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Chapter 6 Gilded AGe
Chapter 6 Gilded AGe
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Gilded and Progressive Era Test Review #americanhistory #gildedera
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1
The purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
allow railroad wokers to form their own unions
make railroads raise wages for their workers
force railroad companies to keep their rates secret
eliminate overchariging by the railroad companies
2
During the late 1800s Midwestern farmers found that earning a living was difficult because -
farm workers joined unions
agricultural output was declining
crop prices were increasing
railroad companies charged high rates for transporting goods
3
Graft is defined as -
Someone stealing your lunch money
money or advantage gained by dishonest means
A diagram that exhibits a relationship between numbers
A flat structure, typically made of logs, that floats
4
All of the following describe women during the Gilded Age EXCEPT
Some women out West got the right to vote
Women got elected to Congress
Women earned half as much as men in factories
Some women became secretaries
5
What does urbanization mean?
Growth of farms
Growth of mountains
Growth of cities
Growth of islands
6
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in order to keep the Chinese from taking our-
Jobs
Children
Slap Braclets!
Homes
7
At the turn of the century, most immigrants settled in cities because ...
George Washington commanded it!
immigrants were not permitted to buy farmland
that is where the jobs were
labor unions prohibited them from settling anywhere else
8
He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
William McKinley
James A. Garfield
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
9
What landmark SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the U.S.) decision resulted in "separate but equal"?
Muller v Oregon
Brown v Board of Education
Loving v Virginia
Plessy v Ferguson
10
This individual supported the Social Gospel movement by creating a settlement house known as Hull House in Chiago
Baby Ruth
Booker T. Washington
Jane Addams
Amelia Earhart
11
Which of the following was the most popular form of entertainment during the late 1800's?
baseball
soccer
singing
radio
12
In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced politics by
importing more foreign goods
offering to pay higher taxes
giving money to government officials
running for political office
13
Laws requiring individuals to pass civil service examinations for jobs were enacted to -
allow the government to compete with private industry
encourage the growth of local political parties
eliminate patronage and corruption in government hiring
support the development of public employee labor unions
14
Urbanization leads to all of the following except
Pollution
Improved transportation
Overcrowding
Crime
15
This political boss was in charge of Tamanny Hall in New York City
George Lucas
George Plunkitt
Thomas Nast
Boss Tweed
16
An economic system where the government controls the economy
Capitalism
Communism
Mixed
Socialism
17
Jim Crow laws -
made segregation illegal
discriminated against immigrants
made discrimination legal
improved working conditions in factories
18
Members of the Populist Party were mostly
farmers
industrialists
former Mugwumps
businessmen
19
He was assassinated only a few months after his election in 1880
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
James A. Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
20
An old immigrant is
An immigrant that arrived after 1880
An immigrant that arrived before 1880
A senior citizen
An immigrant from Greece