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The Gilded Age (STAAR)

The Gilded Age (STAAR)

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The Gilded Age STAAR

Day 2 Review

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MAIN IDEAS

  • Growth of the US as an industrial power

  • Growth of big business

  • Laissez-faire business practices

  • Urbanization

  • New inventions

  • Influx of immigrants / Nativism

  • Political corruption

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

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The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation

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Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

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In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

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Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations

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Multiple Choice

"Prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace"


A businessman who makes this statement would most probably support the idea of-

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Government ownership of utility companies

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Minimum wage laws

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Wage and price regulations

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Laissez-faire capitalism

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Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for-

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the growth of big business

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involvement in foreign wars

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the acquisition of foreign territories

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increased temperance regulations

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Multiple Choice

During the 19th century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by-

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campaigning for women's suffrage

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advocating the use of poll taxes

3

making improvements in urban infrastructure

4

providing public assistance for former slaves

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Multiple Choice

During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being-

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opposed to political machines

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loyal to the United Kingdom

3

conscientious objectors

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Roman Catholics

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Multiple Choice

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Which Andrew Carnegie quotation best explains why he funded libraries other philanthropic ventures like the one in this photograph?

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"The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise"

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"Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands is forced into the strictest economies... and often there is friction between the employer and the employed"

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"The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is... great"

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"This, then, is... the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance"

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Multiple Choice

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated-

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limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

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conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

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globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

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promoting an ethically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

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Multiple Choice

This prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes.

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Interstate Commerce Act

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National Market

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Sherman Anti-trust Act

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Clayton Anti-trust Act

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Multiple Choice

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One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by-

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passing the Interstate Commerce Act

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implementing the silver standard for currency

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creating federal jobs for the unemployed

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establishing a new tax on capital gains

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

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Workers secured a greater share of company profits

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The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced

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The federal government could dissolve business monopolies

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Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations

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Multiple Choice

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In this excerpt, Justice Harlan is warning against-

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a civil service based on patronage rather than merit

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allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

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a lack of federal funding for essential transportation systesms

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allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals

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Multiple Choice

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

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Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

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Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

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Transistors for radios

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Electric lightbulb

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Multiple Choice

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How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

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Machines needed to be repaired less frequently

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Products could be manufactured on an assembly line

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Businesses needed to hired skilled workers

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Factories could extend working hours

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Multiple Choice

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Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

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Increased urban population

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The passage of labor laws

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Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

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The establishment of immigration quotas

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Multiple Choice

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Which results completes the diagram?

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Ratification of a suffrage amendment

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Building of the transcontinental railroad

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Passage of prohibition legislation

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Expansion of labor unions

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Multiple Choice

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Which action is best described by this excerpt?

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Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the U.S.

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Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities

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Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States

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Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities

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Multiple Choice

Social Darwinism can best be described as the theory that-

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Life consists of competitive struggles in which only the strong survive

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The lowest in society should not be able to reproduce

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Government cannot interfere with the free market system

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States held autonomous power when compared to the federal government

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Multiple Choice

This was designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated competition.

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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Interstate Commerce Act

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Labor Unions

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Monopoly

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Multiple Choice

This a an act of "charitable giving."

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Laissez-Faire

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Beneficiary

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Philanthropy

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Frugality

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Multiple Choice

Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?

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To increase the amount of money in circulation

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To reduce economic inflation

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To raise campaign contribution limits

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To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

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Multiple Choice

In the late 1800s, why did Congress pass restrictions on immigration from China?

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To stop illegal immigration from Latin America

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To provide highly skilled workers for industry

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To limit the power of urban political machines

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To satisfy nativist prejudices in the United States

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Multiple Choice

- Founded what became US Steel

- Wrote the Gospel of Wealth

- Used profits in philanthropic activities


What Gilded Age individual best represents the description above?

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John D. Rockefeller

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Andrew Carnegie

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George Pullman

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Thomas Edison

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