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Westward Expansion & Gilded Age

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What migration pattern largely occurred during the Gilded Age?

a)

Countryside to Cities

b)

Cities to Countryside

c)

U.S. to Europe

d)

North to South

2.

What reason was given to justify the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

a)

Chinese immigrants were becoming more wealthy than native-born people

b)

Chinese immigrants were assimilating too quickly into American society

c)

Chinese immigrant began to outnumber native-born Americans

d)

Chinese immigrants were taking jobs

3.

What was ONE of the three major things labor unions fighting for?

a)

Longer hours

b)

More children in the workforce

c)

Higher wages

d)

Less regulation

4.

What is the definition of a monopoly?

a)

Splitting up of a company into smaller companies

b)

A company without competition

c)

A company operating in a city

d)

A company owned by an immigrant

5.

What is laissez-faire?

a)

A belief that the government should not interfere in private business

b)

A belief that government should heavily regulate business

c)

A belief that the economy should be fair to all

d)

A belief that companies should be heavily taxed

6.

What industry did John D. Rockefeller make his money in?

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Banking

d)

Automobile production

7.

What is horizontal integration?

a)

When a company buys up their supply chain

b)

When a company expands to compete with competitors

c)

When a company first opens for business

d)

When a company buys out their competitors

8.

What is vertical integration?

a)

When a company firs opens for business

b)

When a company buys its supply chain

c)

When a company buys out its competitors

d)

When a company opens a location in another state

9.

Why did 250,000 African-Americans move from rural areas to the cities during the Gilded Age?

a)

The end of slavery forced them to move to the cities

b)

African-Americans did not experience racism in the cities

c)

The U.S. government forced them to move to the cities

d)

Farm equipment became better and more efficient, making the demand for farm labor much less, and African-Americans moved to the cities for job opportunities

10.

Who was the philanthropic entrepreneur who made his fortune in the steel industry?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J. P. Morgan

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Grover Cleveland

11.

When was the Gilded Age?

a)

1828-1836

b)

1932-1945

c)

1787-1812

d)

1877-1901

12.

Why did Americans move to the West?

a)

To escape religious persecution

b)

To assimilate to Native American culture

c)

To better themselves economically (money or land)

d)

Because Lebron moved to the Lakers

13.

What is a union?

a)

An individual demanding better wages, hours, and working conditions

b)

Business owners lobbying Congress

c)

Many business owners joining together to buy out their competitors

d)

Many workers joining together to demand better wages, hours, and working conditions

14.

Who were becoming wealthy during the Gilded Age?

a)

Everyone

b)

Hourly workers

c)

Business owners

d)

Unskilled workers

15.

What were the names of the major 2 entry points in New York and California used for immigration processing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

a)

South Padre Island and Galveston Island

b)

Ellis Island and Angel Island

c)

Rikers Island and Liberty Island

d)

Treasure Island and Falkland Islands

16.

What was the Gilded Age NOT known for?

a)

Political corruption

b)

Communism

c)

Mass immigration

d)

Labor unions

17.

What happened to Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

a)

He killed all of the Lakota tribe

b)

He and his soldiers were killed by Native Americans

c)

He made a peace treaty with the Sioux tribe

d)

He surrendered to the Native American warriors

18.

What is the term that means someone adopts the culture and customs of a dominant culture? For example, a Polish immigrant adopts American customs and culture after moving to the U.S.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Tribalism

c)

Nativism

d)

Public transportation

19.

The __________ railroad spread from the East to the West in the U.S.

a)

Transcontinental

b)

Southern

c)

Transnationalism

d)

Pacific

20.

Boss Tweed, was the head of Tammany Hall, the NYC political machine that belonged to which political party?

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Whig

d)

Libertarian

21.

What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

The Interstate Commerce Act

c)

The Dawes Act

d)

The American Indian Citizenship Act

22.

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

a)

The American Indian Citizenship Act

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Dawes Act

d)

The Meat Inspection Act

23.

What precious metal was found in California in 1848, and in Klondike(Alaska) in 1896?

a)

Platinum

b)

Coal

c)

Silver

d)

Gold

24.

How did the arrival of settlers change the Great Plains?

a)

Shift from hunting to farming

b)

Increase of the white settlers in the West

c)

Expansion of railroads and the rise of new towns

d)

All of the Above

25.

Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
Monroe Doctrine 
c)
Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
27.

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

a)

the railroads helped the NA move east

b)

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

c)

the railroads limited their land and decreased their food supply and resources

d)

the railroads increased the amount of land the NA had

28.
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
29.

Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?

a)

sun dried brick (adobe)

b)

lumber from trees

c)

Sod (made from mud and grass)

d)

buffalo hides for teepees

30.
Land set aside by the US government for the relocation of Native Americans are called _______________.
a)
tenements
b)
ghettos
c)
colonies
d)
reservations
31.
What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
a)
to bring an end to cattle drives
b)
to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
c)
to build the Transcontinental Railroad
d)
to provide a market for steel plows
32.

The reason why raw and manufactured goods could be transported more easily

a)

the trails that people followed across the country

b)

the growth of railroads

c)

people delivered products on their wagons

d)

stores popped up in the Great Plains

33.

