STAAR EOC US History Questions: Gilded Age

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of gold fields in the west led to increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industries 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 agricultural corporation.

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to?

• dismantle Indian tribes and promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• Turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• End warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• Promote American Indian investment in private industry

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

• political bosses helped immigrants get jobs and services in exchange for votes

• 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.

The Knights of Labor and other unions developed in response to the?

• Increased need to protect worker rights and interests.

• Decreased power of political machines.

• Increased demand for skilled workers.

• Decreased profitability of the agricultural sector.

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

• Union leaders

• Philanthropists

• Political bosses

• Nativists

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

• The availability of buffalo.

• The discovery of precious metals.

• A series of homestead acts

• A decrease in agricultural production.

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.

The process described above led to —

• Peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians.

• The establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier.

• Federal regulation of agriculture.

• A decline in immigration to urban areas.

The business practice described above eventually led to the enactment of legislation that —

• Guaranteed public access to corporate records.

• Protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies.

• Protected domestic industries from foreign competition.

• Required reciprocity agreements between state governments.

Which word best explains the changes shown in these photographs?

• Immigration

• Assimilation

• Nullification

• Nativism