Gilded Age Unit Test

Which of the following is NOT true about industrialism?

• People were expected to work long hours while earning low wages.

• Children worked in dangerous situation and earned less pay than adults.

• The increased availability of electricity allowed businesses to stay open into the night.

• Factory owners regularly advocated for the rights of their workers.

If the U.S. government chose to stop all regulations of the U.S. economy, it would be following

• a laissez-faire economic policy

• a socialist economic policy

• a supply-side economic policy

• a high yield economic policy

Which of the following modern corporation is most like a monopoly?

• Lowe's

• Amazon

• Hobby Lobby

• Shoe Carnival

Without this, Henry Ford would not have been able to make his fortune in the automobile industry.

• Bessemer process

• Assembly line

• Electric lighting

• Oil refining

Which of the following inventions revolutionized American life in the 1800s?

• Electricity

• Steamboat

• Cotton gin

• Bessemer Process

In the late 1800s, factory workers were often

• treated well by their employers.

• allowed to take off work for holidays.

• required to take a lunch break by federal law.

• treated poorly by managers and factory owners.

Which of the following is true about the Homestead Strike?

• Henry Frick compromised with union representatives.

• Several strikers were shot and killed by the Pinkerton Detectives.

• The Pinkerton Detectives allowed union workers to resume their jobs.

• Andrew Carnegie insisted that workers be treated fairly within the work place.

Which of the following might be a reason a person would want to join a union? (Check all that apply.)

• Higher quality meals

• Better working conditions

• Shorter work hours

• Higher pay

What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act do?

• Required meat to be inspected and ingredients listed
• Created places to learn English and to cook
• Allowed women to vote to help fix social problems
• Banned monopolies so there could be more competition

Where did most city workers live during the Gilded Age? 

• In newly built sky scrapers built of steel
• In suburban homes so their children could get a good education
• In crowded tenements that were falling apart
• In homes provided by the factories for a small rent