19th century,
agricultural production in the South decreased.
laws were passed to restrict settlers from farming.
industrial production in the North decreased.
American Indians were forced to relocate to new territories.
Why was the construction of the Panama Canal significant?
It facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports.
It promoted European investment in the United States.
It helped stabilize the economies of Latin American countries.
It improved relations between the United States and Colombia.
Use the political cartoon to answer the question.



What does the political cartoon represent?
the construction of the Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
the 17th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt’s appointment as Police Commissioner of New York City
Why did Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Many Americans resented Chinese immigrants who worked for lower wages.
China was supporting Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
The US was at war with China.
The Chinese were responsible for the death of 127 Americans in the Boxer Rebellion.
The graph illustrates immigrant settlement patterns between 1870 and 1910 in the US. Use it to answer the question.



Which statement provides an accurate analysis of the trend shown in the graph?
Immigrants were attracted to areas with factory jobs.
Immigrants were attracted to areas with little ethnic diversity.
Immigrants settled in areas with warmer climates.
Immigrants settled in rural areas to establish farms.
Use this list to answer the question.



What do the elements in the list have in common?
sectional differences
strike demands
constitutional amendments
Progressive reforms
What was the main argument of the American Anti-Imperialist League?
Forty-eight stars on the flag looked too good to add potential states to the Union.
Americans gained independence from a colonial empire, so colonizing was anti-American.
After liberating Cuba, there was nothing left for the US to fight for overseas.
Imperialism would lead to a more diverse population and interracial marriages.
What was the last major conflict between the federal government and American Indians?
the massacre at Wounded Knee
the Second Battle of Bull Run
the Battle of Little Big Horn
the Battle of Sitting Bull
Use the quotation below to answer the question.

“He is no doubt the greatest inventor of all time. Why, without his creative genius, we would have no recording of sounds, no televisions, no movies… Even more than that, we’d still be reading books by candle light and saying our goodnights by 8 p.m.”

Who is the quote MOST LIKELY referring to?
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
W.E.B. DuBois, the first Black Ph.D. graduate from Harvard University, was instrumental in founding an organization devoted to the progress of the African-American community. What was this organization called?
The United Negro College Fund
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Freedmen's Bureau
Which of the following would have been unacceptable based on the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
Foreign nations trading with US territories.
The United States making trade agreements with newly independent Latin American countries.
The United States annexing foreign territories.
European nations occupying a South American country to collect debt payments.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.



Which group of people is the MOST LIKELY subject of discussion in the excerpt?
cowboys
American Indians
African Americans
immigrants
Use the excerpt to answer the question.



What task was this group of people working on?
constructing the transcontinental railroad
building a new highway system
setting up telegraph lines
moving cattle to market
In 1898, William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper owner, reportedly sent a message to one of his photographers in Cuba that stated, “you furnish [provide] the photographs and I’ll furnish the war.” Which technique was Hearst using?
transcendentalism
muckraking
yellow journalism
censorship
Who led Lakota and Sioux warriors to victory over Colonel Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Geronimo
Powhatan
Yellow Bird
Sitting Bull
Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, led directly to which of the following acts of Congress?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Meat Inspection Act
Seventeenth Amendment
Minimum Wage Act
Use the political cartoon to answer the question.



What does the fruit in the cartoon represent?
leading fruit exporters the US attempted to gain as trading partners
potential territories to be controlled under US imperialism
US allies during World War I
enemies of the US during the Spanish-American War
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Spanish-American War?
publishing of the “DeLome Letter”
Poncho Villa raids
yellow journalism
sinking of the USS Maine
Use the excerpt to answer the question.

“If it has taught us anything, it is that our present law-makers, as a body, are ignorant, corrupt and unprincipled; that the majority of them are, directly or indirectly, under the control of the very monopolies against whose acts we have been seeking relief…”

The excerpt MOST likely came from which Progressive Era work?
John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Ida Tarbell’s History of the Standard Oil Company
Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities
Jane Addams created Hull House
to act as an immigrant station, similar to Ellis Island, on the West Coast to handle the influx of Asian immigrants coming to the US.
to protest the White House in its failure to secure women’s suffrage.
as a rescue operation for New York’s stray animals.
to provide educational opportunities for immigrants, especially women.
Use the graph to answer the question.



Which development explains the change in the data shown in the graph?
the expansion of railroads
the invention of the automobile
the increased regulation of business
the war against the Plains Indians
Jim Crow laws, which were passed in southern states following Reconstruction, were intended to
provide basic education to former slaves.
institute racial segregation.
support the goals of the 13th, 14th, and 15thAmendments.
encourage African Americans to buy their own farms.
Use the quote to answer the question.

“It is only right that those workers who are oppressed by their employers, who toil under harsh and dangerous conditions for too little pay and too long of hours, unite together to demand what is just. If we must strike, then we strike. If we must resort to boycotts, then boycotts we shall initiate. We are ready to bargain collectively for just working conditions, but we will not be intimidated.”

Who would have MOST LIKELY made the statement above?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Gompers
Upton Sinclair
Which of the following was a major goal of the Progressive Movement?
correct the problems caused by industrialization
reduce the government’s involvement in social issues
promote laissez-faire economic policies
promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River
Which of the following was a result of the Spanish-American War?
The US gained exclusive rights in Spanish ports.
The US gained Puerto Rico and Guam as new territories.
For the first time, the US government had a budget surplus.
The anti-imperialist movement died down in the US.
Use the political cartoon to answer the question.



The political cartoon reflects President Roosevelt’s concern for what?
regulating trusts
removing the influence of money in politics
conserving the environment
food safety
Unions used strikes and protests to convince employers to give workers shorter workdays, better working conditions, higher wages, and greater control over their workplace. The most significant of these unions in the late 1800s was the
Freedmen's Bureau
Alliance of Planes, Trains, and Automobile Workers (APTAW)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Which Supreme Court decision upheld “separate but equal” facilities for Whites and Blacks, leading to further segregation in the South?
Nat Turner v. Virginia
Worcester v. Georgia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Use the table to answer the question.



What directly resulted from the increase shown in the table?
the growth of trusts and monopolies
the rise of the American Federation of Labor
the establishment of Ellis Island
the expansion of southern agriculture