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1
Which of the following was a major union?
The Homestead
Big Business Inc.
American Federation of Labor
The Carnegie Union
2
Who is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms?
James A. Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
3
Which of the following was
NOT
a main problem facing Americans...
Poor working conditions
Corruption within the local governments
Lack of sanitation
Lack of jobs
4
Which of the following was
NOT
a voting restriction placed on African Americans
Exclusion Act
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
5
What is Patronage?
People who were forced to do dangerous work
People who disliked their jobs
When jobs are given to people who are qualified
When jobs are given to people who helped someone else get elected
6
Which of the following is an example of a Company Town?
Pullman, IL
Cleveland, OH
Pittsburgh, PA
San Fransisco, CA
7
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Grahm Bell
Jacob Riis
Thomas Edison
JP Morgan
8
Who wanted tariffs to be raised?
Immigrants
Grover Cleveland
Democrats
Big business
9
What was the Gentlemen's Agreement?
Act that required big business to give back to the poor
Act that required Japan to limit emigration of unskilled workers
Act that banned all European labor immigrants
Act that banned all Chinese labor immigrants
10
Which of the following did the development of railroads
NOT
establish?
Time Zones
Safe jobs for immigrants
Made westward expansion possible
New towns
11
What did the Wright Brothers do?
Made political cartoons of Boss Tweed
Completed the first successful airplane flight
Assisted in the development of the Transcontinental Railroad
Created the National Baseball League
12
True or False: Cities were sanitary and safe to live in
True
False
13
What was one impact of various new inventions?
Factory work took longer to complete
Office work was made more difficult
More women in the workplace
Less women in the workplace
14
Chinatown and Little Italy are examples of...
Company Towns
Major Unions
Places that Rockefeller purchased
Ethnic Neighborhoods
15
True or False: Segregation and discrimination only occurred in the South
False
True
16
What did the Pendleton Civil Service Act do?
Civil Service jobs had to be given based on merit
Made monopolies illegal
Legislation that forced Company Towns to shut down
Civil Service jobs had to be given based on patronage
17
True or False: printing became more expensive
True
False
18
Which legislation tried to make it illegal for Trusts to form?
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Pullman Anti-Trust Act
The 15th Amendment
19
Who is this?
Andrew Carnegie
Boss Tweed
JP Morgan
William Randolph Hearst
20
What is Civil Service?
Intended to keep corrupt political officials in office
Recieving a job based on merit
Receiving a job based on who you have helped in the past
Government assistance program for immigrants
21
True or False: Immigrants were treated differently when entering at Ellis Island vs Angel Island
False
True
22
Why are the wealthy entrepreneurs considered Robber Barons?
Donated some of their wealth to charities
Stole millions from the NYC taxpayers
Dominated multiple industries
Paid workers very little
23
What is Vertical Integration?
Purchasing a majority of a company's stock
Process of similar companies merging
Process of doing favors for the poor in order to secure votes
Process of buying out your suppliers
24
What industry did Andrew Carnegie dominate?
Oil
Technology
Steel
Electricity
25
What industry did John D. Rockefeller dominate?
Oil
Technology
Steel
Electricity
26
True or False: government supporting business was one reason for the Industrial Boom
False
True
27
True or False: Political Machines were organized like a circle
True
False
28
True or False: Wealthy entrepreneurs wanted to promote competition
True
False
29
Who controlled the activities in major cities?
Civil Service reformers
Inventors
Political machines
The government
30
True or False: The United States population drastically increased during the early 1900s
False
True
31
Why is George Eastman important?
Invented the first film for photography
Contributed to Urban Planning
Was the architect for the first Skyscraper in St. Louis
Photographed the Tenement Housing conditions
32
True or False: Unions formed to encourage leisure activities
False
True
33
Who exaggerated newspaper headlines?
George Eastman
Jacob Riis
William Randolph Hearst
Fredrick Law Olmsted
34
What is the name of the center where most European immigrants were processed?
Flatiron Building
United States Island
Angel Island
Ellis Island
35
What did Jim Crow laws enforce?
The civil rights of African Americans
Limitation of Big Business
The Americanization Movement
Segregation
36
Who developed the idea of "survival of the fittest"?
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Frick
Mark Twain
Charles Darwin
37
Who made electricity safer and cheaper?
Edwin L. Drake
Thomas Edison
Alexander Grahm Bell
Christopher Sholes
38
Where did immigrants primarily settle in the United States?
Cities
Company Towns
The South
Rural areas
39
Who was
NOT
considered to be a Captain of Industry/Robber Baron?
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Boss Tweed
Cornelius Vanderbilt
40
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of a leisure activity that emerged?
Going to see a movie
Bicycling
Going to Amusement Parks
Reading
41
What is Horizontal Integration?
Process of doing favors for the poor in order to secure votes
Process of similar companies merging
Purchasing a majority of a company's stock
Process of buying out your suppliers
42
What is a Tenement?
Above ground transportation system
Slum buildings in large cities
Housing in the suburbs
Another name for a skyscraper
43
Which President was assassinated during the Gilded Age?
Grover Cleveland
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
44
Which Supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
Marbury vs. Madison
Miranda vs. Arizona
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
45
True or False: Chinese immigrants worked on the Transcontinental Railroad
False
True
