Gilded Age Test Review

Some critics during the Gilded Age argued that big business leader unfairly reduced competition in the market by-

• forming trusts and creating monopolies

• paying low wages and hiring unskilled workers

• investing in machines and fighting labor leaders

• lobbying political bosses and donating to political campaigns

During the Gilded Age, increased immigration to the Unites States from southern and eastern Europe resulted in-

• growing nativist sentiments

• increasing religious tolerance

• declining economic conditions

• changing attitudes about women's roles

How did the introduction of assembly line manufacturing influence business during the Gilded Age?

• Productivity increased

• Employee wages increase

• Production costs increase

• Workplace injuries increase

Civil Service reform during the Gilded Age were a response to-

• protests from Congressional leaders to regulate state governments

• demands from labor leaders that hiring practices needed to change

• the growth of political machines and corruption of the "spoils system"

• the problems brought about by rapid industrialization and urbanization

Which condition prompted this type of headline during the Gilded Age?

• Rise of political machines

• Immigration policies with quotas

• Westward migration

• Increased rates of urbanization

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for-

• the growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• the acquisition of foreign territories

• increased temperance regulations

The change depicted in the above maps was largely a result of-

• the completion of the Erie Canal

• signing into law the Homestead Act

• the impositon of immigration restrictions

• federal government regulations on the railroad industry

Which statement best completes the information in the excerpt?

• homesteaders

• land speculators

• wealthy merchants

• open-range ranchers

By 1900, at least 40% of Americans lived in urban areas, with New York City and Chicago having populations of over one million. This increased urbanization largely resulted in-

• cities that were overcrowded, congested and polluted

• philanthropists establishing foundations to help the poor

• passage of legislation limiting immigration to urban areas

• demands for an end to the power of the political machines

Which event would best complete the diagram?

• The California Gold Rush

• The Dawes Act of 1887

• The Immigration Act of 1882

• The Transcontinental Railroad