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Gilded Age CFA Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What policy did the government promote to help Native Americans?

a)

Vigilantism

b)

Pluralism

c)

Militarism

d)

Assimilation

2.

Plessy v Ferguson was significant in that it _______

a)

Struck down the notion of “separate but equal”

b)

Legalized Jim Crow laws throughout the south

c)

Created more equality

d)

It made Jim Crow laws illegal throughout the U.S.

3.

Many Native Americans longed for the return of their way of life. Many turned to a

religious ceremony called the _____

a)

Moon Dance

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Powatomi Dance

d)

Ghost Dance

4.

Use the list to answer the question.

Great Railroad Strike, 1877

Homestead Strike, 1892

Pullman Strike, 1894

What do these strikes all have in common?

a)

They required the use of troops to restore order

b)

They targeted foreign-owned businesses

c)

They demonstrated the success of labor unions

d)

They caused the federal governments to support worker’ demands

5.

Which factor contributed to the decline of political machines?

a)

passage of suffrage for women

b)

introduction of the spoils system

c)

passage of civil service reforms

d)

demands of nativists

6.

The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in

the late nineteenth century by providing railroad corporations with

a)

Aid for construction of railroad stations

b)

Reduced prices for iron and steel

c)

Land grants

d)

Cash grants from new taxes

7.

What does this image say about the control of political bosses?

a)

political bosses wanted to squish the opportunities in New York

b)

political bosses control all of New York City

c)

Political bosses were showing their approval with a "thumbs up" image

d)

New Jersey did not have political bosses

8.

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

9.

What does this image say about the control of Standard Oil?

a)

Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

b)

Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

c)

Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

d)

Standard Oil had control over many aspects of government

10.

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

11.
Economic philosophy based on "Survival of the fittest"
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
National Market
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
Free Enterprise System
12.
inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
13.
founded “AFL” in 1881
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
14.
theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market
a)
Cul-de-sac
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Fleur de Lis
d)
Achtung
15.
completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Interstate Highway
c)
Route 66
d)
Henry Ford's Model T
16.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
17.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
18.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
19.
Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
William Tweed
20.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act