Gilded Age/Progressive Era

Multiple Choice

What is a Labor Union?

• An organized group of workers

• A type of business

• A government agency

• A political party

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 systems

• allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals

Multiple Choice

Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was ____.

• inflationary pressure on crop prices

• lack of rural housing as building slowed

• increasing economic opportunity in cities

• government resettlement policies

Open Ended

What is the significance of the Industrial Revolution?

Multiple Choice

1920s: Which reason BEST explains the change in the number of cars sold between 1910 and 1925?

• Cars became more affordable because of the introduction of the assembly line

• resulting in the federal government passing antitrust laws

• causing delays in production time

• causing the prices of cars to double

Multiple Choice

In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product.

• Innovation

• Democracy

• Strikes

• Assembly Line

Multiple Choice

The assembly line allowed automobile makers to mass manufacture products___

• resulting in the price of the automobile to decrease

• resulting in the federal government passing antitrust laws

• causing delays in production time

• causing the prices of cars to double

Multiple Choice

This excerpt describes a work process established by Henry Ford.

Which results did Ford hope to achieve by implementing the process described in this excerpt?

• Increased productivity and efficiency

• Reduced numbers of employees quitting

• Increased labor union membership

• Reduced payroll taxes and employee benefits

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the term "Gilded" as used in the context of the Gilded Age?

• Covered with gold

• A type of political corruption

• A social class

• A form of economic policy

Multiple Choice

Which action is best described by this excerpt?

• Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the United States.

• 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

Why do you think this man was trying to cover up or paint the Tammeny Hall Tiger?

• to make the political machine of New York seem better than it was

• To cover up the corruption of political bosses in New York

• to cover up secret information about the government in New York

• To cover up the mistreatment of immigrants by political machines

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• Political Corruption

• Laissez Faire

• Monopoly

• Social Darwinism

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident