Reforming Business and Industry in the Progressive Era

Question 1

What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

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A: to outlaw monopolies

Question 2

By using detailed photographs, Jacob Riis was able to educate the American public about the everyday struggles faced by which group?

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C: immigrants

Question 3

What was a result of the development of mass production?

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A: Unskilled workers were easy to replace.

Question 4

Labor unions in the Progressive Era fought for which reforms? Select three options.higher wagesshorter work daysgreater job availabilitysafer working conditionsbetter advancement opportunities

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A: higher wages; B: shorter work days; D: safer working conditions

Question 5

What were positive effects of Antirust legislation? Select two options.Regulations protected smaller businesses from being overtaken by larger businesses.The laws led to the government inserting itself into private industry.The laws regulated prices which helped consumers be more involved in the economy.Regulations decreased profits for successful companies.Regulations increased profits for large companies.

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A: Regulations protected smaller businesses from being overtaken by larger businesses.; C: The laws regulated prices which helped consumers be more involved in the economy.

Question 6

Read the passage.John D. Rockefeller was an American industrialist. He eventually became the owner of the Standard Oil Company and formed a near monopoly. At one point he owned roughly 95 percent of the country’s oil refining businesses.

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A: Consumers paid higher prices.

Question 7

Which reformer worked to prevent the formation of monopolies and trusts?

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D: Theodore Roosevelt

Question 8

Read this excerpt from President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1901 State of the Union Address.Corporations engaged in interstate commerce should be regulated if they are found to [harm] public [interest]. It should be as much the aim of those who seek for social-betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning. . . . Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.

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D: The government should regulate corporations to safeguard society.

Question 9

What challenge did workers face during the Progressive Era?

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D: Many workers faced unsafe conditions at their jobs.

Question 10

Which muckraking media did Upton Sinclair create?

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A: a book titled The Jungle

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