WorksheetsGilded Age
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Controlling all aspects of the creation of a product is called
horizontal integration
vertical integration
economies of scale
the Bessemer Process
Merging multiple small companies into one powerful and large company is called
horizontal integration
vertical integration
economies of scale
the Bessemer Process
How did corrupt political machines such as Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall in New York City maintain control during the Gilded Age?
By breaking up labor unions and collective bargaining
By providing immigrants with jobs, housing, and police protection in favor for votes
Through the use of ruthless and ethical business practices
Through large donations to charitable organizations for immigrants
Which of the following is an example of grafts/kickbacks by political machines?
using a cartoon to illustrate political fraud
saying a project costs more than it does and keeping the extra money
choosing friends or relatives for political office
using the threat of force to get people to vote for a particular candidate
What kind of conditions in the cities caused the Chicago Fire of 1874?
Tenement housing
lack of public services
lack of fire departments
Grift and kickbacks
Factories without sprinkler systems
Even before the invention of the automobile, petroleum (oil) was in high demand because it could
lubricate moving parts in machines
be turned into plastics
be turned into kerosene
power locomotives
The Bessemer Process resulted in
cheaper and more efficient coal production
efficient iron production
a rapid expansion of steel manufacturing
the expansion of western boom towns
The idea of Social Darwinism was perpetuated by ...
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Pendleton Act
The Gospel of Wealth
The rise of robber barons
____________ was the philosophy that wealthy Americans bore the responsibility of using their great fortunes to further social progress.
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
Realism
Redistribution of Wealth
How can Corporations achieve economies of scale? (the idea that industrialization can have lower costs and lower prices)
By keeping their fixed costs as low as possible
By keeping their operating costs as low as possible
By investing in more machines and larger manufacturing facilities
By investing in and/or buying out companies in the same business
Laissez-faire capitalism relies on _________ to regulate prices and wages.
labor unions
the government
the GNP
supply and demand
Which was NOT a reason for rapid immigration rates in the late 19th century?
higher wages in U.S. than in Europe
Political unrest in Europe
growth of labor unions
low cost of travel
Many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants
had no marketable skills
would work for low wages
would not join a union
did not understand English
While European immigrants were processed through Ellis Island, Asian immigrants were processed through__________.
Angel Island
Manhattan Island
Alcatraz Island
Tammany Island
How did corporations deal with Labor Unions who were leading strikes in the late 1800s?
Cutting wages
Refusing to negotiate with workers
Creating blacklists of those striking
Hiring Strikebreakers
Closing the company
7) In Urbanization: the people of the United States population was moving from the _ country to the _ country parts of the country.
urban; rural
rural; urban
By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States came from which 2 groups
Asia
Eastern and Southern Europe
Muslims
Western and Central Europe
Jewish
Why did Chinese immigrants come to the United States?
To escape industrialization in China
Work in factories in Chicago
Escape religious persecution
To work on the Transcontinental Railroad
