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- 1. Multiple Choice
With what industry was John D. Rockefeller most associated with?
steel
corporate finance
railroads & shipping
oil
- 2. Multiple Choice
With what industry was J.P. Morgan most associated with?
steel
oil
railroads and shipping
corporate finance
- 3. Multiple Choice
With what industry was Andrew Carnegie most associated with?
oil
corporate finance
railroads and shipping
steel
- 4. Multiple Choice
With what industry was Cornelius Vanderbilt most associated with?
steel
corporate finance
oil
shipping and railroads
- 5. Multiple Choice
One of the main ideas of Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" was:
his strategy on how to accumulate wealth
how certain people were able to succeed in business
the disdain he had for the evils of money
the responsibility of philanthropy on the wealthy
- 6. Multiple Choice
The conflict that saw over one hundred Cheyenne and Arapaho, many of whom were women and children, killed by Colorado militia led by John Chivington is known as:
Battle of Little Big Horn (1876)
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
Battle of Platte Bridge (1865)
Sand Creek Massacre (1864)
- 7. Multiple Choice
The conflict that took place in the Dakotas that saw over 200 Native Americans killed by the United States 7th Calvary and marked the end of the major Native American frontier wars is known as:
Sand Creek Massacre (1864)
Battle of Little Big Horn (1876)
Battle of Platte Bridge (1865)
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
- 8. Multiple Choice
Literacy tests, poll taxes, property requirements, and grandfather clauses were all:
requirements of settlers obtaining land under the Homestead Act
attempts to limit immigration of specific ethnic groups
requirements of Chinese immigrants before they could enter the country
tactics used to exclude or discourage African Americans from voting
- 9. Multiple Choice
The law enacted by congress in 1882 known as the Chinese Exclusion Act is significant because:
it prohibited further immigration of Chinese laborers
it was the result of strong anti-Chinese sentiment in the west
it was the first time immigration was restricted on the basis of race or nationality
all choices are correct
- 10. Multiple Choice
Controlling all aspects of manufacturing from extracting raw materials to selling the finished product is an example of:
a monopoly
an oligopoly
horizontal integration
vertical integration
- 11. Multiple Choice
Controlling all aspect of a particular step in the production of a product is an example of:
a monopoly
an oligopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration
- 12. Multiple Choice
The increase of immigration from countries in western Europe rather than countries that traditionally had been coming to the United States from England, Ireland and Germany led to:
an decrease in the overall number of immigrants coming to the United States
an increase of the number of immigrants settling in rural farming areas
to new sources of wealth and capital brought by these new immigrants
a rise in nativism and a view that the new immigrants were inferior
- 13. Multiple Choice
Muckrackers were writers and critics of the early 1900s who wanted to:
shut down all factories and most industries
out an end to immigration
prevent integration in cities
expose corruption and abuses in industry
- 14. Multiple Choice
Jacob Riis was able to bring awareness to the plight of the poor by:
using his political office to pass laws to help the poor
write newspaper articles on the struggles of poor families
opening soup kitchens and shelters for the hungry and homeless
using photographs to show people what life was like for the poor living in cities
- 15. Multiple Choice
The industrial tragedy that led to new laws and reforming workplace conditions was:
Pullman Labor Strike
Chicago Fire of 1874
New York Harbor Disaster
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA term invented in the 1920s describing the late nineteenth century as a period of ostentatious displays of wealth, growing poverty, and government inaction in the fact of income inequality.Gilded AgeThe Progressive EraSilver AgePopulist Era
- 17. Multiple ChoiceLandmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities, requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act.Sherman Antitrust ActFederal Reserve ActClayton Antitrust ActTrust Act
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAn organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans, especially through the courts.National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)Negro LeaguesKnights of Labor
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.NativistsPolitical bossesMinersLabor leaders
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?social darwinistpolitical bossesnativistpolitical machines
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?Andrew CarnegieHenry FordJohn D. RockefellerWilliam Tweed
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?Very crowdedSpreading sickness and diseaseNo windows, heat, or plumbingAll of the above - 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following pairs of immigrant groups were most prominent in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad?Chinese & IrishIrish & JapaneseChinese & JapaneseChinese & Italians
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAuthor of the "The Jungle", which exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry.Ida B. WellsUpton SinclairRobert La FolletteFrances Willard
- 25. Multiple ChoiceHow did John Rockefeller make his fortune?Monopolizing steelMonopolizing oilBankingCrime
- 26. Multiple ChoiceHow did muck raking help end the Gilded Age?Forced gov't changeOppressed immigrantsExposed social ills so people wanted changePromoted political machines
- 27. Multiple Choice
Cartoons such as this one during the Gilded Age took the position that industry’s role in Congress was
Too demanding of politicians’ time
A corrupting force on democracy
Ultimately unproductive
A distraction from further consolidation
- 28. Multiple Choice
This table illustrates that by the late 1800s, population in urban areas had
Grown at about the same rate as in rural areas
Overtaken the population of rural areas
Increased more rapidly than in rural areas
Declined as a percentage of total population
- 29. Multiple Choice
A railroad baron who was known as the "Commodore."
George Westinghouse.
George Pullman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William McKinley
- 30. Multiple Choice
Name the immigrant who invented the telephone.
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
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