Unit 1 Test: Gilded Age

In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of the American steel industry?

• government regulation
• new production techniques
• the formation of labor unions

Which goal was shared by both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

• to help large corporations to increase their production
• to introduce new and innovative techniques to factories
• to organize workers to demand better conditions from employers

The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) were efforts by the federal
government to ____.

• regulate aspects of business
• favor big business over small companies
• expand the positive features of the trusts

Which was an important benefit of the laissez-fair policies of the federal government in the late nineteenth
century?

• American entrepreneurs were abgle to invest in their businesses with little government interference.
• American workers found it easy to organize into labor unions.
• American workers felt secure about the safety of conditions in factories.

The statement “God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be
developed and used for the good of mankins,” was probably said by ____.

• John D. Rockefeller
• Terrence Powderly
• Thomas Edison

In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?

• expansion of political machines
• growth of American cities
• development of tenement housing
• increase in crime

What was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the 1800s?

• The proportion of American living in cities continuously increased.
• The urban population declined.
• The rate of expansion of railroad lines began to drop.

What was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the 1800s?

• People began to move from cities to rural areas.
• The urban population declined.
• Urbanization increased.

After 1880, where did the majority of “New Immigrants” to the United States come from?

• Northern and Western Europe
• Southern and Eastern Europe
• Canada and Latin America

The Homestead Act (1862) promoted the development of western lands by ____.

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation
• providing free land to settlers
• removing all restrictions on immigration