Wordly Wise Book 7 Midterm

Read this sentence from the passage.

Mark Twain called this era the "Gilded Age."

An era is a

• certain period in history.

• monopoly or trust.

• book by Mark Twain.

• certain person's age.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Read these words from the passage.

...millionaires...acquired control of many industries.

In this sentence, acquired means

• suggested

• did not want

• gained

• shared

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Read this sentence:

To the consternation of other citizens, these men exerted great influence over the U.S. government.

According to the sentence, how did other citizens feel about the industrialists' great influence over the U.S. government?

• They were surprised and happy about it.

• They did not care about it.

• They were so angry that they were ready to start war over it.

• They were surprised and fearful or unhappy about it.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Read the sentence:

Companies involved in trusts have devious plans to ruin other companies in the same industry.

In this sentence, devious means

• hones and intelligent.

• secret and crafty.

• secret and courageous.

• difficult and unlikely.

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Read the words from the passage.

Ruthless industrialists ran their businesses any way they liked...

Ruthless people are

• clever.

• generous.

• wealthy.

• merciless.

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Read this sentence from the passage.

The trusts provided the men who controlled them with huge fortunes and lavish lifestyles.

In this sentence, lavish means

• merry.

• famous.

• costly.

• private.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Read this sentence:

This contrasted sharply with the plight of many average Americans.

A plight is a

• solitary life.

• bank account with very little money in it.

• merry life.

• difficult situation.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Read these words from the passage.

In 1872, the Union Pacific Railroad trust made a blatant attempt to bribe the government...

A blatant attempt is

• honest and open.

• obvious and offensive.

• secret and well-meaning.

• secret and shameful.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Read this sentence:

This bribe was meant to stop the government from taking a close look at negligent building methods.

Why did the Union Pacific Railroad want to stop the government from taking a close look at their building methods?

• They didn't want other companies to find out how to build railroads as well as they did.

• They didn't want the government to waste its time and taxpayer's money.

• They were afraid the government would find out the were building railroads in a careless way.

• They were afraid that the government would begin building its own railroad.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Read these words from the passage.

...politicians capitulated to the railroad's power.

This means that the politicians

• let the railroad tell them what to do.

• were surprised by the railroad's power.

• had more power than the railroad.

• tried to take the railroad's power away.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F