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WorksheetsCh 14-15 Industry & Immigration Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What two new sources of energy were developed?
coal & steam
oil & electricity
kerosene & animal power
gasoline & hydropower
Where was the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869?
Los Angeles, California
Chicago, Illinois
Promontory Point, Utah
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Who was a leading railroad builder in the late 1800's?
Andrew Carnegie
James B. Duke
J.P. Morgan
James J. Hill
The leading steel manufacturer in the United States was
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Bessemer
Andrew Carnegie
Garrett Morgan
Who perfected the assembly line in the creation of automobiles?
Wright Brothers
John Wanamaker
Louis Chevrolet
Henry Ford
Who created the first department store?
James B. Duke
John Wanamaker
James J. Hill
William Kelly
Who was the creator of the traffic light and gas mask?
Garrett Morgan
Elijah McCoy
Gustavus Swift
Aaron Montgomery Ward
The leader of the Standard Oil Company
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Kier
John D. Rockefeller
Edwin Drake
Wealthy financier, bought railroads, owned banks, and purchased Carnegie Steel Company.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
J P Morgan
William LeBaron Jenney
Created the first mail order catalogue service
Richard Sears
Aaron Montgomery Ward
Gustavus Swift
Alfred Nobel
What labor union ended because of its association with violence?
The National Labor Union
The Knights of Labor
The American Federation of Labor
The American Railway Union
Led by Samuel Gompers, which was the most successful labor union?
Knights of Labor
The Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World)
American Federation of Labor
The American Railway Union
Industrialist leaders of the 1800's were known both as Captains of Industry and
Yuppies
Bounty Hunters
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Robber Barons
What happened to social inequality during the Gilded Age?
the gap between the rich and poor grew larger
the gap between the rich and poor shrunk
nothing changed
the gap between the North and South got larger
Who coined the phrase Gilded Age to describe the opulence of the era?
Mark Twain
Elijah McCoy
Garrett Morgan
Abraham Gesner
In the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, where did immigrants begin to come from?
Western Europe & Asia
Australia & Eastern Europe
Western Europe & Africa
Southern & Eastern Europe and Asia
What developed to help immigrants assimilate to America?
Nativist organizations
Labor Unions
social networks like churches, newspapers, and ethnic organization
Governmental programs
What role did the “Boss System” have in the lives of immigrants?
Helped them get jobs & citizenship for their votes
Organized them into labor unions
Tried to keep them out of the country
Pushed for anti-immigrant legislation
What did the boss system develop into?
a Labor Union
Political machines
a sporting event
an industrial methodology
What was the heart of the city?
City Hall
downtown
the skyline
shopping districts
What traumatic event best illustrates the overcrowding problem of cities?
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
The Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Potato Famine
The Civil War
What corrupt Boss leader ran the Democratic Party Organization in New York in the late 1800's?
James Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
William Marcy Tweed
Samuel Clemens
What was the biggest pastime of the early 1900’s?
Football
Politics
Boxing
Golf
What contributed to higher voter turnouts?
the spoils system
the Homestead Act
Reconstruction
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What President was assassinated due to the Spoils System?
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
James Garfield
William McKinley
What act ended the Spoils System?
Bland-Allison Act
Sherman Ant-Trust Act
Homestead Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
What President ended the spoils system by passing the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
What Political Party controlled the government during the Gilded Age?
Democratic
Whigs
Liberty Party
Republicans
What tactic was used by Republicans to turn voters away from the Democrats?
the Spoils System
Waving the Bloody Shirt
Copperheading
Secession
What was the biggest political issue at the time?
slavery
tariffs
immigration
border walls
What act raised tariffs higher than ever before?
the McKinley Tariff Act
the Pendleton Civil Service Act
the Tariff of Abomination
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
What President broke the string of Republican Presidents and is the only President to serve non-consecutive terms?
James A. Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Rutherford B. Hayes
What President was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo, NY?
Grover Cleveland
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
The group of people that wanted to abolish all forms of government were known as
communists
socialists
capitalists
anarchists
What era began when Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt became President?
the Gilded Age
the Progressive Era
the Revolutionary Era
the Age of Enlightenment
What are corporations that controlled a market or service completely?
Pooling Agreements
Holding Companies
Monopoly
Grange Chapters
What was the main form of industry?
monopoly
corporation
granges
labor unions
Which early Civil Rights leader believed that African-Americans could increase their standing in society through vocational training?
W.E.B. DuBois
Frederick Douglass
Garrett Morgan
Booker T. Washington
Civil Rights leader and Harvard graduate that pushed for justice and equality for African-Americans.
Booker T. Washington
Malcolm Little
W.E.B. DuBois
Frederick Douglass
What violent strike led to the demise of the Knights of Labor due to a bomb being thrown at the police at a rally?
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Square Riot
Homestead Steel Strike
The Great B&O Railroad Strike
