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Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 37mins
Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?
America had many organizations for immigrants to join.
America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.
It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.
The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:
Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.
Americans who moved west from large cities in the east.
Indians
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?
When one person or company controls a market
a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie
a law that gave them advantages in business
The Dawes Act was about:
ending the "spoils system" with tests for the civil service
Making monopolies illegal
assimilation of the American Indians
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were know as robber barons because:
they were like nobility, but they trampled on people to get rich.
they robbed trains to get rich.
they made their fortune by working through the night.
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Samuel Morse
The growth of cities is called:
assimilation
ruralization
mechanization
urbanization
Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:
trust
union
monopoly
industry
When a single group of people makes decisions for multiple companies and trade stocks, it is known as a:
stock
corporation
monopoly
trust
During the Gilded Age, immigrants often lived in parts of cities that were:
crowded, run down, and filthy
beautiful and new
spacious
the most expensive
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Gilded Age?
people began moving to rural areas to farm acres of cotton and grain
the political process was opened up to citizens of different ethnicities and social class
America expanded westward to accomplish its goal of Manifest Destiny
the government passed favorable laws to help the growth of big business
The Gilded Age is infamous for
paying workers high salaries
promoting women and African Americans to positions of leadership
businessmen bribing government officials
the rapid advancements in the field of science
Who is responsible for the invention on the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Alexis de Tocqueville
The invention of the light bulb is significant because
people were able to stay up later at night to read books
heat produced from the light bulb was able to heat houses and businesses
it enabled factory workers to work longer hours resulting in greater production of goods
it marked the first great scientific discovery of an American
In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states. This fact can most likely be attributed to the
influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories
the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west
the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America
the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land
One of the benefits of the transcontinental railroad was that
farmers were able to sell their goods to distant markets
the business relationship between Mexico and America improved
the cost of traveling across the country increased by fifty percent
businessmen were able to ship goods across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe for cheaper prices
During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for
the growth of big business
involvement in foreign wars
the acquisition of foreign territories
increased temperance regulations
Freedom for businesses and consumers in the economy is called
socialism
totalirarianism
communism
free enterprise
An entrepreneur is someone who
runs for political office after being successful in the business world
risks their money to start a business with the hopes of making a profit
is elected by a board to run a large corporation like Walmart or Verizon
sells stock to raise funds for their company
Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
JP Morgan
Which vocabulary term is referring to "a new way to do something" ?
Captain of Industry
Robber Baron
Monopoly
Innovation
Which entrepreneur was head of the Oil Monopoly during the Gilded Age?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Which Captain of Industry is known for leading the Steel Monopoly?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
Which historical figure is known for leading the railroad industry during the Gilded Age?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which historical figure is known for leading the banking industry during the Gilded Age?
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
What kind of government did Social Darwinists want?
A government that would intervene and soften the harsh conditions created by capitalism
A government that didn't interfere in the process of evolution--one that let the poor and "unfit" die out
A government that would only offer support for the wealthy
No government at all--they were anarchists
What did the Dawes Act do?
Banned Chinese immigration
Legalized sterilization of the "unfit"
Divided up tribal land among individual Native Americans & families
Legalized segregation and discrimination against Mexicans
Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
Integration of public schools
Truman Doctrine
Separate is Unequal
Separate But Equal
Plessy v. Ferguson created a legal justification for
Integration of Schools
Child Labor Laws
Jim Crow Laws
He believed that blacks would advance through vocational work
WEB Dubois
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Homer Plessy
Organization founded by WEB Dubois
NAACP
NCAPP
AANP
CAPP
(TEKS 15B) In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in --
working with labor unions to increase worker salaries
taking responsibility for the safety of consumers
setting limits on the growth of private industry
implementing social welfare programs
True or False: Children who worked were kept safe and away from dangerous machinery.
True
False
Government regulations during the Industrial Revolution protected children in what ways?
Putting an age limit on when they could work
Limiting the types of jobs they could do
Limiting hours
There were no regulations
Which of the following was a typical job worked by children?
Breaking up coal
Selling newspapers
Chimney sweeps
Working on Machines
All Listed Jobs
What was the main reason that businesses liked to hire children?
They were strong
They were educated
They worked for low wages
They worked fast
Why parents send their children to work?
Help with expenses
Learn to work
They found work easiliy
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
Literacy tests were...
a list of questions given to only white people
a list of questions given to see if someone could read in order to vote
an application to vote
These tests were banned before this era.
Jim Crow laws
Segregated blacks and whites
Killed minorities
Resulted in slavery
Were ended after the Civil War
This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Garrett v. NFL
A political murder of an African American to intimidate called a
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Lynching
This Black leader was born in the north and was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D from Harvard University
Malcolm X
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
This civil rights leader said that African Americans should demand their rights now and should be treated equal to whites
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
This civil rights leader thought that Black Americans should accept racism and embrace a long term fight for equality
W.E.B DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Why did labor unions first form?
To protect the rights of business owners
To protect the rights of workers
To protect the rights of customers
All of the above
What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?
They were given raises
They were fired
They were listened to
They quit
Although Wells was freed from slavery, she still lived with segregation. What is segregation?
The act of preventing African Americans from voting
The act of enslaving African Americans
The act of keeping whites and blacks seperate
The act of harassing and mistreating African Americans
What was one of Wells' first acts of defiance against segregation?
Staging a boycott of local restaurants that refused to serve African Americans
Refusing to sit in the "Colored Only" section of a train
Organizing a protest in Washington, D.C.
Writing letters to Congress and the President complaining about segregation
What job did Wells have after getting fired from teaching?
Librarian
Nurse
Receptionist
Full-time reporter
Wells wrote about many ideas related to equal rights, but which topic did she spend most of her time writing about?
The lynching of African Americans
School segregation
Voting rights
Slavery
Who was the first Black HEAVYWEIGHT Champion of the World?
Jack Johnson
Muhammed Ali
MIke Tyson
Floyd Mayweather
