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Gilded Age and Industry
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1
Which issue of the Gilded Age does this cartoon express?
Modern workplaces are likely to catch fire
Government interference with business
Rights of workers becoming overshadowed
Owners of monopolies are powerless to employees
2
This photograph by Jacob Riis (1889) reflects the conditions that would have been found in
The Rural South
Indian Reservations
Industrial Areas
The West
3
In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with what company?
General Motors Corporation
Standard Oil
American Telephone and Telegraph
US Steel
4
What term was used to describe the governments attitude towards business during the Gilded Age?
Restictive
Protective
There was no change
Laissez-Faire
5
What helps expand the West?
Gold Rush
Transcontinental Railroad
Abolition of Slavery
Lewis and Clark
6
The issue of having too many new, diverse immigrants hurt what groups?
Unions
Big Business
Foreign Governments
The US Government
7
What event can be described by: Lakota Sioux, Big Foot, Ghost Dance, Col. James W Forsyth?
Native American Relocation
Trail of Tears
Wounded Knee
Little Big Horn
8
Where is the cheapest place to live during this time period?
The South
Cities
Metropolitan areas
The West
9
Which statement BEST describes the point of this late-19th century cartoon?
America is being controlled by the coal and steel industries
United States is increasing exploration of natural resources
Federal government is controlling big business
Major industry is in control of American Gov. and society
10
The image reflects the American spirit during...
Prohibition Era
Railroad Wars
Westward Expansion
Civil War
11
Andrew Carnegie and JP Morgan are both considered "Captains" of what industry?
Railroads
Banking
Steel
Oil
12
Why were businessmen during the Industrial Age okay with an increase of immigrants?
More Consumers
Less government control
More Votes
Cheap and unskilled labor
13
This political cartoon was published in the 1890s and points to the growing
Disparity in wages between laborers and industrialists
Concern regarding factory working conditions
Involvement of government in private business
Power of unions in the United States
14
Who offered business contracts, gov. jobs, and money to poor immigrants in exchange for votes?
Union Leaders
Democrats
Political "Machines"
Republicans
15
Who was brought to the United States specifically to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Polish
Germans
Irish
Chinese
