The Gilded Age Quiz

Which of the following expresses characteristics from the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power.

• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.

• Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

Thomas Edison was known for -

• improving America's economy with his inventions

• helping establish a free-enterprise economy

• influencing the writing of the Declaration of Independence

• fighting for progressive reforms that protect rural farmers

As a result of nativist sentiments towards Chinese immigrants, the U.S. government passed the

• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pendleton Act

Millions of Irish families and individuals left Ireland because of ​ (a)   and immigrated to the United States for ​ (b)   . However, several Irish immigrants were discriminated against due to their ​ (c)   .

• famine
• economic opportunities
• Catholic faith
• war
• buffalo
• language

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the —

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

Individuals taking advantage of the Homestead Act wanted to --

• take up arms against Cherokee Indians to remove them from the frontier

• become a cowboy and earn money driving cattle across the Great Plains

• help relocate the Native American tribes to reservations

• settle the frontier by receiving free farmland from the government

Identify the country where most immigrants originated from during the Gilded Age.

The Transcontinental Railroad helped accelerate America’s economy by -

• shipping cattle from the west coast to the east coast where demand was high

• providing jobs for women that worked constructing the railroad

• establishing a trade route from Mexico City to New York City

• creating new markets for farmers and businesses

The city of Chicago's population grew from 4,479 in 1840 to 508,185 in 1880. This is an example of --

• urbanization

• Homestead Act

• Irish immigrants

• Corruption

Entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age, like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt, donated millions of dollars to libraries, schools, and hospitals. This is an example of --

• corruption

• philanthropy

• nativism

• homestead