Gilded Age Quiz

What was the Klondike Gold Rush?

• A migration of prospectors to the Yukon region in the late 1800s after gold was discovered.

• A migration of settlers to the western United States in the 1800s.

• A movement of people to California in search of gold.

• A rush of people to the eastern United States for farming.

The Homestead Act, passed in 1862, gave ______ acres of land to any settler who would farm the land for five years.

• 160

• 80

• 320

• 640

What was the significance of the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• It upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

• It declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It granted women the right to vote.

What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act address?

• It corrected deficiencies of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, defined unethical business practices such as monopolies, and upheld various rights of labor.

• It was a law that established the Federal Reserve System.

• It was a law that imposed tariffs on imported goods.

• It was a law that provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.

What is the term for favoring native-born Americans over immigrants?

• Nativism

• Immigration

• Globalism

• Multiculturalism

What was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic group?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Act of 1924

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Naturalization Act of 1790

What is the Bessemer Process?

• A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.

• A method for extracting aluminum from bauxite ore.

• A process for refining crude oil into gasoline.

• A technique for producing synthetic rubber from natural latex.

Who was Thomas Edison?

• Inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Examples: the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

• A famous chef known for his culinary innovations.

• A renowned painter famous for his abstract art.

• A celebrated author known for his science fiction novels.

Fill in the blank: This was completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah. It opened up the American West to more rapid development.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Oregon Trail

• California Gold Rush

• Louisiana Purchase

Fill in the blank: The belief that only the fittest survive in human, political, and economic struggles.

• Social Darwinism

• Natural Selection

• Communism

• Capitalism