What industry did Andrew Carnegie work in?

a)

Oil

b)

Steel

c)

Political Machines

d)

Banking

34.

Who did political machines get votes from?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Entrepreneurs

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Native Americans

35.

What did political machines offer in exchange for votes?

a)

Light Bulbs

b)

Farms

c)

Employment

d)

Car

36.

Who was the political boss that ran NYC politics?

a)

William McKinley

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Boss Tweed

37.

What is the name for a big business who controls the market?

a)

Private Business

b)

Monopoly

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Hull House

38.

Who would nativists try and restrict from entering the U.S.?

a)

Immigrants

b)

Native Americans

c)

Monopolies

d)

Farmers

39.

What main immigrant group was kicked out and excluded in 1882?

a)

Irish Immigrants

b)

German Immigrants

c)

Polish Immigrants

d)

Chinese Immigrants

40.

Who did the Dawes Act try and assimilate?

a)

Chinese Immigrants

b)

German Immigrants

c)

Native Americans

d)

Farmers

41.

What act gave people free and cheap land?

a)

Dawes act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

42.

What was the major form of transportation that took people to distant markets?

a)

Horse and Carriage

b)

Model T Car

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Walking

43.

What is the word for "hands off government?"

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Monopolies

c)

Political Machine

d)

Communism

44.

What process made the steel process more efficient?

a)

Light Bulb

b)

Bessemer Process

c)

Telephone

d)

Type Writer

45.

What did Thomas Edison invent?

a)

Telephone

b)

Glider

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

Light Bulb

46.

What could business do now that they had the light bulb and electricity?

a)

Close Early

b)

Work From Home

c)

Extend Working Hours

d)

Pay Low Wages

47.

Where were people moving to during the late 19th Century (1800s)?

a)

Farm to Farm

b)

City to City

c)

City to Farm

d)

Farm to City

48.

The process described above led to...

a)

peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians

b)

the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier

c)

federal regulation of agriculture

d)

a decline in immigration to urban areas

49.

Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?

a)

The rising costs of national defense

b)

Threats posed by immigrant radicals

c)

Abuses of the spoils system by political machines

d)

The inefficiency of large corporations

50.

Which issue is this cartoon addressing?

a)

Political corruption

b)

Temperance

c)

Civil Service Reform

d)

Segregation

51.

Which result completes the diagram?

a)

Ratification of a suffrage amendment

b)

Building of the transcontinental railroad

c)

Passage of prohibition legislation

d)

Expansion of labor unions

52.

Which issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?

a)

Discrimination against African Americans in US cities

b)

Harsh conditions of tenement housing in US cities

c)

Growing conflict between rural regions and US cities

d)

Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to US cities

53.

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

a)

Union leaders

b)

Political Bosses

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Nativists

54.

These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carisle Indian School was to...

a)

restore US citizenship to American Indians

b)

encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

c)

protect American Indians from nativist policies

d)

assimilate American Indians into US culture

55.

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

a)

Mechanical reapers to replace horse drawn reapers

b)

Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

c)

Transistors for radios

d)

Electric lightbulb

56.

Which statement best completes the list?

a)

Congress passed legislation imposing tariffs on imported beef.

b)

Most of the cowboys on cattle drives were European immigrants.

c)

The cattle industry was nationalized under the Department of Agriculture.

d)

The need to process large amounts of cattle made meatpacking a major industry.

57.

This legislation affected how federal employees were hired. The law now required government jobs to be —

a)

based on the political party affiliation of the applicant

b)

determined by a merit system based on civil service examinations

c)

based on the approval of lawmakers

d)

set aside for business executives of large corporations

58.

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

59.

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a _____________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

a)

Person

b)

Philanthropist

c)

Nativist

d)

Political Boss

60.

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

a)

Cars

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

AC

d)

Industrialization

61.

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

a)

Assimilation/Americanization

b)

Nativistism

c)

Communism

d)

Vietnamization

62.
Where did most immigrants during the Gilded Age come from?
a)
Northern Europe
b)
Eastern and Northern Europe
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
Central Europe
63.
True or False:  Most immigrants were skilled and well educated workers.
a)
True
b)
False
64.

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

a)

Ruralization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Colonization

d)

None of these

65.

Based on this poster, which is an accurate statement?

a)

Immigrants were encouraged to learn and to speak English

b)

Granite City had laws prohibiting immigrants from moving there

c)

The people in the poster were native-born Americans

d)

Granite City encourged diversity in its immigrant population

66.

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

a)

The discovery of goldfields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

b)

Industrialists used their connection with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

c)

In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

d)

Small, family-owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations

67.

What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

a)

Immigrants were exploited by political machines

b)

Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

c)

American workers formed labor unions

d)

Many immigrants lived in tenements

68.

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

a)

Many Americans moved west to farm

b)

Native Americans were placed on Reservations

c)

The discovery of Gold increased western migration

d)

Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

69.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

Political Corruption

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Monopoly

d)

Social Darwinism

70.

What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age?

a)

The living conditions of tenements improved greatly

b)

The number of people living in tenements declined

c)

Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

d)

Tenements were torn down and rebuilt