APUSH - 16, 18, 19 review (Gilded Age)

Question 1

In the Gilded Age, all of the following generally supported the Republican party EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Farmers & factory production workers

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a 'push factor' for 19th Century US immigrants?

Accepted Answer

US Job opportunities

Question 3

Which term reflects a business with total ownership from raw material to finished product (e.g. Carnegie)?

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Vertical Integration

Question 4

All of the following were typical of "New" immigrants EXCEPT...

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Very Wealthy, Highly educated & skilled labor

Question 5

All of the following descriptions apply to the Haymarket Square Riot EXCEPT...

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The group convicted of the bombing were all executed

Question 6

What was the primary 'subsidy' given to railroads to encourage their growth and development?

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Land Grants

Question 7

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in 1776 laid out the premise of capitalism...that the market is driven by...?

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The forces of supply and demand

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT 'related' to the other three?

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 9

Which term suggests government should stay out of regulating business and industry?

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Laissez-faire

Question 10

Not given the vote in the 1870 (15th), no US women voted in an election until the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920.

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False

Question 11

Typically, who DID want silver-backed currency?

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Farmers

Question 12

What city became known as the 'Steel' city during this era?

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Pittsburgh

Question 13

Which person was the owner of Standard Oil and the richest person to ever live?

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John D. Rockefeller

Question 14

All of the following describe "Old" immigrant characteristics EXCEPT...

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Orthodox Christians

Question 15

Which urban development is the most inherently negative?

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Tenements

Question 16

For most of the post-Civil War era to the turn of the century, did tariff rates tend to go UP or DOWN?

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UP

Question 17

Ethnic neighborhoods failed to develop in urban settings due to poverty and nativist intimidation.

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False

Question 18

Between the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Pullman Strike - which two presidents sent US troops against strikes?

Accepted Answer

Rutherford Hayes & Grover Cleveland

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT supported by the Omaha Platform of the Populist Party?

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US Senators to be chosen by state elected leaders

Question 20

Which was NOT one of the three most contentious political issues of the late 19th century?

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Race & gender discrimination

Question 21

Who became famous for his "Cross of Gold" speech about NOT just printing money backed by gold?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 22

Which of the following would NOT fit into a Social Darwinist's point of view?

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God calls on people to help the needy

Question 23

"Old" immigrants were generally discriminated against more than "New" immigrants once the came to the US.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The Bessemer Process greatly impacted the quantity & quality manufacturing of what product?

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Steel

Question 25

Who was the only Democratic Party candidate to win the presidency from 1860-1912?

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Grover Cleveland

Question 26

The industrial capitalists of this era should best be identified as...

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Robber Barons ('bad guys'), Captains of Industry ('good guys')

Question 27

Who is considered to have had the most corrupt US presidential administration between 1865-1898?

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 28

US higher education depended on both public 'land grant' funding & private donations for financial support.

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True

Question 29

Which of the following was NOT a shady practice by railroad companies to increase profits?

Accepted Answer

Philanthropy

Question 30

Name the main intake center for immigrants on the east coast during the 'New' immigrant era.

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Ellis Island

Question 31

All of the following are typical conditions in urban tenements EXCEPT...

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Child care services

Question 32

Which one is NOT a typical example of a "New" Immigrant home country?

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Sweden

Question 33

A growing class of industrial managers and professionals led to the growth of a...

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Middle Class

Question 34

Term for companies who send around a secret set of names of people NOT to hire? (used vs. union organizers in this era)

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Blacklist

Question 35

Which major national union was the LEAST ethnically, racially, and gender diverse....PLUS primarily "skilled" only?

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American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Question 36

All of the following are examples of late 19th century migration EXCEPT...

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Chinese workers arriving on the west coast for railroad jobs

Question 37

What Ohioan led a protest of workers to DC to push for govt. employment of jobless laborers during the 1890s depression?

Accepted Answer

Jacob Coxey

Question 38

All of the following were key ('heavy') industries of the late 1800s 2nd Industrial Revolution EXCEPT...

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Automobiles

Question 39

Which two religious groups grew most dramatically in the US as a result of "new" immigration?

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Jews & Catholics

Question 40

Female 'social workers' established settlement houses to aid struggling immigrants & promote social reform.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

All of the following are labor union leaders from this unit EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 42

Which law was passed after the assassination of James Garfield? (in part, due to the motivation of his assassin)

Accepted Answer

Pendleton Act

Question 43

Which of these late 19th Century presidents was NOT from Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Grover Cleveland

Question 44

Which is NOT correctly associated with their major business or interest?

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Henry Frick - electricity

Question 45

Which two 'third' parties peaked in the wake of the Panics of 1873 & 1893? (choose BOTH)

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Greenback, Populist

Question 46

Rapid & uncontrolled growth of American cities made them places of both exciting opportunity & severe social problems.

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True

Question 47

All of the following align with the ideals of the Social Gospel EXCEPT...

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Social Darwinists like Herbert Spencer

Question 48

Despite the corruptive nature of political machines, a positive quality was the support & welfare given to the public.

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True

Question 49

What was the key product of the 'original' (1st) industrial revolution?

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Textiles

Question 50

In which event was the outcome a setback for laborers and labor unions?

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the Homestead Strike, the Great Railway Strike of 1877, the Pullman Strike, the Haymarket Square Bombing

Question 51

Which of the following defended the socio-economic structure of the era as appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism, Gospel of Wealth

Question 52

The first law passed with the intention of regulating monopolies was...

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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 53

Which is NOT true concerning the Pullman Strike?

Accepted Answer

Strikers agreed to stop striking peacefully in exchange for a Labor holiday

Question 54

In the late 19th & early 20th centuries, groups like the WCTU & ASL led the temperance movement...their goal being...?

Accepted Answer

prohibition of alcohol

Question 55

What does the "P" in the acronym 'WASP' stand for?

Accepted Answer

Protestant

Question 56

Which nationality was the first to be outlawed for immigration to the US (1882)?

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Chinese

Question 57

Mark Twain's book nicknaming the post-Civil War US phenomenon of industrial growth, wealth, but with corruption?

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The Gilded Age

Question 58

Although the Homestead Steel strike turned violent & state militia were brought in, a new steel union won higher wages.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 59

All of the following are tactics used by businesses against unions EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

Strikes

Question 60

Who famously founded the first settlement house in Chicago known as Hull House?

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

APUSH - 16, 18, 19 review (Gilded Age)

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APUSH - 16, 18, 19 review (Gilded Age)

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