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Topic 2 Review: Industrialization & the Gilded Age

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many immigrants came to the U.S. between 1870 to 1920?

a)

12 Million

b)

100 Thousand

c)

325

d)

25 Million

2.

All of the following are push factors EXCEPT...

a)

Safety

b)

Religious Persecution

c)

Natural Disasters

d)

War

3.

All of the following are pull factors EXCEPT...

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Job Opportunities

c)

Natural Disasters

d)

Land

4.

Where were Old Immigrants from? (More than 1 answer)

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Ireland

d)

China

5.

Where were New Immigrants from? (More than 1 answer)

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Ireland

d)

China

6.

Word for when a minority group is absorbed by the majority group (forced or not)

a)

Assimilation

b)

Absorption

c)

Monopolization

d)

Immersion

7.

Who controlled the political machine of NY, Tammany Hall?

a)

Thomas Nast

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Boss Tweed

d)

Andrew Carnegie

8.

Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Tokyo, etc. all are....

a)

Radical Restaurants

b)

Linked Locations

c)

Cycle Cities

d)

Ethnic Enclaves

9.

Which of the following refers to the living conditions of immigrants during the Gilded Age? (More than 1 answer)

a)

Crowded

b)

Slums

c)

Dirty

d)

Spacious

10.

Nativists (someone who agrees with Nativism) are pro-immigration.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

When did the census show that more people lived in cities than rural areas?

(a)  

12.

Which countries were limited and/or prohibited from immigrating into the U.S. during this time? (More than 1 answer)

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

Italy

d)

China

13.

Which of the following were impacts of immigration?

a)

Cultural Diversity

b)

Racial Diversity

c)

Nativism

d)

All of the above

14.

The movement of people to and the growth of cities is _______________

a)

Urbanization

b)

Captialism

c)

Colonization

d)

Socialism

15.

Who worked jobs created by the new technology of the early 1900s such as telephones and typewriters?

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

None

16.

What allowed for longer workdays and movement of cities away from water and coal?

a)

Telephone/Typewriter

b)

Railroad/Steamboat

c)

Lightbulb/Electricity

d)

Bessemer Process

17.

What allowed for steel to be produced quicker and resulted in more railroads and skyscrapers?

a)

Telephone

b)

Railroad

c)

Lightbulb

d)

Bessemer Process

18.

The government was "laissez-faire" during the Gilded Age.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Select all of the following who owned a monopoly or trust (More than 1 answer)

a)

Andrew Carnegie (Steel)

b)

J.P. Morgan (Banking)

c)

John D. Rockefeller (Oil)

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt (Railroad)

20.

Which group would agree with the following statement? "Those in poverty deserve to receive aid."

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Social Darwinism

21.

Which group would agree with the following statement? "Those in poverty deserve to stay in poverty."

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Social Darwinism

22.

The richest 10% controlled ______% of the nation's wealth

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

90%

23.

Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth encourages giving wealth back to the community through what practice?

a)

Gift Giving

b)

Soup Kitchens

c)

Philanthropy

d)

Church

24.

All of the following led to the development of the middle class EXCEPT...

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Expansion of Higher Education

c)

Need for Management

d)

Separation between worker & owner

25.

"Laissez-faire" means hands on.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Did actions of railroad companies overcharging consumers result in MORE or LESS government control of economy?

a)

More

b)

Less

27.

Eugene V. Debs represented which of the following parties that wanted a single tax?

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Socialist

d)

Populist/Peoples'

28.

William Jennings Bryan represented which of the following parties & wanted a graduated income tax & supported farmers?

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Socialist

d)

Populist/Peoples'

29.

Women won their right to vote with which amendment?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

30.

Which amendment did the government put in place for a graduated income tax?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

31.

Which amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

32.

What movement was supported by Populism and made up of Western Farmers?

a)

Labor Movement

b)

Women's Movement

c)

Granger Movement

d)

Rancher Movement

33.

Who made up the Populist Party?

a)

Democrats

b)

Farmers

c)

Republicans

d)

Old Immigrants

34.

The Populism movement supported ALL of the following EXCEPT...

a)

The Gold Standard

b)

Free Coinage of Silver

c)

Regulation of Railroad

d)

Graduated Income Tax

35.

Labor unions were fighting for all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

More work hours

b)

Safer work conditions

c)

Increased Pay

d)

Fewer work hours

36.

Which of the following were labor union tactics? (More than 1 answer)

a)

Strike

b)

Overtime

c)

Boycott

d)

Picketting

37.

How did companies respond to labor union tactics?

a)

Lockouts

b)

Court Injunctions

c)

Blacklists

d)

All of the above