The Gilded Age (STAAR)

The Gilded Age STAAR

Day 2 Review

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

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

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

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

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

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

Multiple Choice

"Prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace"

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

• Government ownership of utility companies

• Minimum wage laws

• Wage and price regulations

• Laissez-faire capitalism

Multiple Choice

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

• the growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• the acquisition of foreign territories

• increased temperance regulations

Multiple Choice

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

• campaigning for women's suffrage

• advocating the use of poll taxes

• making improvements in urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

Multiple Choice

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

• opposed to political machines

• loyal to the United Kingdom

• conscientious objectors

• Roman Catholics

Multiple Choice

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

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

• "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"

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

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

Multiple Choice

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated-

• limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

• conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

• globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

• promoting an ethically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

Multiple Choice

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

• Interstate Commerce Act

• National Market

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

• Clayton Anti-trust Act

Multiple Choice

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

• passing the Interstate Commerce Act

• implementing the silver standard for currency

• creating federal jobs for the unemployed

• establishing a new tax on capital gains

Multiple Choice

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

• Workers secured a greater share of company profits

• The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced

• The federal government could dissolve business monopolies

• Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations

Multiple Choice

In this excerpt, Justice Harlan is warning against-

• a civil service based on patronage rather than merit

• allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

• a lack of federal funding for essential transportation systesms

• allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals

Multiple Choice

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

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

• Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

• Transistors for radios

• Electric lightbulb

Multiple Choice

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

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently

• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line

• Businesses needed to hired skilled workers

• Factories could extend working hours

Multiple Choice

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

• Increased urban population

• The passage of labor laws

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• The establishment of immigration quotas

Multiple Choice

Which results completes the diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

Multiple Choice

Which action is best described by this excerpt?

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

• Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities

• Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States

• Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities

Multiple Choice

Social Darwinism can best be described as the theory that-

• Life consists of competitive struggles in which only the strong survive

• The lowest in society should not be able to reproduce

• Government cannot interfere with the free market system

• States held autonomous power when compared to the federal government

Multiple Choice

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

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Labor Unions

• Monopoly

Multiple Choice

This a an act of "charitable giving."

• Laissez-Faire

• Beneficiary

• Philanthropy

• Frugality

Multiple Choice

Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation

• To reduce economic inflation

• To raise campaign contribution limits

• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

Multiple Choice

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

• To stop illegal immigration from Latin America

• To provide highly skilled workers for industry

• To limit the power of urban political machines

• To satisfy nativist prejudices in the United States

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?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• George Pullman

• Thomas Edison