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The Gilded Age

Authored by ANTONIO CANALES

History

11th Grade

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The Gilded Age
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The process of industrialization fundamentally did NOT change the U.S. economy in the later half of the 1800s.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which factors contributed to industrialization in the U.S. during the later half of the 1800s?

Westward Expansion, immigration, and banking

Trade, slavery, and communism

Immigration, technology, and free enterprise

Revolutions in Europe, technology, and the abolition of slavery

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In part, railroad companies benefited from land grants (free) from the government which encouraged construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A characteristic (feature) of the Gilded Age includes:

the rise of big businesses

the abolition of slavery

the end of immigration from Europe

the end of all corrupt business and political practices

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two strategies businesses used during the Gilded Age to reduce competition include:

monopolies and trusts

unions and free enterprise

tariffs and taxes

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did workers do in response to the working conditions faced during the Gilded Age?

Nothing, they were typically powerless

Began to attend universities

Immigrated to Canada

Formed unions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"New" immigrants to America during the late 1800s were typically from:

Asia and Eastern Europe

Western Europe and Africa

Africa and Australia

Asia and Western Europe

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