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APUSH: Gilded Age (ch 16-17)

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is true about the impact of growth of American industry on class divisions?

a)

class divisions became more distinct

b)

class divisions became less distinct

c)

class divisions were eliminated

2.

Horatio Alger novels were generally about

a)

hard working young men who achieve success

b)

wealthy spending of the new millionaires

c)

men who traveled west to become cowboys

3.

How did industrialization impact the middle class?

a)

good paying occupations after the Civil War led to a significant increase

b)

low paying industrial jobs kept the middle class small

c)

it was absorbed by the new wealthy class

4.

By 1900 2/3 of Americans were

a)

wage-earners

b)

farmers

c)

unemployed

d)

invested in the stock market

5.

During the Gilded Age wages were

a)

kept low because of cheap immigrant labor

b)

increasing substantially because of industrial growth

c)

high enough to provide for an easy life for most workers

6.

As a result of the low wages, most families

a)

depended on the income of women and children

b)

left industrial jobs to work on farms

c)

shared expenses with neighbors

7.

Which of the following is NOT true about factory work for women?

a)

usually in industries that people perceived as an extension of the home

b)

increasingly in clerical jobs that had traditionally been done by men

c)

occupations that women held saw a loss in status and pay

d)

women were encouraged to work even after getting married and having children

8.

How did workers bring their unhappiness to business owners in the late 1800s?

a)

Through election fraud

b)

Armed rebellions

c)

Forming labor unions

d)

Bribing public officials

9.

Why was there such an inequality between the "haves" and "haves not" in the late 19th century?

a)

Lack of education

b)

Emergence of welfare

c)

Increased price of goods

d)

Increased industrialization between fewer companies

10.

What was the #1 reason the agrarian population was so unhappy in the late 1800s?

a)

Railroads were overcharging them to ship their crops.

b)

Too much competition for fertile land.

c)

Closing of the frontier to new settlements

d)

The US military failing to protect them from Indian attacks.

11.

Why did the middle class grow so much in the late 19th century?

a)

Wages were increasing.

b)

A large period of sustained growth in the U.S.

c)

Home goods were now more affordable.

d)

Educational and employment opportunities began to increase.

12.

Andrew Carnegie observed a very large status of inequality during the Gilded Age. What did he suggest could be done?

a)

The wealthy creating better opportunities.

b)

Poor people working harder.

c)

A religious revival

d)

The wealthy providing lectures on how to become rich.

13.

What is the definition of laissez-faire?

a)

Putting the government in charge of everything.

b)

Allowing the population to decide what occurs in economics.

c)

Letting things take their own course; what will be will be.

d)

Letting the wealthy decide what occurs.

14.

How did many publications of the late 19th century encourage women to act?

a)

By urging women to conform to the housewife role

b)

By starting their own businesses

c)

By seeking an education

d)

By speaking their mind

15.

Who organized the Standard Oil Company?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Terence Powderly

d)

Gustavus Swift

16.

What was the outcome of the Homestead Lockout?

a)

Labor unions came out on top.

b)

There was a draw.

c)

Carnegie sided with the laborers.

d)

Management defeated the laborers and was left in a result of a non-union mill.

17.

Robber Barons pioneered which business form?

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Deskilling

c)

Vertical Integration

d)

Gospel of wealth

18.

Which is the best definition of the Gospel of Wealth?

a)

improve efficiency by making supplies more reliable controlling the quality of the production

b)

elimination of skilled labor under a new system of mechanized manufacturing

c)

concept that wealth in excess of one's needs should be administered for the good of the community

d)

system of organizing work developed by Frederick W Taylor

19.

What did Terence Powderly lead?

a)

Great RR Strike

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

Standard oil company

d)

Farmer's Alliance

20.

Which incident created a backlash against all labor organizations?

a)

Homestead lockout

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

Deskilling

d)

Haymarket square

21.

The "steel man"?

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Eugene Debs

c)

George Pullman

d)

Andrew Carnegie

22.

The farmers alliance called for less government aid to farmers.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Where was the Haymarket Square conflict?

a)

New York City

b)

Queens, New York

c)

Boston

d)

Chicago

24.

Who led the American Railway union?

a)

George Pullman

b)

Eugene Debs

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

John Rockefeller

25.

In the late 1800s, the formation of labor unions was often a response to

a)

federal protection of workers’ rights to organize

b)

the large numbers of immigrants working in factories

c)

low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work

d)

the presence of women in certain areas of industrial work

26.

