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1
Which event turned violent and essentially killed the Knights of Labor?
Haymarket Square Riot of 1886
Railroad Strike of 1877
Homestead Strike of 1892
Pullman Strike of 1894
2
All of the following were true about child labor except:
Less pay
Advanced education
Many injuries
Long hours
3
This act said government jobs should be awarded based on merit instead of political affiliation
Guiteau Civil Service Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act
4
The Supreme Court upheld the concept of "separate but equal" in which landmark case?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Brown v. Topeka
Plessy v. Ferguson
Wabash v. Illinois
5
This act made it illegal for a trust to interfere with free trade but was not enforced properly
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Richard Sherman Act
Townshend Acts
6
What led to the massive violations of the rights of African Americans in the late 19th century?
Passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Integration of public facilities
Federal programs for affirmative action
Jim Crow laws
7
Why were many immigrants motivated to migrate to the United States in the late 1800s?
To live in a warmer climate
To seek out new technologies
To have access to cheaper goods
To pursue the American Dream
8
What was formed by workers to help them fight for better working conditions?
Political Machines
Labor Unions
Monopolies
Social Security
9
Disputes between labor and business owners were sometimes marked by:
Government support for striking workers
Negotiations by the federal government
Cooperative efforts to resolve differences
The use of violence by both sides
10
Between 1890-1915, people who flocked to the US were "New Immigrants" because:
They were younger than earlier immigrants
They were culturally different from earlier immigrant waves
They were forced to settle on farms
They were from China, Japan, and other Asian countries
11
This railroad scandal involved Congress and tarnished President Grant's reputation:
Whiskey Ring
Thomas Nast Affair
Credit Mobilier
Tweed Ring
12
Which labor organization welcomed women, unskilled laborers, immigrants, and blacks?
Pinkerton Agency
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
13
Multifamily, overcrowded, unsanitary urban dwellings were known as:
Tenements
The Projects
Settlement Houses
MTV Cribs
14
The tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops to the landlord is known as a:
Taxcropper
Migrant laborer
Slave
Sharecropper
15
Which of the following was a new invention during the period of the Gilded Age?
Jet Engine
Printing Press
Atomic Bomb
Typewriter
16
Choose
ALL
of the ways that southern whites deprived blacks of the right to vote:
Lynching
Poll Tax
Literacy Tests
Grandfather Clause
17
Steel made which "Robber Baron" rich when he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million?
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
18
This is known as the illegal use of political influence for personal gain:
Graft
Racketeering
Embezzlement
Spoils Sytem
19
John D. Rockefeller was the head of which company?
Exxon Mobil
Standard Oil
Sears Roebuck
Philadelphia Steel
20
Strategies used by labor unions included all the following except:
Arbitration
Collective Bargaining
Strikes
Supporting "Scabs"
21
Awarding government jobs to the people who helped the candidate get elected is called:
Patriotism
Parsonage
Nativism
Patronage
22
William M. Tweed was known for his:
Leadership in the Progressive Movement
Support for honesty in municipal government
Role as landlord and owner of tenement buildings
Fraudulent city contracts and extortion
23
One major shift in population that happened during the Gilded Age was:
People moved from the city to rural areas
African Americans returned to agriculture in the South
Immigration radically decreased
People moved to the city to work in factories
24
This was Carnegie's belief that the rich should should use their wealth to help the public:
Civil Service
Social Gospel
Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
25
Mark Twain called the era following the Civil War the "Gilded Age" because:
It was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath
The tremendous number of gold strikes that took place
It was the golden age of American imperialism
The gold and silver issues seemed to dominate the era
26
By 1900, 40% of Americans lived in large cities like NYC. Increased urbanization resulted in:
Cities that were overcrowded, congested, and polluted
Passage of legislation limiting immigration to urban areas
Philanthropists establishing foundations to help the poor
Demands for an end to the power of the political machines
27
Which is a drawback to a trust or a monopoly?
lowering of prices
limits on competition
more government regulations
better quality goods
28
What phrase best explains government interaction with business during the Gilded Age?
c'est la vie
live free or die
laissez-faire
e pluribus unum
29
This act banned entry to all Chinese immigrants except teachers, students, tourists, etc.:
Asian Exclusion Acts
Chinese Inclusion Act
Emergency Quota Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
30
Immigrants came to the US primarily through which two areas?
Ellis and Angel Islands
Houston and Gavelston
Jersey City and Sacramento
Manhattan and Alcatraz
31
One factor that furthered industrialization in the US was:
Mass production of automobiles
Development of the airplane
Widespread use of steamboats
Expansion of railroads
32
Tammany Hall was the Democratic political machine in which city?
Boston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
33
The AFL was successful because it:
Refused to participate in strikes
Concentrated on organizing workers in the South
Fought for the rights of skilled workers
Fought for the rights of unskilled workers
34
The growth of cities is known as...
Ruralization
Californication
Citification
Urbanization
35
What was the major difference between black leaders Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
The need for immediate equality for blacks and whites
Booker T. was Team Meek Mill and W.E.B. was Team Drake
The need for better education
Using white institutions to help blacks
36
In 1890, Jacob Riis vividly portrayed life in American urban slums in his work entitled:
The Octopus
The Jungle
How the Other Half Lives
A Tale of Two Cities
37
Which of these industrialists was not a "Captain of Industry/Robber Baron"?
Andrew Carnegie
James Garfield
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
38
This "dangerous" woman was one of the most prominent union organizers of the labor movement:
Jesus Jones
Mary "Mother" Harris Jones
Marie Curie Jones
Frances Folsom Cleveland
39
This is when a company forces a worker to sign a contract which states they can't join a union:
Yellow Dog Contract
Injunction
Open Shop
Strike
40
This is the belief that competition in business will ensure the survival of the fittest:
Nativism
Natural Selection
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
41
Which of the following is the best description of the "Robber Barons?"
Men who invented the Industrial Revolution
Captains of Industry who always gave away their fortunes
Entrepreneurs who made a fortune during the Gilded Age
Government workers who controlled the economy
42
A nativist was someone who:
Wanted to welcome all immigrants
Wanted to limit immigration all together
Wanted to group immigrants into their own segregated areas
Let immigrants practice their faiths
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In cities, this corrupt group offered goods/services to immigrants in exchange for votes
Voting Machine
Nativist Machine
Political Machine
Pinball Machine