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Gilded Age Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the mid-19th century?

a)

To escape religious persecution

b)

To work on the transcontinental railroad and in gold mines

c)

To become landowners in the Midwest

d)

To fight in the Civil War

2.

What was the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

a)

To encourage Chinese laborers to work in American factories

b)

To grant citizenship to Chinese immigrants

c)

To restrict Chinese immigration and prevent Chinese immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens

d)

To limit Chinese land ownership

3.

What was one major reason white workers opposed Chinese immigration?

a)

Chinese immigrants refused to assimilate

b)

Chinese workers were taking over political offices

c)

Chinese laborers were willing to work for lower wages

d)

Chinese immigrants supported anti-American policies

4.

What was the main characteristic of the Gilded Age?

a)

Government control over the economy

b)

Rapid industrialization and economic growth

c)

Decrease in immigration

d)

Strong labor unions

5.

Who coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe the period?

a)

J.P. Morgan

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Mark Twain

6.
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 connections 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.
7.
What is a characteristic of the Gilded Age?
a)
Political Correctness
b)
Political Corruption
c)
Honest Businessmen
d)
Everyone moving out to farms for work
8.

Which industry was most associated with the rise of monopolies in the Gilded Age?

a)

Steel and oil

b)

Agriculture

c)

Textiles

d)

Automobiles

9.

Which industrialist dominated the steel industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)


JP Morgan

d)

Henry Ford

10.

John D. Rockefeller was associated with which company?

a)

U.S. Steel

b)

General Electric

c)

Standard Oil

d)

Union Pacific Railroad

11.

J.P. Morgan was known for his influence in which sector?

a)

Railroads

b)

Banking and finance

c)

Agriculture

d)

Mining

12.

The term "robber baron" refers to:

a)

Wealthy industrialists accused of exploiting workers

b)

Railroad workers who went on strike

c)

Farmers who supported bimetallism

d)

Corrupt government officials

13.

What was one effect of urbanization during the Gilded Age?

a)

Increased rural population

b)

Decline in immigration

c)

Decrease in factory jobs

d)

Increase of poor housing conditions in cities

14.

Match the following wealthy owners to their industry.

a)

Steel

1.

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Oil

2.

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Railroad

3.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Automobile

4.

Henry Ford

e)

Banking

5.

JP Morgan

15.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
16.
Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Great Plains Act
d)
Homestead Act
17.
Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes
a)
Nativist
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Machines
d)
Robber Barons
18.
TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Goods were transported across country
b)
Travel across the country was possible
c)
Populations in the west increased
d)
Railroad reduced the size of the US
20.
Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?
a)
Opportunity 
b)
Oppression
c)
Cultural ties
d)
Freedom
21.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
a)
Educated professionals
b)
skilled workers
c)
Factory/sweatshop workers
d)
Scientists
22.
In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?
a)
Chinese immigrants took jobs
b)
Nativist & racial hate
c)
Chinese immigrants were moving east
d)
Chinese workers took lower pay
23.
Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
a)
Galveston
b)
Long
c)
Ellis
d)
Angel
24.
Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?
a)
social darwinist
b)
political bosses
c)
nativist
d)
political machines
25.
Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
JP Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
26.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
27.
Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
William Tweed
28.
Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
a)
Interstate Commerce Act 
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Sherman AntiTrust Act
d)
Dawes Act
29.

Practice where a single company controls every step of the process, from the raw materials to distribution.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal integration

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Agrarian

30.
Type of monopoly where a company controls a majority of one step in the production process.
a)
Horizontal Integration
b)
Vertical Integration
c)
Laissez-Faire
d)
Trusts
31.

The time between 1870 and 1900 during which the population and economy grew quickly along with political and corporate corruption.

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

American Foundations

c)

Gilded Age

d)

Monopoly

32.

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

a)

Immigration

b)

Nativism

c)

Urbanization

d)

Philanthropy

33.