The problem of poverty and wealth, of employer and employed, will be practically solved whenever the time of the [wealthy] few is given, and their wealth is administered during their lives, for the best good of that portion of the community which has not been burdened by the responsibilities which attend the possession of wealth.”

- Andrew Carnegie


Which of the following developments in the last 1800s is best supported by the quote?

a)

The impact of the construction of transcontinental railroads on United States commerce

b)

The emergence of arguments that wealthy people had a moral obligation to help society

c)

The decline of urban centers as immigrant populations moved westward

d)

The growing support for labor unions among the owners of corporations

27.

Which of the following people used journalism and writing as a method for anti-racist activism, bringing attention to the issues of lynching and violence against Black people across the United States?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Marcus Garvey

28.

The prohibition/temperance movement advocated a ban on

a)

Immigrants

b)

Weapons

c)

Alcohol

d)

Slavery

29.

In what ways did the United States expand after the 1890’s?

a)

mechanization, new modes of transportation, mass production

b)

New blocks of voters, like women, expanded the definition of "liberty"

c)

pushing slavery into Western territories

d)

Using proxy nations to wage war against the spread of Communism

30.
The Farmer's Alliance, the Grange, and the ______________ stood for additional government regulation of trade, currency,  and the protection of other farmers' interests.
a)
Progressives
b)
Free Soil Party
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
Populists
31.
Due to the period of increased corruption from railroad companies, the U.S. government created the ___________________________  to regulate railroad companies.
a)
Interstate Commerece Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Transcontiental Act
d)
Laissez Faire Act 
32.
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
a)
World War I
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded age
d)
Roaring Twenties
33.
The Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did which of the following?
a)
denounced business combinations in restraint of trade
b)
sanctioned separate but equal facilities 
c)
defined the Constitution as "color blind"
d)
Empowered the US government to enact treaties with the Native Americans
34.
Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?
a)
social darwinist
b)
political bosses
c)
nativist
d)
political machines
35.
In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?
a)
Chinese immigrants took jobs
b)
Nativist & racial hate
c)
Chinese immigrants were moving east
d)
Chinese workers took lower pay
36.

Railroads' high fees for shipping goods to market would eventually lead to....

a)

Farmers organizing the Grange Movement and the Populist party

b)

The government authorizing the use of silver to help farmers

c)

The Populist demand that the government help farmers by raising tariffs

d)

The government demanding that farmers slaughter mivestock to increase prices.

37.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
38.
In this political cartoon, who is in charge of the Senate?
a)
The US Senators
b)
the US Constitution
c)
The owners of monopolies/ industrialists
d)
the American people
39.
One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was 
a)
Elimination of as much competition as possible
b)
Supporting a centrally planned economy
c)
Funding research on new technologies
d)
Elimination of the tactic of vertical integration
40.
William Graham Sumner, a researcher during the Gilded Age,  believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because people had a certain place that could not be changed.  This philosophy was called...
a)
Evolution
b)
Monetary Policy
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Welfare Capitalism
41.
Based on your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, what statement is this cartoon making?
a)
The federal government was 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)
The owner of Standard Oil has too much power and influence over the federal government.
d)
Emissions from oil refineries are polluting the air and harming the environment.
42.
During the age of industrialization, the South
a)
was not targeted by northern industrialists who sought to introduce factories into the region
b)
received preferential treatment from the railroads
c)
turned away from agriculture
d)
remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural
43.

Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?

a)

Rural farms

b)

Urbanzied cities

c)

Suburb cities

d)

El rancho

44.
"New Immigrants" that came to the United States in the early 1900s were from which part of Europe?
a)
South Europe
b)
NE Europe
c)
SW Europe
d)
SE Europe
45.
One reason nativists worried about influx of immigrants in 1880s...
a)
Feared immigrants gain control of city and state governments
b)
Believed immigrants receive preferential treatment from federal government and receive land
c)
Thought country's ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants and exports
d)
Considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values
46.
How Haymarket Square affected Knights of Labor?
a)
Massive gathering of workers forced federal government to place limits on union's activities
b)
Workers lost confidence in union's leadership after union president given details of rally to police
c)
Union members grew disillusioned as newspapers blamed workers for violence
d)
Union's emphasis on recruiting immigrants angered American-born workers
47.
How did KoL differ from AFL?
a)
KoL advocated strikes as tactic
b)
KoL opened membership to women, blacks, and ethnic minorities
c)
KoL developed stronger relationships with policymakers at federal level
d)
KoL focused on working conditions and workplace safety instead wages and benefits
48.
Who was the most influential African American during this time, encouraging African Americans to GRADUALLY move up in society?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
49.

