QUIZIZZ: Gilded Age Questions

Which of the following goals did the Social Gospel Movement primarily strive to achieve?

• To force the U.S. government to help its poorest citizens.

• To improve conditions in cities using biblical ideals of charity, justice, and morality.

• To keep European immigrants from coming in large numbers to the U.S.

• To provide more opportunities and jobs to European and Asian immigrants.

Donating lots of money to humanitarian causes is called?

• Philanthropy

• Egalitarianism

• Assimilation

• Socialism

What innovation in the late 1800s made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining

What "innovation" contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

• Railroads

• Telephone

• Dry farming

• Sewing machine

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

• Machines were able to be more efficient

• Products were created on the assembly line

• Factories could extend working hours

• Businesses hired more skilled workers

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry?

• Laissez faire economics

• New production techniques

• Labor unions

• The need for a new building material

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

• By homesteading on the Great Plains

• By joining labor unions

• By working for Political bosses

• Through better education

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel