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Gilded Age Vocabulary

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is socialism?

a)

sharing wealth

b)

helping other people

c)

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

d)

An economic where private owners make the profit

2.

What's anarchism?

a)

state owns and controls all industries

b)

temporary suspension of government

c)

political turmoil

d)

belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

3.

What's urbanization?

a)

the process of making an area more urban- growth of cities

b)

cities getting smaller

c)

suburbs growing

d)

city life

4.

What's industrialization?

a)

Working in a factory

b)

the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

c)

people going on strike

d)

process of cities getting larger

5.

What's a labor union?

a)

A group of people that lobby for their professional interests

b)

A group of people who have the same profession

c)

Working by yourself

d)

an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.

6.

An assembly line is...

a)

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

b)

Factories

c)

movable parts

7.

Capitalism is...

a)

An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

b)

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

c)

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

8.

laissez faire means...

a)

government regulating industries

b)

abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the a capitalist system

9.

What's the proletariat?

a)

The upper class people who own major industries

b)

workers or working-class people, regarded collectively

10.

What's a strike?

a)

Walking off the job

b)

people refusing to buy from a certain company

c)

a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain rights or benefits from their employer.

d)

not working because you don't want to

11.

What's a textile?

a)

A type of woven cloth or fabric

b)

pieces of wood

c)

pieces of plastic

12.

What is a robber baron?

a)

a person who has become rich through ruthless and poor business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century).

b)

a rich person

c)

someone in the government

d)

someone who robs banks to get money

13.

Wealth inequality is...

a)

someone people having more money than others

b)

Poor people staying poor

c)

Huge gap between the rich and the poor- the rich are very rich and the poor are very poor

14.

Social Darwinism is...

a)

the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.

b)

is a true theory

c)

evolution of species

15.

Populism is...

a)

politicians who are popular

b)

a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are ignored by established elite groups.

c)

having beliefs that are popular

16.

What's the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) ?

a)

a member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our communities. IWW members are organizing to win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow.

b)

a union for people who work in factories only

c)

A union that was popular in the Gilded Age but no longer exists

17.

What does the phrase "political machine" refer to?

a)

a voting machine for elections

b)

robber barons controlling politics

c)

in U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state.

18.

what's a monopoly?

a)

Several companies competing in a capitalist economy.

b)

the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

c)

a silly board game

d)

a fun board game

19.

The Sherman Anti-Trust act was trying to prevent...

a)

competition

b)

trust

c)

monopolies

20.

What's dehumanization?

a)

the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities.

b)

not being human

c)

treating people well

21.

What is a muckraker?

a)

A person who is trying to make someone look bad by publishing stories about individuals in the press

b)

a person who rakes muck for a living

c)

A person who intentionally seeks out and publishes the misdeeds, such as criminal acts or corruption, of a public individual for profit or gain. Sometimes this information is linked to powerful businessmen. Muckraker is often applied specifically to journalists.

22.

What is exploitation?

a)

treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

b)

treating people nicely

23.

What is racism?

a)

process of segregating races

b)

When a person is not nice to a person from another race

c)

racism is institutional systemic policies, practices and economic and political structures which place minority racial and ethnic groups at a disadvantage in relation to an institution's racial or ethnic majority.

d)

same thing as prejudice