Gilded Age STAAR Review

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 agricultrual corporations.

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

Which issue is this cartoon addressing?

• Political corruption
• Temperance
• Civil-service reform
• Segregation

What was one reason for the expansion of machine politics in the late nineteenth century?

• The rapid influx of immigrants made it difficult for local governments to provide basic services.
• Federal restrictions prevented voters from influencing government decisions at the local level.
• The economy was too tightly regulated to allow urban growth.
• Settlement houses failed to help immigrants adjust to life in the city.

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

• campaigning for women's suffrage
• advocating for the use of poll taxes
• making improvements in urban infrastructure
• providing public assistance for former slaves

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
• Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
• Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace.

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

• "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 unemployed."
• "The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is...great."
• "The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise."
• "This, then, is...the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance."

Nineteenth-century nativist organization 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 ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union leaders
• Philanthropists
• Political bosses
• Nativists

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard.  What was the most likely topic of discussion?

• Goals of U.S. assimilation policies
• Objectives of the Grange movement
• Reasons for immigration to the United States
• Principles of Social Darwinism