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Unit 1 Gilded Age Review
Unit 1 Gilded Age Review
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Review of Gilded Age for unit 1 test in US History
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1
He used horizontal integration to monopolize the oil industry
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbelt
JP Morgan
JD Rockefeller
2
Who is this?
Chester Arthur
William "Boss" Tweed
Jim Gould
Grover Cleveland
3
What is the name of the center where most immigrants from Europe were processed?
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Tammany Hall
Tybee Island
4
Who called this period the Gilded Age?
Boss Tweed
Mark Twain
James Garfield
William Randolph Hearst
5
He made a fortune in banking and investment
Cornelius Vanderbelt
JD Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
6
Supreme Court decisions in the late 19th century most often
supported government regulation of business
favored corporations
protected consumers
favored labor unions
7
All of the following made the new immigrants very different EXCEPT
Their customs and traditions were very different
They practiced different religions
They were generally unskilled and illiterate
They all came seeking religious freedom
8
The Supreme Court upheld the concept of "separate but equal" in which court case
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Topeka
Scott v. Sanford
Wabash v. Illinois
9
Laissez faire is
owning all steps in the manufacturing process
no government interference in the economy
government regulation of big business
the creation of monopolies
10
Which group was the first to face legislation limiting their immigration into the US
Irish
Japanese
Chinese
Italians
11
He used vertical integration to dominate the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
JD Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbelt
JP Morgan
12
Which of these was NOT a problem facing Americans during the Gilded Age?
Lack of jobs
Corruption
Nativism
Monopolies
13
Choose
ALL
of the ways that Southern whites disenfranchised black voters
Grandfather clauses
Literacy tests
Lynching
Poll taxes
14
All of the following characterized big cities during the Gilded Age
EXCEPT
crowded tenements
poor sanitation
outbreaks of deadly disease
increasing integration of neighborhoods
15
New Immigrants coming to the US following the Civil War came from
Southern and Eastern Europe
Western and Southern Europe
Asia
Northern and Eastern Europe
16
Which of these would Social Darwinists most likely support?
subsidies for farmers
non-regulation of business
a guaranteed living wage for workers
relief for the unemployed
17
Choose ALL of the answers that can correctly be attributed to barbed wire
Closed the frontier
Ended the long drive
Ended being used in warfare
Is pointy
18
Folks who dislike immigrants and prefer "native born" Americans are called
racism
segregation
assimilation
nativism
19
Chinatown and Little Italy are examples of
monopolies
political machines
tenements
enclaves
20
Which of these groups were helpful to poor immigrants?
Political Machines
The American Protective Association
Settlement Houses
Social Darwinists
21
The slum buildings popular in large cities during the Gilded Age were called
ghettoes
tenements
suburbs
vaudeville
22
The Pendleton Act required folks seeking federal jobs to
Take a competitive exam
Present a written recommendation
Have a college degree
Agree to make financial contributions to their party
23
This railroad scandal involved congress and tarnished the president's reputation
Whiskey Ring
Tweed Ring
Credit Mobilier
The Thomas Nast Affair
24
One major shift in population that happened during the Gilded Age was
People moved to the city to work in factories
Folks moved from the city to rural areas
Immigration radically decreased
African Americans returned to agriculture in the South