Progressive Era

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What was the primary purpose of the Ellis Island facility in 1904?

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processing first-class passengers arriving on European steamship lines

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Which statement explains one reason for a change in urban population in the Northeast from 1870 to 1900? Thousands of veterans returned home from the Civil War, Millions of people from the rural midwest moved to cities., Thousands of immigrants arrived in the United States from China, Millions of immigrants arrived from Southern and Eastern Europe.

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Millions of immigrants arrived from Southern and Eastern Europe.

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The Gentlemen’s Agreement between President Theodore Roosevelt and Japan resulted in a decrease of which of these?
Japanese troops stationed in Manchuria,
Japanese immigration to the United States,
Tariffs between Japan and the United States,
U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Pacific Ocean

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Japanese immigration to the United States

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With which social issue is this cartoon associated? Options: the power of political machines during the Second Industrial Revolution, the power of big businesses during the Second Industrial Revolution, the influence of immigration quotas during the Gilded Age, the influence of suffrage reformers during the Gilded Age

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the power of big businesses during the Second Industrial Revolution

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Which of the following conclusions could be drawn about John Rockefeller based on the quote? “The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.” –John Rockefeller

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He supported the theory of Social Darwinism.

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What made Tammany Hall so successful in its efforts? Options: Political Machines were backed by rich people. Political Machines helped candidates win votes. Political Machines were smart with their money. Political Machines used money to help immigrants.

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Political Machines helped candidates win votes.

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Which of the following most likely inspired the demand being made by the women pictured?
The Great American Fraud by Samuel Hopkins Adams,
The Shame of Cities by Lincoln Steffens,
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair,
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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Cartoonist Thomas Nast chose the tiger as a symbol to represent which of the following?
The unlimited power of the Robber Barons,
The impact of trust-busting on business in the US,
The influx of immigrants and their impact on the US,
The corrupt local government of New York City

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The corrupt local government of New York City

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What goal of the Progressive Era is represented by this image and the existence of Hull House? Options: Fostering efficiency, Creating economic reform, Promoting moral improvement

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Protecting social welfare

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What was Jane Addams’ motivation to open ‘Hull House’ in Chicago? "We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or class; but we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all men and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having." -Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics (1907)

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to promote social reform and provide the poor and immigrants with new opportunities