Gilded Age Quiz

"In the last half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced vast industrial growth. A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs and a prosperous middle class emerged. Factory jobs also increased to meet production demands." 
What demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas
• Increased life expectancies in urban areas
• Increased birth rates in rural areas
• Increased migration to urban areas

Which of the following contributed most to the increased settlement of the Great Plains?

• The availability of buffalo
• The discovery of ancient metals
• A series of federal land grants
• A decrease in agricultural production

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to 

• increased U.S. presence in China
• competition for jobs on the West Coast
• rapid population growth in the Northeast
• China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion

Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?

• The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest
• The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest
• The fear in the west of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants
• The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants

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

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently
• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line
• Businesses needed to hire skilled workers
• Factories could work extended hours

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?

• By raising the consumer price of agricultural products
• By increasing the variety of locally grown crops
• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets
• By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives

Populist demands in the Late 1800s
* Regulation of railroad shipping charges
* A graduated income tax
* Free and unlimited coinage of silver
These demands most reflected the concerns of --

• small farmers in need of affordable credit
• robber barons pursuing higher profits
• prominent bankers who controlled the money supply
• immigrant workers seeking economic justice 

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 this one in the photograph?

• "Under the law of competition, the employer of thousands of is forced into the strictest economies... and often there is a 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."
• "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 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 ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigrations