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WorksheetsStandard 16 Gilded Age
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
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Class
Date
1.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
2.
in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.
a)
Nativist Act
b)
Mexican Reparition Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
3.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
4.
Under this policy in 1887, the Government gave Native Americans land in order to farm land, just like European farmers.
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Ghost Dance
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Laws Act
5.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
autombils
d)
horse drawn carriages
6.
In what area did the government give land to settlers to farm and expand west in the Homestead Act?
a)
Texas
b)
East Coast
c)
Great Plains
d)
Rocky Mountains
7.
Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?
a)
Rural farms
b)
Urbanzied cities
c)
Subrebs cities
d)
El rancho
8.
When was the Gilded Age?
a)
1870-1900
b)
1820-1860
c)
1900-1920
d)
1865-1877
9.
The Farmer's Alliance and the Grange, both founded during the Gilded Age, stood for additional government regulation of trade and creating the conditions for more political power and economic well being for farmers (as compared to industrialists). What 1890s group was founded, supporting these ideas, and attacking the Gold Standard?
a)
Progressives
b)
Free Soil Party
c)
IWW
d)
Populists
10.
Congressional action taken in 1890, during the Gilded Age, that made "contracts, conspiracies, and combinations" that restrained free trade illegal. This was done to stop the abusiv practices of organized trusts in oil, sugar, tobacco...
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Celler-Kefauver Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Interstate Commerce Act
11.
William Graham Sumner was a popular researcher and writer during the Gilded Age. He believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because, "...a drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be..." That is, Sumner believed that we all had a certin station or place that was rodained and could not be changed. This Gilded Age philosophy was called which of the following?
a)
Evolution
b)
Monetary Policy
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Welfare Capitalism
12.
Described as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the term "Gilded Age" was coined by what writer?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Mark Twian
d)
Henry George
13.
What is a Laissez-Faire economy?
a)
An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
b)
An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
c)
An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
d)
An economy that is controlled by another country
14.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
15.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
16.
The tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop AFL into largest labor union in US?
a)
Allowing women and minorities to join
b)
Signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant laborers
c)
Lobbying Congress to pass laws limited activities of rival unions
d)
Concentrating on higher wages and better working conditions
17.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
18.
Construction of Central Pacific Railroad relied largely on who?
a)
Chinese
b)
German
c)
Irish
d)
Mexican
19.
Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
20.
Which of the following men became rich & powerful as a finance capitalist who exerted influence over a number of different types of humans?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
JOhn Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
JP Morgan
21.
Which tycoon made steel into one of the nation´s biggest industries?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
22.
Which action represents major change in US policy toward American Indians after Civil War?
a)
Relocation to distant territories
b)
Apportionment of tribal property to private individuals
c)
Peace negotiations with hostile tribes
d)
Grants of conditional citizenship
23.
The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century?
a)
vertical integration
b)
monopolization
c)
industrialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
24.
Event depicted?
a)
Pullman Palace Car disaster
b)
Haymarket Square catastrophe
c)
Coeur d'Alene strike
d)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy
25.
Fact most significant in development of labor unions during nineteenth century?
a)
Working conditions
b)
Racial segregation
c)
Class discrimination
d)
Growing prosperity
26.
How did vertical integration benefit companies such as Carnegie Steel?
a)
Allowed labor unions to participate in decision-making
b)
Controlled production and distribution processes
c)
Invested in health and education of employees
d)
Included local politicians on boards of directors
27.
How did KoL differ from AFL?
a)
KoL advocated strikes as tactic
b)
KoL opened membership to women, blacks, and ethnic minorities
c)
KoL developed stronger relationships with policymakers at federal level
d)
KoL focused on working conditions and workplace safety instead wages and benefits
28.
Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo shared what common experience?
a)
Beneficiaries of peace treaties with US government
b)
Resisted efforts to displace their peoples from traditional homelands
c)
Popular figures in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
d)
Opposed tactics of Apache and Cheyenne
29.
The Farmer's Alliance and the Grange, both founded during the Gilded Age, stood for additional government regulation of trade and creating the conditions for more political power and economic well being for farmers (as compared to industrialists). What 1890s group was founded, supporting these ideas, and attacking the Gold Standard?
a)
Progressives
b)
Free Soil Party
c)
IWW
d)
Populists
30.
