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NY Regents US History and Government Module 3 industrialization and the Progressive Era overview quiz quiz

17questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What was laissez-faire capitalism?

  2. What is the difference between a monopoly and a trust?

  3. What does the nickname 'Gilded Age' suggest about the era?

  4. Why did industrial workers form labor unions in the late 1800s?

  5. Where did most of the 'new immigration' (about 1880 to 1920) come from?

  6. What was a political machine like Tammany Hall?

  7. Which group did the Populist (People's) Party mainly represent?

  8. Why did the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) mark a change in the government's role?

  9. What was a muckraker?

  10. Upton Sinclair's expose of the meatpacking industry most directly led to what?

  11. What was the central idea of the Progressive movement about government?

  12. What did the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) accomplish?

  13. What did the Seventeenth Amendment (1913) change?

  14. What were the initiative, referendum, and recall designed to do?

  15. Which Progressive amendment was later repealed?

  16. On the Part II Set 1 short essay, what are the two required components?

  17. Which relationship types can you choose from on the Part II Set 1 short essay?