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1
Who coined the term
Gilded Age
to describe negative and positive effects of industrialization?
Mark Twain
Upton Sinclair
Henry David Thoreau
Horatio Alger
2
What
publication exposed tenement life in New York City and the impact of urbanization?
How the Other Half Lives
Poorhouse Boy
Gospel of Wealth
Frontier Thesis
3
Which of the following is the BEST example of a government subsidy to promote western migration?
Interstate Commerce Act
Morrill Land Grant
Homestead Act
Granger laws
4
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech gave strong support to
unlimited coinage of silver to inflate money supply
The Gold Standard
forced migration of Indians to reservations
higher tariffs to support farmers
5
Political Machines were most closely associated with the following group:
industrialists
Farmers
Immigrants
U.S. Congress
6
Which was NOT a cause of industrialization?
innovations and inventions
abundance of natural resources
Laissez faire policies of the federal government
child labor
7
Social Darwinists would support all of the following EXCEPT
labor unions
westward expansion
business consolidation
Gospel of Wealth
8
Which of the following was NOT a problem of the Plains farmers in the 1880s?
high shipping rates charged by Railroads
had to compete with labor unions for political power
falling crop prices
owed money for expensive machinery
9
The classic 19th century essay "Gospel of Wealth" was authored by
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Jay Gould
John D. Rockefeller
10
In his book , "Wealth" he explained the reasons why the wealthy should give their money back to society.
JP Morgan
Thomas Nast
Horatio Alger
Andrew Carnegie
11
Which action aimed to break up Indian lands and force assimilation?
Dawes Severalty Act
Homestead Act
Granger laws
railroad land grants
12
During the late 19th century, the American industrial workforce:
reduced dependence on child labor
enjoyed higher wages
gained strong support from the federal government
expanded through internal and international migration
13
Which of the following devised this system to increase the efficiency of industrial workers?
Fredrick Winslow Taylor
Jacob Coxey
Fredrick Jackson Turner
Oliver Kelley
14
Who pioneered the use of trusts in order to control markets?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
15
What is the nickname given to African Americans who left the South to pursue opportunities out west in the 1870s?
exodusters
Okies
freedmen
grangers
16
What event was known as the last of the Indian Wars?
Pequot War
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle at Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
17
Which strategy was used by labor unions to negotiate with business management in the late 1800s?
blacklists
court injunctions
yellow dog contracts
strikes
18
New migration from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe led to
the creation of urban ethnic communities
greater unity and success for labor unions
proactive reforms from state and federal gov't
equal distribution of power in urban areas
19
The U.S. military was defeated in which Indian War?
Wounded Knee
Nez Perce War
Little Bighorn
Sand Creek
20
Which of the following was the biggest factor causing rapid urbanization in the late 1800s?
outbreak of Civil War
the bessemer process
the invention of the subway system
massive immigration from Europe and Asia
21
Monopolizing an industry by buying out the competition is called
management revolution
vertical integration
horizontal integration
urbanization
22
Which of the following groups were MOST concerned about the gap between the rich and the poor?
Investigative Journalists
Social Darwinists
Wealthy philanthropists
The federal government
23
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Populist party platform?
Railroad regulations
direct election of senators
Preservation of wilderness areas
"Free silver" / bimetallism
24
Nativism during the Gilded Age was most evident in which of the following laws?
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Dawes Act of 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Homestead Act of 1862
25
Who was the most critical of the activities of political machines during the Gilded Age?
Thomas Nast
William Jennings Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Jacob Riis
26
The Granger movement was most dedicated to:
challenging railroad monopolies
advancing nativist policies
creating national parks
controlling natural resources
27
This event marked the end of the Indian Wars in the Great Plains in 1890.
Sand Creek Massacre
Trail of Tears
Battle at Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
28
Which document proposed that federal laws should provide for the protection of Native Americans as U.S. citizens?
"Cross of Gold" Speech
The Frontier Thesis
How the Other Half Lives
A Century of Dishonor
29
Which of the following helped to build a national consumer culture during the Gilded Age?
mail order catalogs
mass production of the automobile
the popularity of the radio
the development of photography
30
The completion of the transcontinental railroads contributed most to the
environmental protection of resources
demilitarization of the West
preservation of American Indian culture
migration of settlers to the West
31
Who monopolized the steel market using vertical integration techniques?
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JD Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
32
Which was NOT a tactic used by management to limit the power of the labor unions?
boycotts
Pinkertons
blacklists
yellow dog contract
33
Which of the following was LEAST associated with the Gilded Age?
Government subsidies for transportation
Business consolidation/monolpolies
a growing middle class
Conservation of natural resources
34
What kind of art was popular during the Gilded Age because it showed the real struggles and activities of daily life?
Ashcan art
surrealism
impressionism
Romanticism
35
The 1890 Census report along with Turner's frontier thesis was significant because
it determined that population of West had surpassed the East
it advocated for immigration reform
it signified that the west was no longer open to development
it granted citizenship to Native Americans