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Farmers supported ______________ because ____________________.

• the Gold Standard because it increased money supply

• the Gold Standard because it decreased money supply

• bimetallism because it increased money supply

• bimetallism because it decreased money supply

The prices of agricultural goods dropped during the Guiled Age due to what factor?

• Drought

• Over production

• Stock market crash

• The increase of meat

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

• Cheap electric power

• Fire safety standards

• The invention of the elevator

• The Bessemer process

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the term robber barons best defined a person who…

• Controlled large tracts of western lands        

• Stole from the rich to give to the poor

• Used ruthless business tactics

• Wanted conservation of raw materials

The growth of big business in the late 1800s resulted in

• The elimination of the middle class

• A reduction in child labor

• The widening of the economic gap between rich and poor

• A shift in transportation investment from railroads to canals

Which type of business organization is being criticized in this cartoon?

• Monopoly

• Partnership     

•  Proprietorship

• Multinational corporation

Which government policy would this cartoonist most likely support?

• adopting antitrust laws

• easing regulations regarding mergers

• giving government subsidies to financial institutions

• encouraging large companies to relocate overseas

Who invented the standard light bulb within the U.S.?

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan      

• Alexander Bell

Which major population shift in the late 1800s occurred as a result of industrialization?

• Northerners to the Sun Belt

• Rural residents to urban areas

• Working class people from the cities to the suburbs

• African Americans from the North to the South

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

• Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• Creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants

• Continuation of the contract labor system

• Assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture