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Gilded Age Review (Westward Expansion, Industrialization, Immigration)

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Favoring the interests of native born people over foreign born people
a)
Discrimination
b)
Favoritism
c)
Nativism
d)
Urbanism
2.
What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Angel Island
c)
Devil Island
d)
Alcatraz
3.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
4.

What was multifamily housing that was often overcrowded called?

a)

Tenement

b)

Ghettos

c)

Communism

d)

Settlement Houses

5.

What were the places called where immigrants could learn about life in the United States called?

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Tenement

c)

Naturalization

d)

Socialism

6.

Which of the following is not true about Tammany Hall?

a)

Tammany Hall was a New York Political Machine

b)

The Boss of Tammany Hall used the Spoils System to distribute government jobs

c)

The Political Boss of Tammany Hall was Boss John D. Rockefeller

d)

Immigrants and citizens were expected to respond to favors done by supporting them with votes for Tammany Hall

7.

Which of the following describes the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

a)

It created a required examination for all government jobs

b)

It made the government purchase a certain amount of silver each month

c)

It divided the South into five military districts

d)

It limited the amount of immigrants that could enter the US

8.
Where in Europe were the New Immigrants from?
a)
North and South
b)
South and East
c)
North and West
d)
South and North
9.
What did America agree to do when they signed the Gentleman's Agreement with Japan?
a)
To stop sending immigrants to China
b)
To disband the Know Nothing Party
c)
To stop segregation in San Francisco against Japanese students
d)
To make segregated schools in California better
10.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
11.
According to supporters of free silver, how would bimetallism help the economy?
a)
Backing currency with both gold and silver would make money more available, raise prices, and help farmers pay loans to repay debts
b)
Silver would lower the prices of goods, where gold raised prices, thus allowing people to purchase more goods
c)
Silver was much rarer, thus could help cause deflation and keep the price of goods low
d)
Silver and Gold would be given to farmers for free to pay of their debts at zero cost
12.
What was the primary purpose of Ellis Island in 1904?
a)
Processing permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenship
b)
Processing highly skilled workers arriving from China and Japan
c)
Processing first-class passengers arriving on European steamship lines
d)
Processing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe
13.
What was the impact of the Homestead Act?
a)
It led to the transformation of the Great Plains into farmland.
b)
It placed permanent limits on land use on the Great Plains.
c)
It ensured that a proportion of land was conserved in its natural state.
d)
It took the first steps towards protection of the environment.
14.
What was built to connect the east coast with the west coast?
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Eire Canal
c)
Panama Canal
d)
Southern Railroad
15.
What battle was a major victory for the Sioux against General Custer?
a)
Battle of Little Bighorn
b)
Battle of Tippacanoe
c)
Battle of Fallen Timbers
d)
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
16.
What term describes the idea of being absorbed into a larger culture?
a)
assimilation
b)
convergence
c)
prejudice
d)
cultural diffusion
17.
What did the Homestead Act do?
a)
It limited immigration
b)
It regulated businesses
c)
It increased the tariff
d)
It gave free land to those who settled in the West
18.

Manifest Destiny is the idea that America would not only stretch from coast to coast, but would also...

a)

Bring civilization to the West

b)

Destroy all of the Indians

c)

Stretch from the Arctic to The Southern Sea

d)

from the Arctic to the Antarctic

19.

The Populist party was made up of which group of people?

a)

Doctors

b)

Lawyers

c)

Farmers

d)

Teachers

20.

Farmers preferred silver money (Bimetallism) put into the economy in bulk because...

a)

It would cause deflation.

b)

It would cause inflation.

21.

The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the

a)

rise of organized labor

b)

building of the Panama Canal

c)

northern migration of African Americans

d)

decline of the Plains Indians

22.
  • Populist Era Speaker
  • "Cross of Gold" Speech
  • Three-time Presidential Candidate
  • 'Scopes Trial' Prosecutor


The bulleted items above are all associated with which American?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Clarence Darrow

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

William Jennings Bryan

23.

"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."

~William Jennings Bryan, 1896


Which of the following is this quote supporting?

a)

Socialism

b)

Bimetallism

c)

Interstate Commerce Laws

d)

Isolationism

24.

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

a)

Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

b)

Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.

c)

Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants.

d)

Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.

25.

Homesteaders on the Great Plains found it necessary to build the type of house shown in the photograph because

a)

the ground was not stable enough to support heavier structures

b)

unpredictable weather conditions required settlers to build shelter rapidly

c)

access to timber was limited by distance and lack of transportation

d)

settlers lacked the skill required to build more-permanent structures

26.

