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WorksheetsReconstruction and Industrialism 2017
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
2.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
3.
This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
4.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
5.
This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
6.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
7.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
8.
Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Great Plains Act
d)
Homestead Act
9.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
10.
Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Goods were transported across country
b)
Travel across the country was possible
c)
Populations in the west increased
d)
Railroad reduced the size of the US
11.
Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?
a)
Opportunity
b)
Oppression
c)
Cultural ties
d)
Freedom
12.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
a)
Educated professionals
b)
skilled workers
c)
Factory/sweatshop workers
d)
Scientists
13.
In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?
a)
Chinese immigrants took jobs
b)
Nativist & racial hate
c)
Chinese immigrants were moving east
d)
Chinese workers took lower pay
14.
Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
a)
Galveston
b)
Long
c)
Ellis
d)
Angel
15.
Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
JP Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
16.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
17.
Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
William Tweed
18.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
19.
Which is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?
a)
Control all of a product's production
b)
business competition
c)
rise prices
d)
put all competition out of business
20.
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices
a)
monopoly
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
concentration of wealth
21.
What was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Social Darwinist
c)
Socialist
d)
Fundamentalist
22.
What was an entity that runs several companies as one large corporation? (Standard Oil)
a)
Trust
b)
Merger
c)
Corporation
d)
Monopoly
23.
He created the company known as Standard Oil
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
24.
The law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard Oil
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
25.
The leader of the union known as the American Federation of Labor
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Terrence Powderly
c)
John P. Morgan
d)
Henry Bessemer
26.
Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Robber Baron
c)
Philanthropist
d)
Consolidator
27.
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
28.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
autombils
d)
horse drawn carriages
29.
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
30.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
31.
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
32.
Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —
a)
requiring vocational training programs for children
b)
employing children as a source of cheap labor
c)
seeking government regulation of child labor
d)
providing safe working conditions for child laborers
33.
I used an assembly line to make the car affordable to all
a)
Henry Ford
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
34.
When a company owns an entire industry it is called a what?
a)
Trust
b)
Monopoly
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Democracy
35.
Samuel Gompers was the Founder and President of the _______________.
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
Homestead Union
c)
Pullman Union
d)
American Federation of Labor
36.
Robber Barons used this theory to justify their actions in business
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
conspicuous consumption
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
nativism
37.
The labor union that only accepted skilled workers who were difficult to replace during strikes.
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
American Federation of Labor
c)
World Wide Federation of Labor
d)
Nights and Days of Labor
38.
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
39.
The Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.
a)
steel
b)
automobiles
c)
gasoline
d)
cloth
40.
Ford is associated with the....
a)
assembly line
b)
automobile
c)
all of the above
d)
none of the above
41.
Carnegie is associated with...
a)
steel
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
water
42.
Rockefeller is known for...
a)
standard oil
b)
sub-par oil
c)
stark industries
d)
rockefeller university
43.
J. P. Morgan is associated with...
a)
cat nip
b)
kitty litter
c)
banking/financing
d)
oil
44.
The Pendleton Civil Service Act replaced the...
a)
oil system
b)
Spoils system
c)
merit system
d)
Obamacare
45.
The term Gilded Age can be summed up by which phrase?
a)
all that glitters is not gold
b)
all that glitters is gold
c)
all that is shiny is pretty
d)
all that is pretty is worth a lot
46.
Laissez-faire means..
a)
gov't stays out of business
b)
gov't gets involved in business
c)
gov't regulates everything
d)
capitalism
47.
Social Darwinism is...
a)
everyone is equal
b)
survival of the fittest in a business/economic sense
c)
practiced by the US gov't
d)
outlawed
48.
Ellis Island is in...
a)
PA
b)
CA
c)
NC
d)
NY
49.
Angel Island is in...
a)
PA
b)
NC
c)
NY
d)
CA
50.
Gilded Age = ?
a)
prosperity
b)
corruption
c)
money
d)
poverty
51.
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
52.
During the 19th and early 20th century, These men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during election?
a)
political parties
b)
El Chapo
c)
political bosses
d)
republican party
53.
Haymarket, Homestead, and Pullman were
a)
wealthy industrialists of the late 1800s
b)
leaders of labor unions
c)
notorious industrial strikes
d)
horizontally consolidated companies
54.
Samuel Gompers focused the American Federation of Labor on
a)
Skilled workers
b)
African Americans
c)
Unskilled workers
d)
Railroad workers
55.
Believed in giving his money back under his 'Gospel of Welath" policy
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John Rockefeller
c)
Eugene Debs
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
56.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
57.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
58.
What is a homestead?
a)
frontier land claimed by a settler
b)
a steady home for soldiers
c)
a term used by many African Americans
d)
A name given to the first settlers to farm the Great Plains
59.
A term used by many African American settlers on the Great Plains to describe themselves is called...
a)
homestead
b)
Sodbuster
c)
Exodusters
d)
black code
60.
A long period when almost no rain falls and crops cannot grow properly is called...
a)
dry days
b)
drought
c)
wetland
d)
desert
61.
What did settlers do to bring more water to the Great Plains?
a)
They went around and asked other settlers who had water
b)
They went to the Gods and prayed for rain and it came
c)
Farmers who lived near streams carried water to their crops, some dug wells and pumped water by hand, some built windmills to pump water
62.
Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?
a)
Union Leaders
b)
Philanthropists
c)
Nativists
d)
Political Bosses
63.
How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?
a)
Machines needed to be repaired less frequently
b)
Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.
c)
Businesses needed to hire skilled workers.
d)
Factories could extend working hours.
64.
Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?
a)
The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest
b)
The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest
c)
The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants
d)
The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants
65.
The photo demonstrates one of the problems with
a)
overcrowding urban tenements.
b)
labor union activism in urban areas.
c)
the overproduction of consumer goods.
d)
the growth of political machines.
66.
The majority of urban centers in 1900 were located
a)
along the Gulf Coast.
b)
in the agricultural south.
c)
in the industrial north.
d)
on the Pacific Coast.
67.
"New Immigrants" came from
a)
Northern and Western Europe
b)
Canada and Latin America
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
China and Southeast Asia
68.
The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
a)
Jay Gould
b)
Henry Bessemer
c)
J P Morgan
d)
Thomas Edison
69.
The "Gospel Of Wealth" endorsed by Andrew Carnegie
a)
asserted that the wealthy should spend and invest their money in any way they felt was best
b)
held that the wealthy should display moral responsibility in the use of their God given money
c)
stimulated efforts to help minorities
d)
was opposed by most late nineteenth century clergymen
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