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- 1. Multiple Choice
A person who favors native-born citizens against immigrants. A person who is against immigration
lobbyist
populist
nativist
assimilate
- 2. Multiple Choice
The law that tried to prevent the growth of monopolies was the
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Dawes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
- 3. Multiple Choice
The law that tried to prevent the growth of monopolies was the
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Dawes Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which business idea allows people to do whatever they want with their money without government involvement?
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire capitalism
Gospel of Wealth
New South
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which business idea says that the rich have a responsibility to help the poor?
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire capitalism
Gospel of Wealth
New South
- 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 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
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.steelautomobilesgasolinecloth
- 9. Multiple ChoiceJohn D. Rockefeller used this method; when companies that produce a similar product merges togetherhorizontal integrationvertical integrationscientific managementtime-study analysis
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Carnegie used this method; when a company owns the raw materials & transportation systems of a productvertical integrationhorizontal integrationtime-study analysistaylorism
- 11. Multiple ChoiceComplete control over an industry's production, wages, & pricesmonopolycapitalismsocialismconcentration of wealth
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?Captain of IndustrySocial DarwinistSocialistFundamentalist
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was an entity that runs several companies as one large corporation? (Standard Oil)TrustMergerCorporationMonopoly
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHe created the company known as Standard OilAndrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbiltJohn D. RockefellerThomas Edison
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard OilInterstate Commerce ActHomestead ActDawes ActSherman Anti-Trust Act
- 16. Multiple ChoiceName for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages lowCaptain of IndustryRobber BaronPhilanthropistConsolidator
- 17. 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
- 18. Multiple ChoiceName the immigrant who invented the telephone.Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerThomas EdisonAlexander Graham Bell
- 19. Multiple ChoiceTechnological development most revolutionized US steel industry?ElectrificationVulcanizationSteam powerBessemer Process
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt
- 21. 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
- 22. 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
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?Sherman Antitrust ActStamp ActGreat Plains ActHomestead Act
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?social darwinistpolitical bossesnativistpolitical machines
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?Andrew CarnegieHenry FordJohn D. RockefellerWilliam Tweed
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?Interstate Commerce ActHomestead ActSherman AntiTrust ActDawes Act
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which describes Andrew Carnegie?
The creator of the Standard Oil company and the richest man in American history
The creator of the Carnegie Steel company and a famous philanthropist
The creator of General Electric and American Telephone and Telegraph
The leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine that controlled New York City
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which describes John D Rockefeller?
The creator of the Standard Oil company and the richest man in American history
The creator of the Carnegie Steel company and a famous philanthropist
The creator of General Electric and American Telephone and Telegraph
The leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine that controlled New York City
- 29. Multiple Choice
Many immigrants and poor individuals in cities lived in single rooms like this called-
Motels
Alleys
Tenements
Cellars
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of these best explains why many immigrants came to the United States during the Gilded Age?
They were imported as forced labor for infrastructure projects
They were brought in to boost a declining population
They were drawn in by the offer of free land from the Homestead Act
They saw opportunity for a better life for themselves and their children
- 31. Multiple Choice
During the late nineteenth century the United States was changing from a(n) _ country to a(n) _ country,
urban; rural
rural; urban
- 32. Multiple Choice
His invention the light bulb allowed for factories to stay open longer.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Bessemer
Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 33. Multiple Choice
A wealthy person who donates to charity is known as a ...
Philanderer
Philonthrope
Philistine
Philanthropist
- 34. Multiple Choice
The workers who were on strike at Haymarket Square wanted...
a 6 hour day.
an 8 hour day.
a 10 hour day.
a 12 hour day.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceIn 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the Book, How the Other Half Lives?Upton SinclairIda TarbellIda WellsJacob Riis
- 36. Multiple ChoiceIn 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?Margaret SangerJane AddamsElizabeth Cady StantonSusan B. Anthony
- 37. Multiple ChoiceName for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages lowCaptain of IndustryRobber BaronPhilanthropistConsolidator
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhich island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?GalvestonLongEllisAngel
- 39. Multiple Choice
Most of the New Immigrants coming to the U.S. during the Gilded Age came from-
Northern and Western Europe
Eastern and Southern Europe
Southeast Asia
West and South Africa
- 40. Multiple Choice___________________ was a political cartoonist who criticized Boss Tweed and Tammany HallJames GarfieldCharles GuiteauBill TweedThomas Nast
- 41. Multiple ChoiceThe Populist Party mostly representedwestern farmerswealthy bankersfactory ownerseastern factory workers
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWho supported the populist party?farmersindustrial workers
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhich answer best defines egalitarianism?refers to a society built around hereditary distinctions such as nobles, peasantsmeans everyone will have the same wealth and statusrefers to a society of equalsmeans everyone is treated justly in court system
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