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Unit Eight: The Gilded Age
Unit Eight: The Gilded Age
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AP United States History quiz on the Gilded Age.
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1
What strategy did Republicans use to gain votes during the Gilded Age?
“Milieu control”
“Multilevel marketing”
“Agitprop”
“Waving the bloody shirt”
2
Which of the following philosophies was most directly responsible for nativist sentiment?
Social Darwinism.
Marxism.
Democracy.
Protestant Fundamentalism.
3
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the popularity of entertainment?
An increase in students enrolled in higher education.
A loosening of anti-leisure religious morals.
A decrease in the number of hours people worked.
The growth of advertising in mass media.
4
The Ocala Platform movement resulted from a protest movement that mainly involved labor unions.
True
False
5
Frederick Jackson Turner:
Wrote on how Americans love to conserve natural resources.
Said the frontier built class distinctions.
Concluded the "American Frontier" was closed.
Thought America had endless land.
6
The Dawes Severalty Act (1887):
Kill off Native Americans.
Gave U.S citizenship to those who embraced their culture.
Was designed to break up tribal organizations.
Was designed to create new tribal organizations.
7
After the Spanish-American War ended in 1848 Spanish-speaking landowners in CA were:
Kicked off their land.
Deported.
Granted citizenship and their property rights.
Prosecuted.
8
How did industrialization affect the arts?
Art became more slick and commercialized.
Paintings became bleak to demonstrate capitalist alienation.
Only heroic depictions of J.P. Morgan were allowed.
Artists depicted the ordinary lives of working people.
9
New inventions led to:
Increased productivity in the work-place.
Less productivity in the work-place.
Increased distractions in the work-place.
A weaker economy.
10
What was the U.S economic policy during the Gilded Age?
Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Communism
Supply Side Economics
Keynesian Economics
11
What trend characterized popular music of this time period?
Fusion of African musical styles and European instruments.
The use of a fast tempo to reflect busy urban life.
A use of complex mathematical formulas and rigid structure.
The growth of folk music popularized by immigrants.
12
What were Republicans who did not engage in patronage called?
Carpetbaggers
Worms
Muckrakers
Mugwups
13
What was the “Billion-Dollar Congress”?
When the net worth of congress was one billion dollars.
A congress that took a billion dollars in net bribes.
A congress whose actions were worth a billion dollars.
A congress that passed its first billion-dollar budget.
14
The Interstate Commerce Act:
Set up the FBI
Created HUAC.
Set up the CIA
Set up the ICC.
15
Which group supported the reinstatement of silver coinage?
Investors, who wanted maximum returns on their investments.
Debtors, who wanted to pay off their debt more easily.
Congress who wanted their salaries to be in silver.
Communists who wanted to spread wealth.
16
What attitude did labor unions hold toward immigration, and why?
Opposed immigration because immigrants could lower wages.
Supported immigration because they wanted ethnic diversity.
They opposed immigration, thinking immigrants were inferior.
Supported immigration because they would gain supporters.
17
What is Vertical Integration?
Horizontal Integration
Many companies under one large corporate umbrella.
Controlling all the steps in making a finished product.
Used by J.P. Morgan.
18
The economic potential of the vast open grasslands that reached from Texas to Canada:
Was realized by rancher.
Did not exist.
Was realized by businesses.
Was realized by fruit farmers.
19
The Sherman Antitrust Act was:
A success, but poorly written.
A massive fail, causing aliens to invade.
To poorly worded to stop the development of trusts.
A conspiracy theory.
20
What trend characterized voting during the 1870s?
Many refused to vote, thinking it would support corruption.
Low voter turn out.
Voters swung to the left resulting in a Red Scare.
Crowd-pleasing campaigns inspired party loyalty.
21
The corruption of the Gilded Age was most similar to the corruption seen in the:
1920's
2000's
1930's
1850's
22
Which is a way employers defeated unions?
Blacklists
None of the above.
Lockins
Pink-Dog Contracts
23
Which of the following was NOT supported by the Populist Party?
A graduated income tax.
The prohibition of alcohol.
Inflation.
Government-owned railroads.
24
How did the Sherman Antitrust Act affect American commerce?
It ushered in a new welfare state.
It led to a rise in Nativist sentiment.
It was imperceptible because it had too many loopholes.
The Seahawks fired Richard Sherman.
25
Which pattern characterized urban settlement during this time period?
Cities became crowded because abortion was not legalized.
Wealthy urban citizens moved to the suburbs.
Lower-income citizens moved to the suburbs.
Immigrants moved to rural areas because they were scenic.
26
The labor supply was supplemented by:
Political Machines
Immigrants
Nativists
Americans
27
The temperance movement was motivated by the desire to end
Acts of vandalism performed by Carrie A. Nation.
The suppression of women’s rights by alcoholic men.
An increased rate of liver failure among immigrants.
Poverty resulting from male factory workers’ alcoholism.
28
Plessy v. Ferguson
upheld:
The 16th amendment.
"Separate but equal accommodations."
Same-sex marriage.
Free speech unless there was a, "clear and present danger."
29
Which event led many Americans to view the union movement as radical and violent?
The AF of L
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Bombing
Homestead Strike
30
The Grange movement:
Supported Laissez- fair capitalism.
Supported big-business.
Was an organization of lawyers.
Was a farmers organization and business.
31
Who of the following contributed most to the growing field of social science?
Mark Twain, whose novels criticized racism and violence.
Ayn Rand, who praised laissez-faire capitalism as freedom.
Mary Baker Eddy who preached worship of “Father Mother God”.
W.E.B. Dubois who advocated education for African-Americans.
32
How did the Populist Party influence American politics?
They joined with the Democrats who adopted their policies.
They had no perceptible influence.
Their discovery of gold in Alaska increased inflation.
They replaced the Republicans as a major political party.
33
A Century of Dishonor
which drew attention to injustices upon Indians, is most comparable to:
The Organization Man
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Other America
The Jungle
34
What did the 'Second Industrial Revolution' result in?
Growth of large-scale industry.
A decline in the population due to low productivity.
An end to all unions.
New foods.
35
What impact did Social Darwinism have on American society in the Gilded Age?
It led to the support of laissez-faire capitalism.
The government tried to rid of those deemed 'unfit'.
Led to the discovery of DNA.
It inspired people to support communism.
36
In Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court:
Upheld the right of a state to regulate business.
Ruled that farmers could control all railroads.
Created the ICC.
Ruled that individual states could not regulate business.
37
How did architecture change from 1870 to 1900?
It embraced the influence of multiculturalism in the U.S.
It incorporated symbolism as a form of social criticism.
Classical styles were replaced with clean, functional lines.
It tried to replicate styles found in ancient Egypt.
38
Where were 'new' immigrants from?
Northern Europe
Texas
Africa
Southern Europe
39
What was one result of the Panic of 1873?
Morphine became a popular way to deal with stress.
President Cleveland wrote new welfare programs and reforms.
Americans protested the economic system.
Railroads became bankrupt because of overbuilding.
40
All of the following caused increased immigration to the United States except:
The popularity of the Social Gospel.
Overpopulation and unemployment due to population growth.
Religious persecution of Eastern European Jews.
The invention of large steamships.