The theory used by the wealthy to justify their wealth and treatment of the poor.
a)
Darwinism
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Selectionism
d)
Social Darwinism
31.
If one regards the industrialists as "Robber Barons," they would argue all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
They amassed great wealth at the expense of their workers
b)
They engaged in scrupulous activities such as cut-throat competition
c)
They sought to create monopolies in their respective industries.
d)
They contributed great fortunes to philanthropic interests
32.
The Gilded Age described the period because:
a)
The US was on a Gold Standard as of 1873
b)
There were grave problems behind the seeming opulence of the era
c)
It was a period of growth and intensive manual labor
d)
It resulted in only benefits for the nation
33.
Members of which group most likely to belong to Populist Party?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Farmers
c)
Industrialists
d)
Immigrants
34.
Which of the following describes the most important reason that Americans settled in the West?
a)
they went because they loved freedom
b)
they went because they wanted to extend slavery
c)
they went because they were seeking economic opportunity and a better life
d)
they went because they wanted to spread Christianity
35.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, in which General Custer and his men were killed, resulted in
a)
more U.S. military attacks to drive out the Plains Indians.
b)
more whites entering the sacred Black Hills.
c)
Custer insulting the Sioux chief.
d)
the Sioux being confined a reservation in Dakota territory.
36.
__________________ refers to the belief that Native Americans should give up their way of life to become part of “white” culture.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
assimilation
c)
populism
d)
cultural separation
37.
Which statement best explains what the Dawes Act did?
a)
a. it took tribal lands from Native Americans, cut them into family-sized parcels, and sold leftover land to whites
b)
a. it put bounties on buffalo, with the goal of starving the Native Americans
c)
a. it gave free land to white settlers
d)
it allowed the railroads to build on private land
38.
The Dawes Act proved most beneficial for
a)
Native Americans
b)
African Americans
c)
White settlers
d)
neither Native Americans nor white settlers
39.
How did the expansion of railroads affect the settlement of the West?
a)
it encouraged people to remain in the East
b)
it make it possible for farmers and ranchers to send their produce back to larger markets in the East
c)
it ultimately had no real effect on settlement
d)
it allowed Native Americans to keep their homeland
40.
How did barbed wire affect western settlements?
a)
it enabled settlers to put up barriers so that buffalo could be penned in and slaughtered
b)
it helped ranchers mark land barriers and kept cattle from wandering off and trampling crops
c)
by enclosing the open range, barbed wire halted the expansion of the railroads
d)
it allowed farmers to protect their homes from wolves and other predators
41.
What state was home to the most cattle in the US during the latter part of the 19th century?
a)
Illinois
b)
Iowa
c)
Arkansas
d)
Texas
42.
What did the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 provide?
a)
It recognized Native American tribes as independent nations.
b)
It presented land to individual Native American tribes.
c)
It improved conditions on reservations.
d)
It granted each Native American family a 160-acres farmstead.
43.
Which of the following factors contributed to the demise of the open-range system?
a)
The use of sod for houses
b)
The invention of barbed wire
c)
The development of railroads
d)
The disappearance of big mining companies
44.
The Populist Party supported which goals?
a)
Immigration reform and gold standard
b)
Coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads
c)
Lower crop prices and higher tariffs
d)
Unregulated banks and higher grain storage fees
45.
Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they had lived on it for five years?
a)
the Homestead Act
b)
the Morrill Land Grant Act
c)
the Indian Removal Act
d)
the Dawes Act
46.
How did the expansion of railroads affect the United States?
a)
It made it easier and cheaper to move products
b)
It increased in the price of steel
c)
It slowed trade between the states
d)
It helped Native Americans keep their land
47.
According to the Dawes Act, what did Congress believe about Native Americans?
a)
American Indians should live like white people.
b)
American Indians should to be able to control their own reservations.
c)
Traditional Indian culture should be celebrated.
d)
Traditional land use like hunting should be improved with new technology.
48.
