Understanding the Gilded and Progressive Eras

What was the Gilded Age known for?

• A time of peace and prosperity

• A period of conflict and corruption despite appearing prosperous

• The era of the American Revolution

• The time when America was first discovered

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1877?

• It started the Civil War

• It ended Reconstruction in the South

• It granted women the right to vote

• It established the Federal Reserve

What was the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?

• It ended segregation in schools

• It upheld segregation under "separate but equal" doctrine

• It granted voting rights to women

• It abolished child labor

Who was known for the "Gospel of Wealth" philosophy?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What was the main goal of labor unions during the Gilded Age?

• To promote Social Darwinism

• To organize workers to protest conditions and improve labor rights

• To support the Gospel of Wealth

• To encourage urbanization

What was the purpose of the Pendleton Act?

• To regulate interstate commerce

• To require government jobs to be given based on qualifications

• To establish the Federal Reserve

• To end the spoils system

Which event marked the last significant resistance of Native Americans during the Plains Indians Wars?

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

What was the main focus of the Progressive Era?

• To expand the American frontier

• To reform society through government intervention

• To promote laissez-faire economics

• To support imperialism

Who was a prominent muckraker known for exposing the conditions of the urban poor?

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens