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The Gilded Age - 2018

Authored by Kevin Neal

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9th Grade - University

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The Gilded Age - 2018
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...

Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values

2.

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1 min • 1 pt

Fact most significant in development of labor unions during nineteenth century? 

Working conditions
Racial segregation
Class discrimination
Growing prosperity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What issue split Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?

Washington's lesser emphasis on attainment of political and civil rights
Washington's unwillingness to accept advice from anyone other than African Americans
DuBois's belief that African Americans needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency
DuBois's minimization of importance of education

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How Sears, Roebuck & Co. transformed late nineteenth-century economy?

Expanded market for consumer goods
Applied new technologies in their stores
Advertised services of new companies
Employed sales associates in rural locations

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel?

Allowed labor unions to participate in decision-making
Controlled production and distribution processes
Invested in health and education of employees
Included local politicians on boards of directors 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?

Electrification
Vulcanization
Steam power
Bessemer Process

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1 min • 1 pt

How did the Knights of Labor differ from the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

KoL advocated strikes as tactic
KoL opened membership to women, blacks, and ethnic minorities
KoL developed stronger relationships with policymakers at federal level
KoL focused on working conditions and workplace safety instead wages and benefits

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