8th Grade Fall Midterm 1

What is the Gilded Age?

• A period from the 1870s to about 1900 with underlying serious problems

• A time of peace and prosperity in the 1800s

• An era of technological advancement in the 1900s

• A period of war and conflict in the early 1900s

What was the purpose of the Civil Service Commission?

• To maintain the spoils system

• To eliminate the spoils system and appoint federal jobs based on examinations

• To increase taxes for government employees

• To privatize federal government jobs

What was Ellis Island known for?

• A famous shopping center

• A New York port of entry for European immigrants

• A historic battlefield

• A popular tourist attraction

When was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?

• 1882

• 1892

• 1902

• 1912

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibit?

• Chinese students from studying in the U.S.

• Chinese workers from entering the U.S.

• Chinese goods from being imported to the U.S.

• Chinese tourists from visiting the U.S.

Until what year was the Chinese Exclusion Act continuously extended?

• 1923

• 1933

• 1943

• 1953

Which railroad company built the first transcontinental railroad westward starting from Omaha, Nebraska?

• Central Pacific

• Union Pacific

• Southern Pacific

• Northern Pacific

What group of workers did the Union Pacific railroad company primarily use?

• Chinese workers

• Mexican workers

• Irish workers and Civil War veterans

• Italian workers

Which railroad company built the first transcontinental railroad eastward from Sacramento, California?

• Union Pacific

• Central Pacific

• Northern Pacific

• Southern Pacific

What group of laborers did the Central Pacific primarily use to build the railroad?

• Irish laborers

• Mexican laborers

• Chinese laborers

• African American laborers