Unit 2: Gilded Age Test Review

Front

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

Back

Political Machines

Front

TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor

Back

False

Front

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad? Options: Goods were transported across country, Travel across the country was possible, Populations in the west increased, Railroad reduced the size of the US

Back

Railroad reduced the size of the US

Front

Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrants coming to the US? Options: Opportunity, Oppression, Cultural ties, Freedom

Back

Oppression

Front

Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics? Options: Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for? Options: shorter hours, lower pay, no child labor, safer working conditions

Back

lower pay

Front

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

Back

William Tweed

Front

Which is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?

Back

business competition

Front

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

Back

Nativists

Front

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

Back

Homestead Act