Worker organizations who tried to collectively bargain for better pay and working conditions.

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Monopoly

c)

Political Machine

d)

Free Enterprise System

34.

The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Nativism

c)

Political Machine

d)

Corporation

35.

An assembly line is...

a)

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

b)

Factories

c)

movable parts

36.

Define Ellis Island

a)

An immigration station that opened in 1892, located at the mouth of the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. It closed in 1954.

b)

The location where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met and the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. A Golden Spike Ceremony was held on May 10, 1869, to celebrate the event

c)

Located in the San Francisco Bay, it was the primary immigration station for the West Coast from 1910-1940. It also served as a deportation station.

d)

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

37.

Define Tenements

a)

Immigrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe: Italy, Asia, China, and Poland

b)

Single family dwellings divided into multiple living spaces to accommodate the new growth of population in the United States. They were often poorly lit, cramped, and lacked plumbing and good ventilation

c)

Federal law signed by President Chester Arthur in 1882 prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.

d)

Immigrants primarily from Northern and Western Europe: England, Ireland, and Germany

e)

Population shift from rural areas to urban areas

38.

Define Nativism

a)

An immigration station that opened in 1892, located at the mouth of the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. It closed in 1954.

b)

A place where different people, styles, theories are mixed together.

c)

Located in the San Francisco Bay, it was the primary immigration station for the West Coast from 1910-1940. It also served as a deportation station.

d)

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

39.

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

40.

What concept does this image refer to?

a)

political machines

b)

nativisim

c)

labor unions

d)

graft

41.

A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions.

a)

Sweatshop

b)

Settlement House

c)

Muckraker

d)

Tenement

42.

Which of the following is true of working conditions in the Gilded Age?

a)
factories competed with one another to offer the highest wages
b)
factories were often crowded, poorly ventilated, and prone to accidents
c)
all factories used Assembly Lines to make production more efficient
d)
management made sure workers were so well-trained and educated they were irreplaceable
43.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

a)

The Immigrants and the Poor

b)

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

c)

The Poor and the Chinese

d)

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

44.

Though jobs were plentiful, they didn't pay well. This caused what change in women and children's lives in the nineteenth century?

a)

Women and children had to become wage earners

b)

Women and children became business owners

c)

Women and children became more educated

d)

Women and children became leaders of organized labor

45.

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

46.

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

a)

The Immigrants and the Poor

b)

The Immigrants and Big Businesses

c)

The Poor and the Chinese

d)

The Chinese and the Big Businesses

47.

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

a)

Political Machines and the Spoils System

b)

Chinese Immigrants

c)

Indians (Native Americans)

d)

The need to regulate State Governments

48.

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

a)

Nativists

b)

Populists

c)

Philanthropists

d)

Social Workers

49.

Written by Andrew Carnegie; called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Interstate Commerce Act

d)

Gospel of Wealth

50.

Founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless business tactics to force competitors out of business. Created a monopoly

a)

Nativists

b)

Political Machines/Bosses

c)

JD Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

51.

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

a)

Nativists

b)

Political Machines/Bosses

c)

JD Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

52.

U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them

a)

Nativists

b)

Political Machines/Bosses

c)

JD Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

53.

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

a)

Immigration / urbanization

b)

capitalism / imperialism

c)

communism / free enterprise

d)

reform movements / civil rights

54.

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

a)

cultural diffusion / globalization

b)

acculturation / industrialization

c)

assimilation / americanization

d)

overspeculation / urbanization

55.

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

56.

Which application of a new technology can attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

a)

Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances

b)

Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

c)

Diesel engines were used in production of airplanes

d)

Sonar technology was used to track submarines

57.

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the:

a)

increased need to protect worker interests

b)

decreased power of political machines

c)

increased demand for skilled workers

d)

decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

58.
The photo demonstrates one of the problems with
a)
overcrowding urban tenements.
b)
labor union activism in urban areas.
c)
the overproduction of consumer goods.
d)
the growth of political machines.
59.

