2023-24 Gilded Age Review

Which example best defines a historical era?

• A collection of art by a world-renowned artist

• A period of time characterized by certain political, social or economic events

• A genre of music specific to a region of a country

• A piece of landmark legislation passed during a congressional session

What Federal Action helped westward expansion?

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Homealone Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Pendleton Civil Service Act

What immigrants groups were used in the construction of the Railroad?

• Chinese and Japanese

• Italian and German

• Chinese and Irish

• Irish and German

What helped most in distributing American goods during the Era of Westward Expansion?

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The highway interstate act

• The invention of the Automobile

• The Airplane

Why did many travel of the harsh mountain terrain and the long and arduous journy to the Yukon and Klondike Territories in the Northern Rocky Mountains?

• To avoid heavy taxation in the Eastern states

• Because of the opportunity to become rich mining for gold

• because of economic opportunities with large bonanza farms

• To get to Oregon it was required to pass this way

Most nativists of the late 1800's would most likely have supported the

• continuation of the contract labor system
• creating of settlement houses to aid new immigrants
• assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture
• passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

What was a city government group marked by corruption and bribery (common during the Gilded Age) called?

• credit mobilier
• political machine
• corrected democracy
• electoral politics

What is a laissez-faire economy?

• An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
• An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
• An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
• An economy that is controlled by another country

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:

• The Baby Boom
• Immigration
• The Homestead Act
• Better Healthcare

Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process