Gilded Age and Progressive Era (Top 40)

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from —

• a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one

• a slave-owning society to one without slavery

• a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism

• a direct democracy to a representative one

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union leaders

• Philanthropists

• Political bosses

• Nativists

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants.

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.

Which Progressive Reforms of the early 1900s reflected Populist ideas of the late 1800s?

• National Parks, consumer protection, trust-busting

• prohibition, conservation, women's suffrage

• direct election of senators, graduated income tax, 8 hour work day

• Corporatism, graduated income tax, prohibition

Which goal was shared by both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

• To help large corporations to increase their production.

• To introduce new and innovative techniques to factories.

• To organize workers to demand better conditions from employment.

• To promote immigration of skilled workers from Asia and Europe?

In the 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of the American steel industry?

• New production techniques
• Government regulation
• Employee ownership
• The formation of labor unions

Between 1880 and 1900, most immigrants coming to the United States settled in cities because -

• factory and workshop jobs were available there
• little available farmland remained in the Midwest
• most immigrants came from large cities in Europe
• city laws afforded special rights and protections for immigrants

Many reformers who opposed the laissez-faire attitude of the late 19th century argued that

• the National Government should not intefere in the activities of big business
• national wealth could best be assured by the accumulation of gold
• the idea of rugged individualism is vital to the nation's economic growth
• government should protect consumers through the regulation of business

The 19th century philosophy of Social Darwinism maintained that

• the government should have control over the means of production and the marketplace
• all social class distinctions in American society should be eliminated
• economic success comes to those who are the hardest working and most competent
• wealth and income should be more equally distributed