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WorksheetsUnit 2 Test-Gilded Age
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Which of the following inventions was not an improvement on US infrastructure during the late 1800s
Telegraph
Cotton Gin
Telephone
Electric Light Bulb
Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic development, industrial growth, migration of people during the years after the Civil War?
Canals
Railroads
Airplanes
Telephones
-Escape from religious persecution
-Hope for freedom and equality
-Hope for better economic conditions
-Escape from political turmoil and war
Based on the bullets above, what was the most likely topic of discussion?
Goals of US Naturalization policies
Objectives of the Second Great Awakening
Reasons for immigrating to the United States
Principles of the Sons of Liberty
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie's steel company are examples of
government privatization of essential resources
the public benefiting from business leaders that reformed domestic industries
the rise of trusts and monopolies
the impact of labor leaders on government
His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Gompers
During the late 1800s, the US steel and oil industries directly benefitted from the construction of
The Trans-Continental Railroad
The Erie Canal
The Panama Canal
Interstate Highways
Use the quote to answer the following question:
"While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department.
We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of the few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race."
Source: Wealth and its Uses
Which of the following would have supported the quote above?
Union leaders such as Samuel Gompers and Eugene V. Debs
Business owners such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
Progressives such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the economy, politics, and culture of the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Immigrants from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe
Immigrants from South Africa and Asia
Immigrants from Canada and Mexico
Immigrants from Western and Northern Europe
Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer above?
Alcatraz Island and Liberty Island
Ellis Island and Angel Island
Stanton Island and Jekyll Island
Long Island and Manhattan Island
What was the result of Plains Indians resistance to westward expansion by the United States Government?
The Plains Indians maintained control of their traditional lands
The Plains Indians benefited economically from government policy
The Plains Indians became farmers and small business owners
The Plains Indians were forced to live on reservations
During the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which of the following groups provided the labor needed to build the railroad?
Native Americans
Immigrants
Socialists
Progressives
Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?
THe passage of laws restricting immigration to the United States
A decline in efforts to AMericanize immigrants
The weakening of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor
The lack of laws protecting the poor, children, homeless, etc.
-The Lynchburg, Virginia Tobacco Workers Strike
-The Union Pacific Railroad Strike
-The Pullman Strike
Based on the list above, what would me the most likely topic of discussion?
Tactics of anti-immigration groups such as the KKK and the Know Nothings
Tactics of Civil Rights groups such as the NAACP, CORE, and SNCC
Tactics of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Tactics of socialist groups such as the Democratic Socialist Party of America
Two of the Major goals of developing inspections stations at Ellis Island and Angel Island was to
Teach immigrants the English Language
Process and isolate immigrants from the American population
Provided free child care and education to immigrants
Insure political and cultural safety in America
The principal message of the political cartoon is that Standard Oil Company...
uses its size to lower the proces of its products
protected the nation from foreign competition
used its economic power to influence government decisions
employed violence to gain an unfair advantage
"He was a ruthless rascal! His trust crushed many man's dreams while it filled his pockets with money. His determination to 'pay no man a profit' made him the baron of America's oil market"
The above quote is referring to
Theodore Roosevelt
Huey Long
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
"It is only right that those workers who are oppressed by their employers, who toil under harsh and dangerous conditions for too little pay and too long of hours, unite together to demand what is just. If we must strike, then we strike. If we must resort to boycotts, then boycotts we shall initiate. We are ready to bargain collectively for just working conditions, but we will not be intimidated."
A supporter of the above quote would most likely be a member of which of the following groups?
American Federation of Labor
Sons of Liberty
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congress for Racial Equality
Work stoppages and strikes were used by labor unions to
support for nativity calling for limitations on labor unions
protest against acts of police brutality
influence businesses to provide better working conditions for employees
support for police actions against foreign revolutionaries
Which statement BEST explains the data in the table above?
Native American railroad laborers died from diseases and unsafe working conditions
Big business purchased lands from Native American peoples for railroad expansion
Native Americans migrated eastward on the railroads and assimilated into US society
Growth of the railroad system led to an increase in conflicts with Native Americans
-Barbed Wire
-The Steel Plow
-Mechanical Reaper
The above list is most likely a discussion on
Technological advancements in the field of construction during the early 1900s
Farming and ranching innovations of the late 1800s
Machines developed to build trenches during World War I
Instruments used to construct the Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese and Irish immigrants played a major role in the
Opening of Ellis Island
Construction of western railroads
Rapid growth of northern cities
Organized labor movement
Taking the above map into consideration, what was built between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sacramento, California?
The Erie Canal
The Transcontinental Railroad
The country's first paved highway
A series of toll roads to raise money for the states is went through
What group of Americans eventually formed the bulk of the Populist party/movement?
Cowboys
Industrialists
Western farmers
The Urban Poor
What two inventions made business in America more efficient?
Telephone
Steel
Light Bulb
A and C
B and C
What famous American controlled the banking and finance industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Mellon
J.P. Morgan
Standard Oil was an example of a ________________________ monopoly
Horizontally integrated
Vertically integrated
Laterally Integrated
Conditionally integrated
Who founded U.S. Steel
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Mellon
JP Morgan
What type of living conditions are shown in the above picture?
Slum
Tenement
Unsafe
Crowded
What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart above?
availability of cheap farmland
increased industrialization
end of restrictions on immigration
completion of the interstate highway system
Which statement was MOST LIKELY the reason for passing the act?
The cities on the West Coast could not keep up with the growing population rate
American workers on the West Coast saw the Chinese as competitors for their jobs
Immigration was restricted from Asia because of an oversupply of labor
The Chinese were becoming United States citizens at a higher rate than other immigrants
Which statement is true about immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s
Most immigrants settled in rural areas
Immigrants enjoyed equal opportunity with other americans
Immigrants provided labor that allowed the nation to industrialize
Most immigrants possessed wealth that allowed them to start businesses
Which event contributed most to the immigration trend shown in the graph?
the abolition of slavery
the need for skilled workers
the growth of family-owned farms
the development of large-scale production
Based on the maps, which statement can BEST be concluded about Native Americans in the late 1800s?
they were given back much of the land previously taken from them
they were forced to give up some of their land as settlers moved west
they were required to absorb into society by moving away from reservations
they were encouraged to combine their territories into one centralized reservation
As a supporter of the "Gospel of Wealth", Andrew Carnegie believed that
the Bible showed the way to great wealth
making money was God's reward to the strongest individual
wealthy people should spend their money any way they pleased
the rich had a moral responsibility to use their wealth to improve society
______________________ cuts costs and increases efficiency by controlling every step of production (example: from oil drills to gas stations)
trust
monopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration
Which of the following was not a goal of the labor unions?
Higher wages
Safer working conditions
Shorter work week
equal pay for all employees
The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States commitment to
Reconstruction post Civil War
Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
Racial Equality and decreased immigration
Conservation of natural resources
Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?
The Immigrants and the Poor
The Immigrants and Big Businesses
The Poor and the Chinese
The Chinese and the Big Businesses
How did Political Machines use Infrastructure to gain power and manipulate Immigrants?
Got them to work on those projects in exchange for votes
Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money
Kept them from getting those jobs
Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Building an Empire
Civil Rights and the 60's
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
Railroads
Oil
Steel
Finance
When workers unite and join together to negotiate with their boss for higher wages and better conditions, they have formed a ...
union.
trade deal.
strike.
communist organization.
During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.
Immigration / urbanization
capitalism / imperialism
communism / free enterprise
reform movements / civil rights
A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices such as Vanderbilt and Carnegie was called a ?
Robber Baron
Slum Lord
Proprietor
Land Lord
