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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.World War IProgressive EraGilded ageRoaring Twenties
- 2. Multiple Choicein 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.Nativist ActMexican Reparition ActDawes ActChinese Exclusion Act
- 3. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....PhilanthropyLabor UnionsPolitical BossesCredit Unions
- 4. Multiple ChoiceUnder this policy in 1887, the Government gave Native Americans land in order to farm land, just like European farmers.Dawes ActGhost DanceTrail of TearsLaws Act
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?boatsrailroadsautombilshorse drawn carriages
- 6. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election?political partiesEl Chapopolitical bossesrepublican party
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMen such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder.geopoliticalpolitical bossesanthropolgyphilanthropy
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDue to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.Interstate Commerece ActDawes ActTranscontiental ActLaizzez Faire Act
- 9. Multiple ChoiceBecause of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?Rural farmsUrbanzied citiesSubrebs citiesEl rancho
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMany Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but these group of people mostly restricted new immigrants from emtering the country.DemocratsRepublicansDonald TrumpNativists
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDescribed as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the term "Gilded Age" was coined by what writer?Upton SinclairAndrew CarnegieMark TwianHenry George
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA group of companies in the same industry giving day-to-day operation of their companies over to a single board of directors.monopolycorporationtrusthorizontal Integration
- 13. Multiple ChoiceCongressional action taken in 1887, during the Gilded Age, to stop the unfair and abusive practices of railroad companies. That is, to stop railroad companies from giving low prices to large shippers (Corporations) and high prices to farmers who had no other shupping options.Sherman Antitrust ActCeller-Kefauver ActClayton Antitrust ActInterstate Commerce Act
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?credit mobilierpolitical machinecorrected democracyelectoral politics
- 15. Multiple ChoiceSamuel Gompers focused the American Federation of Labor onSkilled workersAfrican AmericansUnskilled workersRailroad workers
- 16. Multiple Choicebelieved in giving his money back under his 'Gospel of Welath" policyAndrew CarnegieJohn RockefellerEugene DebsCornelius Vanderbilt
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFact most significant in development of labor unions during nineteenth century?Working conditionsRacial segregationClass discriminationGrowing prosperity
- 18. Multiple ChoiceName for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages lowCaptain of IndustryRobber BaronPhilanthropistConsolidator
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt - 20. Multiple ChoiceThis term refers to the process of teaching immigrants about U.S. culture and our beliefs and customs, all the while assimilating into American society.AmericanizationNativismAmericanMexiCAN
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt. For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.DaleyGrantTildenTweed
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?Sherman Antitrust ActStamp ActGreat Plains ActHomestead Act
- 23. Multiple ChoiceDuring the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-Educated professionalsskilled workersFactory/sweatshop workersScientists
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIn the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?Chinese immigrants took jobsNativist & racial hateChinese immigrants were moving eastChinese workers took lower pay
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?Andrew CarnegieJP MorganJohn D. RockefellerThomas Edison
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.steelautomobilesgasolinecloth
- 27. Multiple ChoiceComplete control over an industry's production, wages, & pricesmonopolycapitalismsocialismconcentration of wealth
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?Captain of IndustrySocial DarwinistSocialistFundamentalist
- 29. Multiple ChoiceName the immigrant who invented the telephone.Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerThomas EdisonAlexander Graham Bell
- 30. Multiple ChoiceImages such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —requiring vocational training programs for childrenemploying children as a source of cheap laborseeking government regulation of child laborproviding safe working conditions for child laborers
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