Why did Plains Indians fight against moving to reservations?
a)
Pioneers’ trails crossed over the reservations.
b)
They would no longer be able to hunt and live the traditional way.
c)
The reservations had to host different tribes.
d)
The reservations were too far from water.
49.
Why did the US government make reservations for the Plains Indians?
a)
stop fighting between warring tribes
b)
protect their unique culture
c)
take advantage of their hunting skills
d)
use their land for mining and ranching
50.
How did the transcontinental railroad affect the West?
a)
More people moved west.
b)
It was easier to move people and goods.
c)
Miners, ranchers, loggers, and farmers could make more money.
d)
All are true.
51.
What was the main activity of a cowboy?
a)
managing his own ranch
b)
breeding horses to sell at auctions
c)
fighting outlaws in cattle towns
d)
driving cattle to the plains for grazing
52.
Why might some people use the term "Robber Barons" to describe business leaders like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan?
a)
They helped build America during the Industrial Age.
b)
They used unfair business practices and did not treat workers well.
c)
They believed in giving away money to charity.
d)
They believed only the strong should survive.
53.
Unsafe and unfair working conditions in the late 1800s happened because of the
a)
the government tried to stop monopolies
b)
businesses could not find enough workers.
c)
corporations wanted high profits above all else.
d)
immigrants were not careful at work
54.
What was the transcontinental railroad meant to connect?
a)
the southern United States to the North
b)
the eastern United States to the West
c)
Canada to the southern United States
d)
Canada to Mexico and Central America
55.
How did Henry Bessemer's process for making steel affect the US?
a)
Cheap steel built railroads, skyscrapers, and eventually cars.
b)
More expensive steel meant copper was the metal of choice.
c)
He proved that steel could not be made any quicker or more cheaply.
d)
He developed a way to make steel without polluting the air.
56.
What was the most important activity for the Plains Indians?
a)
trapping beaver
b)
gathering roots
c)
breeding horses
d)
hunting buffalo
57.
How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?
a)
the amount of bison did not change
b)
the amount of bison decreased
c)
the amount of bison increased
d)
bison migrated east
58.
What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?
a)
the railroads helped the NA move east
b)
Native Americans got jobs on the railroads
c)
the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supple and resources
d)
the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had
59.
Why was the buffalo important to many groups?
a)
Native Americans disliked cattle.
b)
They used buffalo for food, clothing, tools and shelter.
c)
Buffalo fought off the settlers for the Native Americans.
d)
Native Americans worshiped buffalo.
60.
Great Plains 1903
Which factors contributed to the changes shown in this image?
Which factors contributed to the changes shown in this image?
a)
Extension of railroads and dry farming techniques
b)
Construction of aqueducts and interstate highways
c)
Discovery of precious metals and spread of factories
d)
Frequent droughts and dust storms
61.
The passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, led to
a)
increased agricultural output
b)
increased tensions between the United States and Canada
c)
decreased European immigration to the United States
d)
fewer job opportunities in eastern factories
62.
Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?
a)
Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction
b)
Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading
c)
Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants
d)
Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies
63.
This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States beginning to change from —
a)
a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one
b)
a slave-owning society to one without slavery
c)
a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism
d)
a direct democracy to a representative one
64.
Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?
a)
Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
b)
Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
c)
Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
d)
Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast
65.
The expansion of American settlement to the Great Plains most likely caused
a)
the near extinction of millions of buffalo
b)
the destruction of thousands of acres of forests
c)
the draining of marshlands and swamps
d)
the construction of a network of canals to ship crops
66.
The discoveries shown on this map impacted the areas by-
a)
enriching the American Indians living in these locations
b)
forcing farmers to leave those areas where minerals were discovered
c)
causing manufacturing centers to move further west.
d)
attracting large numbers of settlers to these areas
67.
Economically, the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad contributed to the closing of the frontier by –
a)
eliminating British claims to the region
b)
making it easier for settlers to ship their goods
c)
forcing Native American tribes to move to reservations
d)
leading to the discovery of precious metals
68.
What was the outcome of many American farmers trying to resolve their economic problem in the 1890s?
a)
They joined the Populist Party
b)
They staged non-violent protests against the government
c)
They supported government aid to railroads
d)
They asked Congress to end agricultural subsidies
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