TEKS Quiz 1: Gilded Age Review

Match

Match the description with its innovation.

• Led to a longer workday; powered machines

• Increased business communication across long distances

• Led to an increase in machine lubricant and kerosene

• Mass-produced steel for railways and buildings

electricity

telephone

petroleum refinement

Bessemer Process

• electricity

• telephone

• petroleum refinement

• Bessemer Process

Multiple Choice

Which section of the economy was growing the fastest during the Gilded Age?

• agriculture

• manufacturing

• service

• E-Commerce

Multiple Select

Which of these characteristics describe the free enterprise system? Check 3 correct answers.

• prices are determined by supply and demand

• minimal interference by the government

• leads to lower prices for consumers

• The government owns all property

• The government determines how much business will produce

Drag and Drop

A business that becomes so powerful that it controls an entire industry is called a ​

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. These businesses hurt​

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in a market. During the ​ era of the

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, the these businesses grew because the government took a ​

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approach to the economy. This means the government did not interfere in private businesses.

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monopoly

competition

Gilded Age

laissez-faire

socialist

Progressive Age

Multiple Select

Which of these describes Andrew Carnegie? Select 2 correct answers.

• He was an industrialist who controlled the steel industry

• He practiced philanthropy by giving money to libraries and schools

• He owned Standard Oil

• He supported the growth of labor unions.

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 Select

Which of these best describes the New Immigrants that arrived in the U.S. in the late 1800's-early 1900's? Choose 3 correct answers.

• Many were Southern and Eastern Europeans

• They did not face discrimination from nativists

• Many were Catholic and Jewish

• They were attracted by the availability of industrial jobs

• They mainly settled in the Great Plains.

Multiple Choice

Which trend of the late 1800's correctly replaces the question mark in the cause-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined.

• The government passed laissez-faire laws.

• People moved from rural to urban areas

• Settlement houses lost federal funding

Drag and Drop

​ ​

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were corrupt organizations that controlled ​

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governments during the Gilded Age. These organizations helped ​

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find jobs and housing in cities in exchange for their ​

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.

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Political machines

city

immigrants

votes

Labor unions

federal