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Gilded Age
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Why was the invention of the light bulb important?
It made the use of cars possible
It provided criminals with light
It allowed people to work into the night
It replaced biblical torches as the main source of light
2
Nativists in California would have shown massive amounts of support for...
The Chinese Partnership Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Inclusion Act
The Chinese Naturalization Act
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The Interstate Commerce Act
regulated railroads
helped businesses make so much money
Helped farmers make large sums of money.
regulated the meat grinding ministry
4
In the latter part of the 19th century most immigrants came from...
Northern and Western Europe
China and Southeast Asia
Canada and Latin America
Southern and Eastern Europe
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Why did Congress want to pass antitrust legislation?
to allow more people to get jobs
to allow less competition in business
to allow more competition in business
to allow more people to get paid more money
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"Bosses" of urban machines...
did not allow immigrants to vote
spent much money on the military
force the urban poor out of jobs
participated in corruption and graft
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What is strange about philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie?
They were completely broke by the time they died.
They made lots of money, but never spent any.
They never actually made any money.
They gave away money, but paid their workers poorly.
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Why would business leaders appreciate laissez-faire economics?
They had lots of freedom to do what they wanted
businesses could not make much money
Political Parties began to exist which helped stop graft
the government watched businesses very closely
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How did the Bessemer process help the steel industry?
It made steel 100 times stronger
It made ecclesiastic steel
It allowed steel to be produced quickly
It made steel beams much larger and cool
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What were some goals of labor unions (AFL or Knights of Labor)?
higher wages
better insurance
Three week vacations
40 hour work week
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What is so bad about monopolies?
They provide too many jobs.
They created so many inventions that the patent office crash
competition is severely limited or nonexistent
They make way too much money.
