Gilded Age Part 2

The term monopoly refers to when a company -

• controls all the supply of a product and they have no competition

• fires all of its workers for threatening to strike if their pay isn’t increased

• files a petition with the government to pay their workers below minimum wage

• prevents its workers from transferring to another rival company

Children were beneficial labor to businesses because they

• did exactly what they were told without complaining

• had larger amount of energy and were often more productive than adults

• could fit into small places to clean and fix machines

• had better hand dexterity than adults so they rarely made mistake

What major trend occured to the population of the United States during the Gilded Age?

• Farm population increased

• migration to rural areas increased

• immigration decreased

• urbanization increased

During the Gilded Age, political machine "bosses" often

• denied voting rights to the poor

• accepted bribes in return for favors

• wasted money on military spending

• discriminated against migrant workers

Which entrepreneur made steel into one of the nation’s biggest industries?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• Abraham Lincoln

Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887 in order to

• Preserve Native American culture

• Encourage all Native Americans to move to Canada

• Allow Native Americans to hunt on the open plains

• Force Native Americans to assimilate into white American culture as quickly as possible

The National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor were similar in that both represented

• Only immigrants

• Both the skilled and unskilled workers

• Only unskilled workers

• Only urban laborers

The Homestead Act promoted the development of western land by

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

• providing free land to settlers

• removing all restrictions on immigrations

• moving Native Americans to reservations

What was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century?

• People began to move from cities to rural areas

• The urban population declined

• The rate of expansion of railroads began to drop

• The proportion of Americans living in cities increased

• A

• B

• C

• D