Gilded Age Quiz

The Gilded Age can best be characterized as:

• A period of rapid economic development and inequality.

• An era of reuniting the nation and striving for racial equality.

• A period in which the United States expanded west.

• An era in which the government effectively regulated businesses.

The top 1% of richest Americans owning 29% of America's overall wealth in 2019 is an example of:

• A monopoly

• Wealth inequality

• A trust

• Captains of industry

"In 1912 a federal committee investigated J.P. Morgan for creating unfair monopolies by combining small companies into one big corporation." This quote characterizes J.P. Morgan as a:

• Trust

• Monopoly

• Captain of industry

• Robber baron

"Morgan was very good at making failing companies into profitable companies. After the 1893 financial panic, he helped the railroad industry recover. He merged railroad companies and became a stockholder in every one of them. He made a fortune in railroads." This quote characterizes J.P. Morgan as a:

• Monopoly

• Trust

• Captain of industry

• Robber baron

Andrew Carnegie's belief that "survival of the fittest" applies to human beings is an example of:

• Wealth inequality

• Social Darwinism

• Rapid industrial growth

• Labor unions

A single company having control over an industry is called a:

• Monopoly

• Wealth inequality

• Labor union

• Social Darwinism

Which statement best summarizes the message of "The Bosses of the Senate" political cartoon?

• The government had no place in controlling businesses.

• The government had less power than businesses and were controlled by them during the Gilded Age.

• The government effectively regulated businesses during the Gilded Age.

Labor unions advocated for all of the following on behalf of workers EXCEPT:

• Better pay

• Safer working conditions

• Better technology

• Shorter work hours

People who discriminated against immigrants during the Gilded Age were referred to as:

• Monopolists

• Redeemers

• Native Americans

• Nativists

Which of these statements best described immigration during the Gilded Age?

• There was a rapid increase in immigration in which most people came from Europe

• There was a rapid increase in immigration in which most people came from China

• There was a decrease in immigration because of lack of job opportunities

• There was a decrease in immigration because laws were passed that prevented immigation