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Gilded Age: Modules 12-13

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
2.
How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?
a)
Main station for European immigrants
b)
Main station for Chinese immigrants
c)
Located on the EAST coast
d)
People were only there a few hours
3.
Where were most immigrants from?
a)
Italy
b)
Slavic Countries
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
4.
Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
5.

Doctors examined immigrants for dangerous diseases because...

a)

They didn't want immigrants to bring diseases into the US

b)

They were discriminating against immigrants

c)

They had prejudice and did it just to be mean

d)

They wanted to spread disease

6.

What is a metaphor 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

7.

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

a)

They were looking for work on farms

b)

Factories created many job opportunities.

c)

They wanted to settle on the frontier

d)

Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

8.
What is a tenement?
a)
A new form of transportation
b)
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
c)
The end of immigration
d)
A revolutionary war in Africa
9.
 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?
a)
Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
b)
Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
c)
Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
d)
 Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities
10.

What motivated many African Americans to migrate North during the Great Migration?

a)

To escape discrimination and prejudice in the South

b)

The hope of equal treatment and better social and economic opportunities

c)

To buy a car

d)

The hope of becoming sharecroppers in the south

11.
Define a monopoly.
a)
A card game
b)
businesses that are owned by investors
c)
A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
d)
Poor families
12.
Why was steel so important? What was it used for?
a)
Used to make artillery and weapons
b)
Cheap to import from China
c)
It came from Minnesota
d)
Strong. Used for bridges, railways, nails, & skyscrapers 
13.
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
14.
Which of the following was responsible for the increased production of steel from iron?
a)
Lowell system
b)
Bessemer process
c)
steam engine
d)
Steel Gin
15.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
16.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
17.

Immigrants entering the United States at Angel Island were subject to...

a)

Discrimination

b)

Prejudice

c)

Interrogation

d)

All of the above

18.

Who invented the 1st practical light bulb?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Eli Whitney

19.
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were the "captains" of which industries?
a)
Oil and Ceral
b)
Oil and Steel
c)
Oil and Railroads
d)
Steel and Railroads
20.

In the late 19th century US, many of the reform movements were the result of...

a)

the growth of states' rights

b)

continuing decline of immigration

c)

increased taxation

d)

industrialization & the growth of cities

21.

Which quote would most likely be spoken by a nativist?

a)

"America-first in war and peace."

b)

"Go West, young man."

c)

"We will fight for states' rights."

d)

"Help Wanted - Irish need not apply."

22.

According to the cartoon, what happened to the US immigration policies?

a)

changed from openness to restrictive.

b)

encouraged the entrance of radical political groups.

c)

favored highly skilled workers.

d)

stimulated cultural diversity.

23.

Why did anti-immigration feelings develop during the Gilded Age?

a)

most immigrants were richer & better educated than native-born citizens.

b)

immigrants were running for political office.

c)

immigrants competed with native-born citizens for jobs

d)

the government's social programs were too expensive.

24.

Which factor best explains the growth of the US economy between 1865 & 1910?

a)

laissez-faire

b)

restricted immigration

c)

labor unions

d)

sharecropping

25.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is an example of...

a)

naturalism

b)

nativism

c)

laissez-faire

d)

muckraking

26.

Identify PUSH factors for US immigration:

a)

religious freedom

b)

religious persecution

c)

political freedom

d)

mandatory military service

e)

disease/famine/war

27.

MMC: Identify the PULL factors of US immigration:

a)

job opportunities

b)

political persecution

c)

religious freedom

d)

no mandatory military service

e)

famine & war

28.

A political organization that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes.

a)

spoils system

b)

political machine

c)

county commisioner

d)

grandfather clause

29.

What is the attitude towards immigration in this political cartoon?

a)

positive; it is a holy endeavor to allow religious minorities into the US

b)

positive; allowing immigrants to escape military service is the right thing to do

c)

negative; European immigrants will bring their garbage lifestyles with them to the US

d)

negative; immigrants are infesting the US and destroying our culture

30.

multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards

a)

tenure

b)

tenement

c)

skyscraper

d)

graft

31.

What invention was needed to address the changing populations of cities at the turn of the 20th century?

a)

skyscrapers

b)

telephone

c)

subways

d)

steam boat

32.

coined by Mark Twain to describe the golden exterior of 19th century American society, covering the rotten, corrupt core

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

The Great Migration

33.

How many immigrants are estimated to have gone through Ellis Island?

a)

8 million

b)

10 million

c)

12 million

d)

19 million

34.

Cities attracted people with modern technology & conveniences not found in rural America

a)

True

b)

False

35.
A less expensive and easier way to make steel.  It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
JP Morgan
d)
Hull House
36.
____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.
a)
Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
b)
Captains of Industry, Robber Barons
37.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
38.
Owned every step of the steel making process
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
39.
Oil industry
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
40.
Banking industry
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
41.
What were the four reasons Big Business prospered
a)
Faster planes, higher cost, internet, suffragist
b)
faster transportation, lower cost, advertising, entrepreneurs
c)
overproduction, limited resources, sanitation, political machines
42.
Easy access to materials and energy, immigrant labor, new inventions and financial resources were all reasons why ________ grew in America.
a)
poverty
b)
farming
c)
industries
d)
agriculture
43.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile,  and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
44.
This is the social & political commitment & freedom to start their own businesses & compete
a)
free enterprise system
b)
free response system
c)
free travel system
d)
freedom of choice
45.
The rivalry between sellers to get more customers by lowering costs & better goods/services
a)
voluntary exchange
b)
competition
c)
incentives
d)
legal equality
46.
A shared good/service that government builds because it would be impractical for an individual 
a)
private good
b)
public good
c)
military good
d)
market failure
47.

Which ruled that states could not restrict rights of employers and employees to enter a work agreement and could not force workers to work certain hours?

a)

Lochner v. New York

b)

Muller v. Oregon

48.

Which was one of the strongest unions?

a)

Women's Trade Union League

b)

Industrial Workers of the World

c)

American Federation of Labor

49.
a)

Leland Stanford

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

Terence Powderly

d)

Thomas Edison

50.

an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person

a)

monopoly

b)

laissez-faire

c)

entrepreneur

d)

corporation

51.

the combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a particular industry

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

upward integration

d)

downward integration

52.

combining of many firms engaged in the same type of business into one corporation

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

upward integration

d)

downward integration

53.

united all craft workers and common laborers in a particular industry

a)

entrepreneur

b)

closed shop

c)

Marxism

d)

industrial union

54.

Click on all of the new innovations and inventions being used during The Gilded Age.

a)

telephones and electric lighting

b)

automobiles

c)

horse and buggy

d)

motion pictures (movies)

e)

Bessemer steel

55.

What is something people who belong to a Union might do?

a)

go on strike

b)

call on immigrants to take your job

c)

blacklist you

d)

fight for an 8 hour work day

e)

fight for better wages and working conditions

56.

This picture represents the idea of ?

a)

Nativism

b)

Melting Pot

c)

Reservations

d)

Globalism

57.
Political machine who took advantage of New York city to make millions
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Jane Addams
58.
Wrote "How the other half lives" exposing conditions in the slums
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Jane Addams
59.

What part of the country did political machines control?

a)

Urban (city) governments

b)

Rural (country) governments

c)

The U.S. federal government

60.

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

a)

they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

b)

They wasted money on military spending

c)

They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes

d)

They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

61.

Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

a)

They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

b)

They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

c)

They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

d)

They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

62.

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

a)

Bill the Butcher

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

William "Boss" Tweed

d)

John D Rockefeller

63.
What were the very top leaders of political machines called?
a)
precinct captains
b)
party bosses
c)
ward bosses
d)
lieutenants
64.
President Garfield was assassinated because of his support for civil service reform. What did civil service reform involve?
a)
Requiring prospective government employees to pass a competency test before being hired or promoted
b)
Requiring prospective government employees to be endorsed by a U.S. senator before being hired or promoted
c)
Requiring prospective government employees to be endorsed by a U.S. representative before being hired or promoted
d)
Requiring prospective government employees to endorse by the president before being hired or promoted
65.
Reward for loyalty to a political party is called
a)
initiative
b)
favors
c)
patronage
d)
corruption
66.
This political cartoonist made it his mission to bring down Boss Tweed.
a)
George Plunkitt
b)
Roscoe Conkling
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Thomas Nast
67.
Congress passed the ______ in 1883 that created merit-based exams for most civil service jobs in the federal government.
a)
Spoils System
b)
Pendergast Act
c)
Pendleton Act
d)
Hawley Act
68.

Cartoon caption: "The Tammany Tiger Loose-

'What are you going to do about it?'"


