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Unit 9 Review: Gilded Age & Progressive Movement
Unit 9 Review: Gilded Age & Progressive Movement
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1
An extreme dislike or hatred of immigrants is known as:
Racism
Social Darwinism
Ethnocentrism
Nativism
2
Which immigrant group greatly contributed to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
African
Chinese
Indonesian
Russian
3
Who used Henry Bessemer's steel process to produce steel in America in the late 1800s?
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D Rockefeller
4
Who was known for establishing a monopoly in the oil industry?
John D Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
5
What is a muckraker?
A journalist who exposes social problems
A protester who demands action from the government
A corrupt politician
A politician who tries to solve social evils
6
Which inventor is incorrectly paired with their product:
Alexander Graham Bell - AC electricity
Thomas Edison - electric light bulb
Wright brothers - airplane
Henry Ford - Model T automobile
7
Which of the following was not a common leisure activity in the late 1800s?
Listening to ragtime music
Playing tennis or golf
Going to the movie theater
Visiting the local saloon
8
Crowded apartment buildings used to house the poor were known as:
Central Park
Hoovervilles
City slums
Tenements
9
The theory that tried to apply the concept of "survival of the fittest" to society was known as:
Philanthropy
Gospel of Wealth
individualism
Social Darwinism
10
During the late 1800s, businesses flourished because there was little government regulation. This is called:
Entrepreneurship
Laissez-faire capitalism
Government subsidies
Socialism
11
Ida B Wells was a journalist who investigated...
living conditions in tenements
the meatpacking industry
racial violence and lynchings
corruption in politics
12
Which of the following amendments is INCORRECTLY matched?
18th amendment - prohibition of alcohol
19th amendment - women's suffrage
17th amendment - citizens can vote for senators
16th amendment - voting rights for freed slaves
13
What push factors caused immigrants to leave Europe in the mid to late 1800s?
All of these
War and violence
Overcrowded cities
Religious oppression
14
JP Morgan was the banker who invested in...
Rockefeller's Standard Oil
Thomas Edison's lightbulb
Tesla's alternating current
Bessemer's steel process
15
Ellis Island was the main immigration station for immigrants coming from:
South America
East Asia
Central and Eastern Europe
Canada or Mexico
