WorksheetsEarly America/Gilded Age Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to
establish fair and impartial elections
protect individual rights
guarantee voting privileges to minorities
provide the President with power in times of emergency
Who wrote Democracy in America and was inspired by America and the system of democracy?
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
Alexis de Tocqueville
unalienable rights of life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness acknowledge the importance of
the community
the individual
the government
the state
transferable
legislated
unalienable
inheirited
granted to citizens by their government
natural and possessed at birth
protected under religious doctrine
defined by the courts
The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence helped —
motivate European rulers to establish new colonies
inspire people in other countries to question the authority of their government
encourage new settlers in South America to assimilate native populations
persuade religious leaders in other countries to stop the persecution of non-Christians
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?
Food
Shelter
Clothing
All of the above
The Homestead Act:
Encouraged westward settlement
Granted 160 acres to every head of household
Created Native Tension
was an act which granted land to Natives
Match the following vocabulary terms with the appropriate image
Assimilation
Nativism
Westward Expansion
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Irish Immigrant Push Factor
Potato Famine
Irish Immigrant Pull Factor
Better economic opportunities in cities
Chinese Immigrant Push Factor
War, Political Instability
Chinese Immigrant Pull Factor
Jobs working on railroads
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act, Anti-Catholic sentiment
Which of the following was intended to assimilate Native Americans?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Which of the following was passed due to nativism and concerns over job competition?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Pressuring Native Americans to cut their hair, change their dress, and learn English are examples of:
Assimilation
Nativism
Push Factors
Pull Factors
What types of industries did the Robber Barons rule?
Automotive, Airlines, Cruise Ships
Movies, Country Clubs, Hotels
Railroads, Banking, Oil
Why did the Captains of Industry like the idea of Laissez Faire?
Because it meant the government would not make many rules for how they ran their businesses and they could do whatever they wanted, like create monopolies and treat their workers badly.
Because it meant the government would make lots of rules to protect the workers since they were working such long hours for very little pay.
Because it meant that all the factories had to pay workers the exact same amount so they wouldn't quit and go to another factory.
What is a trust?
When a bank forms alliances with other banks to control the interest rate.
When a company leaves to be on its own because they don’t trust other companies.
When one company buys a lot of other companies that sell the same thing and leave them as individual companies to create a monopoly and control the price.
Explain what a monopoly is.
When lots of people join together to own a large company.
When one person owns a lot of different types of companies.
When one company controls all the companies that make a certain product so they can charge whatever they want since they're the only one who sells it.
What kind of workplace conditions were the unions trying to change?
Long hours, low pay, dangerous work conditions.
Too few vacation days for workers.
Not allowing women or children to have jobs.
During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.
Immigration / urbanization
capitalism / imperialism
communism / free enterprise
reform movements / civil rights
During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.
the railroad
suffrage
slavery
political machines
Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a ______________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.
populist
philanthropist
muckraker
imperialist
Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -
muckrakers
nativists
imperialists
industrialists
Which of the following would be a correct description of what life was like in urban areas during the Gilded Age?
majority of the people were wealthy
most people in urban areas lived in nice houses
most people lived in poverty, and cities were overcrowded & dirty
city streets were well maintained, and the unemployment rate was low
Which of the following best describes the main idea of Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth?
Privately held wealth should be handed over to the government to be redistributed.
Wealthy individuals should use their wealth for social betterment.
Using wealth to help others is wrong, since it undermines their self-reliance.
Accumulating large amounts of wealth violates Christian principles.
What are the 5 characteristics of American democracy that he observed?
bad rappers, bad breath, Bad hair day, Bad Hygiene, Bad manners
Instagram, world star hip hop, Texas Latino, Facebook,
Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, Laissez-Faire
Character, Charisma, Commitment, Communication, Courage
What ended open-range cattle herding in the late 1800s?
Oil wells
Barbed wire
Railroads
Telegraph
What did the final destination of all the cattle trails have in common?
All led to highways where cattle would be shipped to the East to be sold
All went through Indian Territory for trade with Native Americans
All led to railroads where cattle would be shipped to the East to be sold
Some went to railroad cities to be sold at auction
What is the relationship between the cattle industry and the railroad industry?
There is no connection between the cattle industry and railroad industry
Cattle ranchers would also invest in railroad companies
Cattle ranchers would set up thier ranches along train stations
The end destination of cattle trails was railroad stations that would take cattle to markets
What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?
Cities grew with railroad expansion.
Cotton became the number on industry in Texas
American Indians removed to reservataions
Population dropped due to loud noise of trains
Who was the captain of the oil industry?
Rockefeller
Ford
Vanderbilt
Carnegie
Who was the captain of the steel industry?
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Carnegie
What process did Carnegie bring from England to make these mass amounts of steel?
PX90
Bessemer
steel lung
Westinghouse
Philanthropy is the
use of money to benefit the community
the study of fossils
The study of Dr. Phil
Spending money on things you want
What does the term gilded mean?
Full of riches and opportunities
Gaining new land
Covered in a thin layer of gold
Made of solid gold
Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-
Bootlegger
Monopolies
Communists
Nativists
What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?
Cars
Transcontinental Railroad
AC
Industrialization
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
Ruralization
Urbanization
Colonization
None of these
Based on this poster, which is an accurate statement?
Immigrants were encouraged to learn and to speak English
Granite City had laws prohibiting immigrants from moving there
The people in the poster were native-born Americans
Granite City encourged diversity in its immigrant population
During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being
opposed to machine politics
Loyal to United Kingdom
conscientious objectors
Roman Catholics
What is the name of the corrupt politician that was in charge of Tammy Hall? (Famous for pocketing almost $100 million dollars from taxpayers)
William "Boss" Tweed
Thomas Nast
William McKinnley
William Jennings Bryan