In this cartoon, what does the tiger represent?

a)

The influx of "new" immigrants into the U.S.

b)

The political corruption of the government of NYC

c)

The power of the "trust-busting" federal government

d)

The unlimited power of robber barons during the gilded age.

69.

What legislation is this cartoon referring to?

a)

30 day waiting period for immigration

b)

Deportation after completion of Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Immigration Reduction Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

70.

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

71.

Why does this image depict Rockefeller so large?

a)

He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors

b)

He was a government inspector looking for corruption

c)

He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

d)

He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization

72.

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

a)

labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

b)

Labor unions decreased nativism

c)

Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

d)

Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

73.

What does this image say about why workers looked up to political bosses?

a)

political bosses

b)

political bosses

c)

political bosses threw large parties so the immigrants felt welcome in the US

d)

political bosses helped immigrants find jobs and handed out other favors

74.

What does this image say is the controlling factor of decisions by political machines?

a)

resources

b)

influence

c)

power

d)

money

75.
Supreme Court case where states won the right to regulate railroads for the public benefit
a)
Munn v. Illinois
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
d)
U.S. v. Butler
76.

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Protectionism

d)

Temperance

77.

Though jobs were plentiful, they didn't pay well. This caused what change in women and children's lives in the nineteenth century?

a)

Women and children had to become wage earners

b)

Women and children became business owners

c)

Women and children became more educated

d)

Women and children became leaders of organized labor

78.

What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?

a)

Immigrants

b)

The Poor

c)

Indians (Native Americans)

d)

Former Slaves

79.

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Nativism

d)

Assimilation

80.

What region of the US had the greatest Urban Growth during the Gilded Age? (Late 1800s)

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

81.

Workers began to speak out for their rights and some joined ______________.

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Philanthropic Organizations

c)

Farming Unions

d)

Political Clubs

82.

Businessmen who gave back to their communities by helping to build roads, schools, churches . .

a)

Philanthropists

b)

Politicians

c)

Monopolists

d)

Do-gooders

83.

_______________ were opened to help immigrants adjust to their new lives in American cities.

a)

Political Clubs

b)

Tenements

c)

Settlement Houses

d)

Factories

84.

In the mid 1890s, a style of journalism called ________________________ began that involved hoaxes, sensationalism, cheap melodrama, and frauds.

a)

muckraking

b)

yellow journalism

c)

false journalism

d)

photojournalism

85.

Civil Service reform during the Gilded Age were a response to-

a)

protests from Congressional leaders to regulate state governments

b)

demands from labor leaders that hiring practices needed to change

c)

the growth of political machines and corruption of the "spoils system"

d)

the problems brought about by rapid industrialization and urbanization

86.

Which event would best complete the diagram?

a)

The California Gold Rush

b)

The Dawes Act of 1887

c)

The Immigration Act of 1882

d)

The Transcontinental Railroad

87.

How did U.S. schools contribute to the Americanization movement to assimilate immigrants?

a)

Schools promoted the use and study of diverse languages

b)

Schools operated as centers for a process of cultural learning

c)

Schools allowed for various culture groups to live more closely

d)

Schools ensured that immigrant children would become literate

88.
All of the following were reasons for urban growth EXCEPT ...
a)
mechanization.
b)
specialized industries.
c)
immigration.
d)
discovery of gold.
89.
All of the following were urban problems of the early 1900s EXCEPT ...
a)
crime.
b)
living conditions.
c)
pollution.
d)
finding jobs.
90.
Standard Oil, the company owned by Rockefeller, was declared a monopoly and broken up into 34 different companies because of the ___________.
a)
Peabody Anti-Trust Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
d)
Grant Anti-Trust Act
91.
___________ refers to the Gilded Age belief that only the strong should survive and are better than the weak in society.
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
Social Evolution
c)
Social Adaptation
92.

What led to increased anti-Chinese feelings & actions?

a)

A surge in acts of terrorism committed by Chinese immigrants

b)

China had recently attacked the US

c)

White Americans just hated Chinese people

d)

Increased competition for jobs

93.

What kind of government did Social Darwinists want?

a)

A government that would intervene and soften the harsh conditions created by capitalism

b)

A government that didn't interfere in the process of evolution--one that let the poor and "unfit" die out

c)

A government that would only offer support for the wealthy

d)

No government at all--they were anarchists

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