Gilded Age SATP2 Review 2019

Which late nineteenth-century invention had greatest impact on literacy and use of public libraries?

• Braille
• Typewriter
• Lightbulb
• Computer

In their work with immigrants, settlement houses mainly addressed which need?

• Occupational skills
• Spiritual guidance
• Affordable housing
• Cultural adjustment

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 

The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century? 

• vertical integration
  
• monopolization
  
• industrialism 
• laissez-faire capitalism 

How nineteenth-century city bosses and their machines retained control? 

• Providing aid to citizens in exchange for political support
• Developing alliances among diverse immigrant populations
• Using police forces to protect organized labor
• Establishing local militias to prevent outside interference

The federal government follows the economic principle of laissez-faire when it

• places restrictions on land usage

• takes no action on corporate mergers

• controls methods of production

• determines the price of goods

The United States government’s use of laissez-faire principles during the late 19th century resulted in the

• commitment of aid to small American businesses

• decline in the number of factory jobs

• opposition of American businesses to protective tariffs

• growth of trusts and monopolies

In the latter half of the 1800s, a large labor supply, an abundance of natural resources, and the construction of new railroads contributed most directly to the

• growth of American industry

• dependence on imported goods

• demand for limits on immigration

• rejection of high tariffs by the United States

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which statement most accurately describes the main argument made in this 1919 cartoon?

• Labor and management have the same economic goals.

• The federal government should take ownership of major industries.

• Organized workers are more productive than nonunion workers.

• Disputes between labor and the leaders of business are hurting the economy.

During the late 19th century, businesses tried to maximize profits by

• eliminating tariffs

• supporting labor unions

• resisting laissez-faire policies

• creating monopolies