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WorksheetsTopic 2: Gilded Age/2nd Industrial Rev.
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
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1.
"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, at the discretion of the court.—Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890
Which of the following best represents an illegal action under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
Which of the following best represents an illegal action under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
organizing a widespread labor strike
b)
hiring laborers for long hours and low wages
c)
selling shares of a business with little financial security
d)
creating a large business that aims to eliminate market competition
2.
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices
a)
monopoly
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
concentration of wealth
3.
Robber Barons used this theory to justify their actions in business
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
conspicuous consumption
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
nativism
4.
He created the company known as Standard Oil
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
Due to the corruption of the railroads companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Transcontinental Act
d)
Laizzez Faire Act
10.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages?
a)
Nativists
b)
Miners
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Labor Leaders
11.
In the late 1800's, what was the the government response to massive amounts of Chinese Immigration to the United States?
a)
Rounding them up and putting them in concentration camps
b)
Shipping them back to Asia
c)
Signing the Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Sent the Chinese immigrants to Native American reservations
12.
The US Government kept its hands out of private business during the Gilded Age, this practice is also known as ______________.
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Big-Big-Big Fresno Fair
d)
Dictatorship
13.
“The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center…. The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater the city, the greater are the riches of the rich and poverty of the poor.”—Josiah Strong, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, 1885
Based on this text, Strong feels that cities are characterized by their
Based on this text, Strong feels that cities are characterized by their
a)
inequality.
b)
opportunity.
c)
poverty.
d)
technology.
14.
Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
a)
Galveston
b)
Long
c)
Ellis
d)
Angel
15.
What is the name for the trend of people moving from working on farms to factories?
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
assimilation
d)
Americanization
16.
The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by the federal government to –
a)
regulate aspects of business
b)
expand the positive features of the trusts
c)
favor big businesses over small companies
d)
move toward government ownership of key industries
17.
The men standing on a dock facing the man coming onshore represent
a)
nativists.
b)
immigrants.
c)
business interests.
d)
immigration officials
18.
How did many large cities in the late 1800s deal with the growing problem of crime?
a)
City planners installed emergency call boxes on most street corners.
b)
City officials instituted a strict curfew for all citizens, even factory workers.
c)
Many professional, uniformed police officers were put on patrol in neighborhoods.
d)
Law enforcement agencies attempted to work with street gangs in hopes of pitting them against one another
19.
“Ten dollars a week was to him a fortune. . . . Indeed, he would have been glad, only the day before, to get a place at three dollars a week. . . . Then he was to be advanced if he deserved it. It was indeed a bright prospect for a boy who, only a year before, could neither read nor write. . . . Dick’s great ambition to “grow up ‘spectable” seemed likely to be accomplished after all.”—Horatio Alger, 1868
The works of Horatio Alger promoted the idea that--
The works of Horatio Alger promoted the idea that--
a)
a. life in the cities was preferable to rural life
b)
b. workers were being exploited by industrialists
c)
anyone could become successful with hard work
d)
children in the workforce deserved better treatment
20.
The political cartoon is a criticism of which practice in the 19th century?
a)
vertical integration
b)
monopolization
c)
industrialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
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