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Unit 2: The Gilded Age
Unit 2: The Gilded Age
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Review questions for US History Unit 2 Test
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1
In 1862, the U.S. government made land available in most of the West. What was this law called?
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Greenback
Treaty of Laramie
2
Which of the following had the biggest impact after the Second Industrial Revolution?
Telegraph
Bessemer Process
Coal engine
Steam engine
3
What was the name for the process of mass producing steel by blowing air into molten iron?
Bessemer Process
Bartholomew Process
Brandenberg Process
Bean Bag Process
4
Bosses like William Tweed were in charge of corrupt systems in larger cities known as...
Political Machines
Populists
Bimetallism
Industrialists
5
Which form of transportation is most closely associated with the First Industrial Revolution
Automobiles
Trains
6
How did the Dawes act apply to the Native American population?
This act allowed Natives to maintain their culture
The Native American had to chose 150 acres of land
They were able to choose land within Indian reservations
It guaranteed assimilation of Natives would not occur
7
Which form of transportation is most closely associated with the Second Industrial Revolution
Boats
Automobiles
8
Supporters of laissez-faire would want
MORE
government intervention
False
True
9
The Populist Party would most likely be supported by which group?
Agricultural industry
Railroad owners
Republican Party
Democratic Party
10
Why did the US government pass the Interstate Commerce Act?
Unfair practices of robber barons
Too many monopolies and trusts
All of the above
Price gouging on railroads
11
What was one of the leading reasons many immigrants chose to move to America?
politics
jobs
religion
land
12
Elijah McCoy and Granville Woods both made contributions to which industry?
Steel
Banking
Railroad
Medicine
13
Which idea argued that gold should not be the only metal that backed money in the late 1800s?
Exodust
Gold Standard
Bimetallism
Gold Rush
14
Both vertical and horizontal integration are likely to lead to a cornering of the market called...
Bessemer Process
Backgammon
Interstate Commerce Act
Monopoly
15
Lewis Howard Latimer patented Thomas Edison's light bulb
True
False
16
How did the arrival experience differ for the European and Asian immigrants in the early 1900s?
The Asians only had a small security check to get in
The Europeans were put through difficult literacy tests
Europeans were welcomed and easily given citizenship
Asians were openly allowed into the country
17
Which piece of federal legislation targeted business monopolies during the Gilded Age?
Sampsonite Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Southampton Antitrust Act
Shawshank Antitrust Act
18
Which of the following represents how Henry Flagler affected Florida in the early 1900s?
Developing railroads that allowed Florida to flourish
Eliminating Jim Crow laws
Was not related to advancements in Florida
Starting the first schools in Florida
19
What is the term for the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time?
Insurrection
Deflation
Insubordination
Inflation
20
Robber barons were rich industrialists who made their fortunes by treating their workers unfairly
False
True