Period 6 APUSH

Select the term that best describes the Gilded Age

• The time when everything was covered in gold

• Businesses were struggling financially

• businesses grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity

• Businesses achieved unprecedented success with an increase in pay for all workers

Select the statement that best describes the difference between the AFL and the Knights of Labor

• The Knights of Labor allowed only skilled workers to join their union

• The AFL allowed skilled and unskilled laborers to join their union

• The Knights of Labor allowed skilled and unskilled workers to join their union

• Both labor unions worked to improve lives for the owners of major companies

What was the significance of Plessy v Ferguson

• It ended segregation of schools

• It ended segregation everywhere

• It established that Whites and Blacks would remain separate but equal

• It declared that Dred Scott was property

Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jay Cooke

• Thomas Edison

Why did so few African American men hold factory jobs in the US in 1890?

• there were almost no factories in the South, where the majority of African Americans lived at that time

• white-dominated labor unions generally refused to allow blacks to join and seek industrial employment

• factory owners could satisfy labor needs with immigrant workers, so they rejected most black applicants

• black workers intensely disliked factory work and preferred agricultural or casual urban labor

During the Gilded age, workers came together under ___________________________ to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours.

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

Based on your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?

• The federal government was placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.
• The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.
• The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
• Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.

Which of these best describes life in a turn of the century tenement?

• Very crowded
• Spreading sickness and disease
• No windows, heat, or plumbing
• All of the above

Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 

• geopolitical
• political bosses
• Social Darwinism
• Gospel of Wealth

Due to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Dawes Act

• Transcontinental Act

• Laissez Faire Act