Gilded Age - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

Union Leaders

Philanthropists

Nativists

Political Bosses

2.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

overcrowding urban tenements.

labor union activism in urban areas.

the overproduction of consumer goods.

the growth of political machines.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?

Dawes Act

National Grange

Farmers' Alliances

Homestead Act

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families and led to assimilation of natives?

Hayes Act

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Bland-Allison Act

Dawes Act

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Assimilation can be defined as

when one becomes more like the dominant culture.

when a person refuses to learn the dominant culture

when a culture is practice all over the world

when a culture is similar to another culture

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The Great Plains can be found in what area?

Area 1

Area 2

Area 3

None of the above

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Railroads, windmills, steel plows, and barbed wire are all examples of -

items used to settle the Appalachian Mountains during the Gold Rush.

native american technology.

inventions and adaptations used to settle the Great Plains.

innovations of WWI.

8.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad

Work in New York factories

Contributions to the steel industry

Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

9.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?

hospitality of the Native American tribes inhabiting the region

construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River

freeing of slaves in the southern states

influx of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In the late nineteenth century, the "bosses" of urban political machines often-

accepted bribes in return for favors

denied voting rights to the poor

wasted money on military spending

descrimated againts migrant workers

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.

Nativists

Political bosses

Miners

Labor leaders

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

Sherman Antitrust Act

Stamp Act

Great Plains Act

Homestead Act

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

Nativist

Labor Unions

Political Machines

Robber Barons

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?

Andrew Carnegie

Henry Ford

John D. Rockefeller

William Tweed

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

Interstate Commerce Act

Homestead Act

Sherman AntiTrust Act

Dawes Act

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies-

Monopolies

Nativism

Laissez-faire (hands off)

New Deal

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

Work and Infrastructure

Corruption and Laissez-Faire

Urbanization and Immigration

Monopolies and Political Bosses

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West Coast because it prohibited immigration from China-

Pendleton Act

Homestead Act

Mexican Repatriation Act

Chinese Exclusion Act

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One of the most influential political machines was -

Upton Sinclair and the FDA

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor

W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP

Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

The Immigrants and the Poor

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

The Poor and the Chinese

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

Assimilation

Nativism

Protectionism

Temperance

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

Nativists

Populists

Philanthropists

Social Workers

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

Trust

Corporation

Holding company

Infrastructure

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Interstate Commerce Act...

Created jobs

Promoted the steel industry

Regulated businesses

Expanded our natural resources

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society

Andrew Carnegie

John D. Rockefeller

Cornelius Vanderbilt

JP Morgan

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S

Gilded Age

Progressive Era

Building an Empire

Civil Rights and the 60's

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Native Americans were removed from their land and sent to reservations to-

make land available for settlers

make land available for immigrants

protect the buffaloes

clear way for the railroads

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A migration of settlers to Alaska and Western Canada began with The ____________________

Klondike Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

Texas Oil Rush

Oklahoma Oil Rush

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Congested, overcrowded, and pollution were some problems due to-

Urbanization

Westward Expansion

The Klondike Gold Rush

The Transcontinental Railroad

30.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which is the best example of a political machine?

A group of immigrants gather together and demand rights, and better pay

The government breaks apart big businesess

A political organization that uses corruption to buy and cheat votes

A politician asks for donations for his campaign

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the significance of Ellis Island?

It was the place where most European immigrants settled.

It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.

It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.

It was the headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands?

Injunctions

lockouts

Strikes

Scabs

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