Gilded Age Review

The farmers suppoted the Populist Party because

• The party wanted to fight for the struggles of the farmers (unfair rail shipping prices, etc)

• The party was forcused on the Gold Standard

• The Populist Party wanted to raise railroad shipping prices

• The government would be strengthened through the party

What was a leader of a political machine called?

• Tweel

• Buss

• Vote

• Boss

What is a business without any meaningful competition?

• Oligopoly

• Laissez-faire

• Market Economy

• Monopoly

Which of the following strikes involved a ruckus between strikers and police officers, and led to a bomb being thrown, as well as anarchists sent to trial with the sole blame?

• Haymarket Riot

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Railroad Strike

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by —

• campaigning for women’s suffrage

• advocating the use of poll taxes

• making improvements in urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

Which is the best definition of graft?

• Using one's political office for personal enrichment

• Using a calculator to find a point on a graph

• Using silver in addition to gold to ensure the value of the money supply

• Being socially active through a charity

Which demographic shift occurred in the United States in the late nineteenth century as a result of industrialization?

• Northerners moved to the Sun Belt states.
• Rural residents moved into urban areas.
• Working class people left the cities to move to the suburbs.
• African Americans moved from the North to the South.

Idea or policy that prevents government from interfering in the workings of the economy.

• New Deal

• Gold Standard

• Free Silver

• Laissez Faire

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

• to make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate

• to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers

• to provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War

• to make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture

How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories and of workers on farms

• Railroads stimulated the construction of steamships to trade up and down rivers

• Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first national market

• Railroads caused cotton, rice, and wheat production to move from the Southeast to the West Coast