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Gilded Age Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created "Horizontal Integration"

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Robert Barron

2.

Most immigrants settled where?

a)

Towns

b)

North Dakota

c)

Texas

d)

Cities

3.

Which of these was not an urbanization problem?

a)

Water

b)

Sanitation

c)

Wildlife

d)

Crime

4.

What emerged from Political Corruption

a)

Political Robots

b)

Political Machines

c)

Political Factories

d)

Government Jobs

5.

What is the name of the scandal run by William M. Tweed

a)

The Tweed Ring Scandal

b)

The Scandal of William M. Tweed

c)

The Tweed Round Scandal

d)

The William M. Tweed Scandal

6.

What was the main issue with Patronage?

a)

the govt. employee was himself incompitent

b)

many were unqualified for the given job

c)

the job was given to too many women

d)

republicans held the majority

7.

Who did standardized oil?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

Andrew Carnegie

8.

Who did steel

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

William M. Tweed

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

George Grenville

9.

Who did transportation?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

William M. Tweed

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

10.

Who did banking?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

11.

What is the basis of Social Darwinism

a)

"Survival of the fittest"-only the richest have power, the poor get weeded out

b)

"Survival of the fittest"-only the poor have the power, the rich are weeded out

c)

"Survival of the fittest"-only the athletes survive

12.

Who came up with the name "The Gilded Age"

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Mark Twain

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

J.P. Morgan

13.

Which of the following is not a key concept of the Gilded Age?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Immigration

c)

Innovation

d)

Urbanization

14.

When did the U.S. a huge portion of global migration?

a)

1870-1880

b)

1850-1860

c)

1860-1900

d)

1840-1870

15.

Of the following, which of these is not a "push factor"?

a)

desire to get rich

b)

crop failure

c)

job shortage

d)

rising taxes

16.

Of the following, which of these is not a "pull factor"?

a)

political instability

b)

desire to get rich

c)

hopes for freedom

d)

no forced military

17.

When did Polish, Russian, Greek, and Italian immigrants come to America?

a)

before 1880

b)

during 1880

c)

after 1880

d)

during 1900's

18.

When did the English, Scottish, Irish, German, and other Northern and Western Europeans come to America?

a)

after 1880

b)

before 1880

c)

during 1880

d)

during 1900's

19.

What is "The Gospel Truth"?

a)

once personal needs are met, excessive wealth is used for public good

b)

lies must never be told in church

c)

something that someone is willing to attest to the bible

d)

once personal needs are met, excessive wealth is used for ones own personal gain

20.

Of the following, what did Robber Barrons not do?

a)

stifle all competition

b)

mistreat employees

c)

create jobs

d)

drain natural resources

21.

When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

a)

1900

b)

1890

c)

1869

d)

1870

22.

What did railroads do?

a)

link together towns in every state

b)

link together cities in every state

c)

inspire Henry Ford to make a Model T

d)

increase the amount of time it took to get from one state to another

23.

How many miles of tracks were there in America by 1900?

a)

194,000

b)

193,000

c)

100,000

d)

195,000

24.

Which of these immigrants did not work on farms

a)

Chinese

b)

Europeans

c)

Japanese

d)

Japanese

25.

What does industrialization mean?

a)

a period of social and economic change that transforms a country from an agrarian society into an industrial society

b)

a period of social and economic change that transforms a country from an industrial society into an agrarian society

c)

a period of change that turns a state into a country

d)

a period of change that turns a country into a nation

26.

When did the Japanese migrate to America?

a)

2018

b)

1920

c)

1995

d)

1926

27.

How long was The Gilded Age?

a)

1845-1850

b)

1700-2017

c)

1870-1900

d)

1755-1800

28.

Which of these immigrants came to America to work?

a)

Islands (Cuba, Jamaica, etc.)

b)

Japanese

c)

Irish

d)

African