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The Gilded Age Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892, where immigrants who crossed the Atlantic Ocean were given a medical examination and processed.

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Alcatraz

d)

Liberty Island

2.

The time period in U.S. History where society looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Western Expansion

c)

Cold War

d)

Imperialism

3.

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in

city

a)

Assimilation

b)

Urbanization

c)

Naturalization

d)

Industrialization

4.

A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.

a)

Ghetto

b)

Tenement

c)

Townhouse

d)

Skyscraper

5.

Complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

Free enterprise

6.

Industrialists or big business owners who became rich through ruthless and unethical business practices.

a)

Nativists

b)

Philanthropists

c)

Robber Barons

d)

Laborer

7.

The theory that the economy works best with as few government regulations as possible.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

Communism

8.

The process of moving to another country to take up permanent residence.

a)

Immigration

b)

Nativism

c)

Urbanization

d)

Philanthropy

9.

Policies favoring the current citizens as opposed to immigrants.

a)

Immigration

b)

Urbanization

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Nativism

10.

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

a)

Work and Infrastructure

b)

Corruption and Laissez-Faire

c)

Urbanization and Immigration

d)

Monopolies and Political Bosses

11.

Gilded means

a)

Covered in a thin layer of copper

b)

Covered in a thin layer of bronze

c)

Covered in a thin layer of gold

d)

Covered in a thin layer of silver

12.

The term "melting pot" refers to:

a)

The process of industrial steel production

b)

The diverse cultural assimilation of immigrants in the United States

c)

The economic mixture of agriculture and industry

d)

The political blending of federal and state powers

13.

The process of rapidly expanding industrial production during the Gilded Age is known as:

a)

Urbanization

b)

Industrialization

c)

Modernization

d)

Mechanization

14.

Which of the following is correct about capitalism?

a)

economic system where private individuals and businesses own and control their own property

b)

Economic system where the government controls all aspects of business

c)

Economic system where an indiviudal has to seek permission as to the type of business they want

15.

A combination of corporations created to reduce competition and control prices

a)

Corporation

b)

Monopoly

c)

Trust

d)

Sweatshop

16.

Which word best describes what you see in this image?

a)

Tenement

b)

sweatshop

c)

Corporation

d)

strike