During the 1870s, the Granger movement

attracted the support of many western farmers

because it proposed that

a)

the money supply should be deflated by removing paper currency from circulation

b)

shipping rates and grain storage fees charged by railroads should be regulated

c)

immigrants should be given land on the Great Plains

d)

the government should control the development of resources in the West

27.

In an effort to resolve conflicts with the frontier settlers in the 1870s, the federal government forced Native American Indians to

a)

move west of the Mississippi River

b)

live on reservations with definite boundaries

c)

relocate to urban industrial centers

d)

help build the transcontinental railroad

28.
What was a quick and cheap way to make steel by blasting hot air through melted iron?
a)
Assembly Line
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Patent
d)
Free Enterprise
29.
This man controlled a large chunk of the U.S. steel market.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
30.
Captain of Finance, bought out Carnegie steel.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
JP Morgan
d)
John D. Rockefeller
31.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
32.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
33.
What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?
a)
Mixing Bowl
b)
Angel Food Cake
c)
Fish Tank
d)
Melting Pot
34.
Who invented the first light bulb and electrical generating system in 1879?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Abraham Lincoln
35.
Which industrialist is best known for his monopoly of the oil industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Abraham Lincoln
36.
A monopoly is the total or complete control of an industry. Unfortunately for consumers, this prevents ___________. 
a)
unions
b)
capitalism
c)
competition
d)
regulation
37.
How did the U.S. economy change after Reconstruction?
a)
The U.S. became a manufacturing and production economy
b)
Stayed an agrarian (farming) nation
c)
The U.S. economy didn't change
d)
Farmers could not grow crops
38.
What suggested that those who had great wealth were entitled to it?
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Selective Process
c)
Communism
d)
Socialism
39.
What is Edwin Drake famous for?
a)
developing a new way to make steel
b)
developing peanut products
c)
drilling for oil using a steam engine
40.
Government policies that allow this kind of minimal government regulation over business
a)
collective bargaining
b)
laissez faire
c)
patents
d)
cartel
41.
Who would have drawn this cartoon of Boss Tweed?
a)
Samuel Tilden
b)
Thomas Nast
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Joseph Pulitzer
42.
How did the public often perceive unions as the result of events like the Haymarket riot and the Homestead strike?
a)
The unions were viewed as champions of the common man
b)
The unions were viewed as persecuted victims 
c)
The unions were viewed as promoting violence and anarchy 
d)
The unions were viewed as being treated unfairly by the government 
43.
What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?
a)
Cut wages 
b)
Pullman wouldn't tell the workers the Wifi password
c)
Raised rent prices
d)
Pullman wouldn't pay for electricity in worker's homes
44.

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

a)

the Great Railroad Strike

b)

the Haymarket Square Riot

c)

the Homestead Strike

d)

the Pullman Strike

45.

Based on your knowledge of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?

a)

The federal government is ruining the oil industry by placing too many restrictions and regulations on business owners.

b)

The oil industry is thriving due to a healthy working relationship with the federal government.

c)

Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.

d)

The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.

46.
Socialists believe
a)
the people should share ownership of the means of production
b)
individuals should own the means of production
c)
the working class should overthrow their employers
d)
poverty can be improved through charity
47.

Which of the following migration patterns occurred due to industrialism?

a)

Urban to Rural

b)

Rural to Urban

c)

Rural to Suburban

d)

Suburban to Urban

48.
An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions
a)
Strikes
b)
Company
c)
Union
d)
Corporation
49.

What factor led many farmers, families, and young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?

a)

the growing availability of factory jobs

b)

the constant fear of an influenza outbreak

c)

the declining interest in westward expansion

d)

the educational opportunities at free universities

50.
Which development led to the other three?
a)
growth of tenements and slums
b)
shift from a rural to an urban lifestyle
c)
widespread use of child labor
d)
rapid industrial growth
51.
The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) 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
52.
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.
53.
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.
54.
The wealthy often give away a portion of their earnings to good causes.  This practice is known as...
a)
a monopoly.
b)
philanthropy.
c)
economics.
d)
laissez-faire.
55.

The name for business tycoons who profited unfairly by cheating, bribing and other corruption, especially those in the railroad industry.

a)

Captains of Industry

b)

Industrial Statesmen

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Industrial Owners

56.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
57.

"Prices and wages should be determined by the marketplace." The author of this statement would most likely support

a)

government ownership of businesses.

b)

minimum-wage laws.

c)

wage and price controls.

d)

laissez-faire economics.

58.

What is the Second Industrial Revolution?

a)

Growth of Industry that included things like electricity, oil, and steel

b)

To change from industry and manufacturing to shipping and trade

c)

To change from industry and manufacturing to agriculture

d)

Growth of industry that included things like coal and textiles

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