The growth of cities is called . . .

a)

rural

b)

technology

c)

immigration

d)

urbanization

60.

During the Gilded Age, people moved from _____ areas to ______ areas.

a)

Urban, rural

b)

Western, eastern

c)

Eastern, western

d)

Rural, urban

61.

The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.

a)

Maslow

b)

Bessemer Process

c)

Free Enterprise

d)

Laisez-Faire

62.

These businessmen sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep workers wages low.

a)

Captains of Industry

b)

Philanthropists

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

Robber Barons

63.

When there is complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

National Market

c)

Opportunity Cost

d)

Monopoly

64.

Match the following Captains of Industry / Robber Barons with the industry they dominated.

a)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

1.

Railroads

b)

Carnegie

2.

Steel

c)

Rockefeller

3.

Standard Oil

d)

JP Morgan

4.

Finance

65.

Match the following

a)

A business strategy in which a company expands its presence and control over the production or distribution of similar products or services by acquiring or merging with competitors operating in the same industry.

1.

Horizontal integration

b)

A business strategy where a company extends its control over different stages of the production process or distribution chain of its products or services.

2.

Vertical integration

c)

A market structure in which a single seller or producer dominates the entire market for a particular product or service, giving it significant control over price and supply.

3.

Monopoly

d)

This allows a small group of owners to exert significant influence over prices, production, and competition within that industry.

4.

Trust

66.

Which two terms are often associated with ultra wealthy capitalist of the Gilded Age?

a)

Robber barons

b)

Titans of Business

c)

Captains of Industry

d)

Monarchs of Industry

67.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what ideology applied Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection to human society, often justifying social inequalities and laissez-faire capitalism?

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Philanthropy

d)

Anarchism

68.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)

W.E.B. Du Bois                               

d)
William Lloyd Douglas
69.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
70.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
71.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades              
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
72.

Which African American leader believed African Americans had already earned the rights of whites and demanded that they should be treated as equals?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Benjamin Singleton

73.

Jim Crow Laws did what?

a)

Disenfranchised African Americans and segregate society

b)

Disenfranchised wealthy white planters and segregated society

c)

Forced Republicans to become sharecroppers

d)

Led to an increase in voting activity among African Americans

74.

Which Civil Rights activist is associated with vocational education?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Booker T. Washington

75.
In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of
a)

Ohio State

b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)
Oxford
76.

True or False? : Ida B. Wells was born enslaved.

a)

True

b)

False.

77.

This woman led a campaign against the lynching of African Americans

a)

Margaret Sanger

b)

Doroetha Dix

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Frances Willard

78.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
79.

Who was the oil tycoon who created the Standard Oil Company

a)

Carnegie

b)

Morgan

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Vanderbilt

80.
________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices. 
a)
Industrial Giants
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Union Leaders
81.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
82.

Company who Owns every step of production

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Lassiez faire

d)

Corporation

83.

Financier who made his money in the Banking industry

a)

Rockefeller

b)

Morgan

c)

Carnegie

d)

Vanderbilt

84.

He invented the light bulb and helped "electrify America."

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Thomas Edison

85.

Term that means the government will not regulate or interfere in industry.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Regulatory Restraint

d)

Socialism

86.

Andrew Carnegie's idea that the wealthy had a moral obligation to improve society for everyone.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

American Dream

d)

Principles of Scientific Management

87.

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America and the corruption in political America

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Imperial America

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Gilded Age

88.

Did children make a lot of money for their work?

a)

Yes, they were paid like adults

b)

No, they were paid little

89.

Which of the following was a typical job worked by children?

a)

Breaking up coal

b)

Selling newspapers

c)

Chimney sweeps

d)

Working on Machines

e)

All Listed Jobs

90.

What was the main reason that businesses liked to hire children?

a)

They were strong

b)

They were educated

c)

They worked for low wages

d)

They worked fast

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