As American industry expanded in the late nineteenth century, its energy source shifted from

a)

electric to steam

b)

water to coal

c)

coal to iron

d)

steam to water

50.

Why did so few African American men hold factory jobs in the US in 1890?

a)

there were almost no factories in the South, where the majority of African Americans lived at that time

b)

white-dominated labor unions generally refused to allow blacks to join and seek industrial employment

c)

factory owners could satisfy labor needs with immigrant workers, so they rejected most black applicants

d)

black workers intensely disliked factory work and preferred agricultural or casual urban labor

51.
What did the steelworkers do when Henry Clay Frick tried to bring in replacement workers?
a)
Barricaded the mill
b)
Opened their own factory in Ohio
c)
Pleaded to Andrew Carnegie
d)
Threw a dynamite bomb at police
52.
The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
a)
Jay Gould
b)
Henry Bessemer
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Thomas Edison
53.
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
b)
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
c)
Polluted the air and the natural environment
d)
All of the above
54.

Perfected the incandescent light bulb

a)

Edwin L. Drake

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Thomas Alva Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

55.

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

a)

They were socialists.

b)

They were federal troops.

c)

They were part of management.

d)

They were workers used to break strikes.

56.

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the finance industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

57.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Alexander Edison

d)

Alexander Wright

58.
Free incorporation laws, limited liability laws, and the Supreme Court's decision prohibiting states governments from granting irrevocable charters to corporation all greatly aided
a)
private American colleges' ability to compete with state universities
b)
established business with large capital investments
c)
Americans' ability to compete with cheap British imports
d)
more entrepreneurial enterprises and greater market competition
59.
A system of organizing work, designed to coax maximum output from the individual worker, increase efficiency, and reduce production costs.
a)
Scientific Management
b)
Management Revolution
c)
Scientific Trusts
d)
Management Standards
60.
This organization advocated cooperative stores and exchanges that would circumvent middlemen, and it called for a greater government to aid farmers and stricter regulation of railroads.
a)
Farmer’s Alliance
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Greenback-Labor Party
61.
What was an argument used by antisuffragists?
a)
It would be too expensive to add so many voters to the rolls.
b)
Wives’ ballots would cancel out their husband’s vote.
c)
It is best that women are not plunged into the cesspool of politics.
d)
All of the above.
62.
Which of the following is untrue about eugenics and the eugenics movement?
a)
Eugenicists believed all people were capable of success and could contribute to society.
b)
Eugenicists argued that mentally deficient people should be prevented from reproducing.
c)
Eugenicists associated mental unfitness with “lower races,” including people of African, Asian, and Native American descent. 
d)
In early-twentieth century America, almost half of the states enacted eugenics laws.
63.
In the 1880s, editor and novelist William Dean Howells called for writers “to picture the daily life in the most exact terms possible.” That style is known as ______.
a)
Realism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Sentimentalism
d)
Modernism
64.
A movement to renew religious faith through dedication to public welfare and social justice, reforming both society and the self through Christian service.
a)
Social Gospel
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Social Reform
d)
Social Renewal
65.
What was the main ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
a)
Separate but Equal
b)
Desegregation
c)
Banning Immigration
d)
Restricting Child Labor
66.
Which of the following is not an organization encouraging the protection of nature and wildlife?
a)
The Wilderness Society
b)
The Sierra Club
c)
The National Park Service
d)
The National Audubon Society
67.
Booker T. Washington’s speech “that urged whites and African Americans to work together for the progress of all,” but with a tone that many interpreted as approving racial segregation.
a)
Atlanta Compromise
b)
A Deep and Cruel Prejudice
c)
The Great Problem to be Solved
d)
I Claim the Rights of a Man
68.

What was Dr. Martin Luther King's original birth name?

a)

Michael

b)

Matthew

c)

Miles

d)

Mateo

69.

What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. doing on the balcony of the hotel when he was shot?

a)

Preparing his speech

b)

Relaxing after a swim

c)

Smoking a cigarette

d)

Reading the bible

70.

It wasn’t until the year _______ that all 50 states officially observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

a)

1995

b)

2000

c)

2005

d)

2020

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