Gilded Age Unit Exam CORRECTIONS

This picture is an example of –

• the mass-manufacturing technique used in factories
• child labor that was popular in many factories
• political bosses using intimidation to win votes
• Irish immigrants sailing to America due to a potato famine

W.E.B. DuBois is influential due to his involvement in –

• the Temperance Movement
• the Square Deal
• the NAACP
• the Populist Movement

This book cover illustrates that Ida B. Wells worked –

• to support the Temperance movement to improve the family life of children and women
• for women’s suffrage, so that women could take a step toward equality with men
• for the Populist Party through publishing books and pamphlets on behalf of farmers
• to expose the unfair treatment of African Americans in the late 1800s

This political cartoon illustrates congress’s point of view when the passed the -

• Homestead Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Sherman Antitrust Act

Based on this chart, it can be concluded that -

• The Homestead Act resulted in the population of major cities decreasing
• Chicago had a greater population than New York City
• Urbanization took place in the late 1800s
• Irish Immigrants settled in Chicago

The intended audience of this excerpt is –

• all poor citizens of America that would like to have the right to vote
• factory workers that desire better pay and improved working conditions
• farmers who face difficulty from railroad monopolies and economic policies
• the wives of farmers who have the responsibility of taking care of the homestead

What is the picture describing?

• nativism
• forced assimilation
• laissez faire
• Robber barons

Booker T. Washington believed the best way to help the African American community was to –

• provide each family unit with forty acres and a mule
• increase education and job training programs for African Americans
• make African Americans eligible for Social Security
• create a food stamp program to ensure all African American families had food

Individuals reading this pamphlet are encouraged 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 land from the government

This graphic organizer describes life in the late 1800s. Which characteristics best describe the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad? Select THREE correct answers.

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