STAAR Review US History Gilded Age

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Automobile

• Airplane

• Telephone

• Transcontinental Railroad

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the:

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.

• labor union activism in urban areas.

• the overproduction of consumer goods.

• the growth of political machines.

During the Gilded Age, people moved from _____ areas to ______ areas.

• Urban, rural

• Western, eastern

• Eastern, western

• Rural, urban

He was a Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in steel; known for the Gospel of Wealth.

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

Government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming.

• Pendleton Act 1892

• Custer's Last Stand 1876

• Dawes Act 1887

• Homestead Act 1882

Who made their fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil?

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

What are businessmen who are known for their positive contribution to the modern industrial economy called?

• Robber Barons

• Entrepreneurs

• Leaders

• Captains of Industry

This was designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated competition.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Labor Unions

• Monopoly

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the US?

• By raising the consumer price of agricultural products

• By increasing the variety of locally grown crops

• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets

• By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives