Gilded Age - Quiz #2

Which of the following was NOT a group moving to the city to either find more job opportunities or to escape discrimination in the years 1870-1920?

• Black Southern Sharecroppers
• Exodusters
• Farm Laborers
• Eastern European Immigrants

What growing group of workers were needed for the jobs of the Industrial Age?

• Workers who had less experience, less skill, and got less pay.
• Workers who had more experience, more skill, and got more pay.
• Artisans
• More northeastern farm labor

Which of the following was NOT true of the cities in the Gilded Age.

• They were centers of culture and entertainment
• Cultural enclaves like "Little Italy" made immigrants feel comfortable in their new home.
• Cities were characterized by high crime, poor living conditions, and unsafe work spaces for many.
• People were rapidly moving FROM CITIES to RURAL locations at the time.

Which of the following DID NOT have a hand in making to make city growth possible / attracting people to live or work in the city?

• Steel and Elevator Improvements
• Public transportation like trolleys from the Suburbs to the City
• Electricity
• The working conditions in most factory jobs.

Which party was for tariffs, the party of the big bad business boy and banks, and wanted the gold standard?

• Republicans
• Democrats
• Populists
• Socialists

Which party was the party of segregation, had the support of white southerners and Irish/Catholic immigrants, and famously controlled the Tammany Hall political machine in New York city?

• Republicans
• Democrats
• Populists
• Socialists

What term is NOT an example of corruption in politics?

• Spoils System / Patronage
• Stalwarts
• Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
• Compromise of 1877

What limited the amount of currency in the economy by backing money with something valuable?

• Gold Standard / Hard Money
• Free Silver
• Tariff
• Bank Loans

Which black leader of the late 1800's suggested that the best way to advance socially, politically, and economically was to gain education in the trades, gain capital (wealth), and slowly earn the respect of whites and gain equality over time - not immediately.

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• W.E.B. Dubois
• Booker T. Washington
• Stokely Carmichael

What term/idea of W.E.B. Dubois promoted the ideal of enlightened and educated blacks leading other blacks in a struggle for imminent (near immediate) civil rights and equality?

• Talented Tenth
• Industrial / Technical Training
• Majority Rules
• Bourgeoisie