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The Gilded Age
Test Description: Practice Test of the Unit #4 of US History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In which battle were over 150 men, women and children of the Lakota ribe killed, thus ending Native American resistance to the US government in the Plains?
A
the Wounded Knee Massacre
B
Chief Joseph's surrender
C
The Battle of Little Bighorn
D
the Sand Creek Massacre
2) During the late 1800s, some people explained the huge inequalities in American society by using a philosophy called
A
robber barons
B
entrepreneurs
C
social Darwinism
D
vertical integration
3) Andrew Carnegies was an entrepreneur because he
A
devoted his time and fortune to building public libraries and financing education
B
practiced horizontal and vertical integration
C
founded his own steel company and came to dominate the industry
D
believed in Social Darwinism
4) Nativists resented immigrants because
A
immigrants often spoke English better than they did
B
settlement houses excluded native-born Americans from social and cultural programs
C
immigrants often took the best-paying jobs
D
they blamed immigratns for increases in crime and poverty and said immigrants took jobs away from Americans
5) What two companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
A
the Utah Express and the Kansas Express
B
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
C
the Eastern Central and the Western Central
D
the Illinois Cental and the California Central
6) What improvements in working conditions were the original union instrumental in promoting?
A
setting higher standards of hygiene in factories
B
improved factory ventilation systems
C
prohibiting child labor and limited the number of hourse women could work
D
serving more nutritous foods in factory cafeterias
7) Most new immigrants
A
Eventually returend to their country of origin
B
Converted to mainstream Protestantism
C
Tried to preserve their Old Country thus leading to their persecution
D
Quickly assimilated to mainstream American life
8) The oil industry owed the majority of its growth and expansion to
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Jay Gould
C
Thomas Edison
D
John D. Rockefeller
9) During the Gilded Age, most railroad laborers were primarily
A
Scandinavian immigrants
B
Chinese and Irish immigrants
C
White Southern Americans
D
Jewish Russian immigrants
10) 'Laissez-faire' capitalism promotes the idea that
A
government should not interfere with the free market
B
the economy should be controlled by the community
C
the government is allowed to take priavte property for public use
D
businesses have the same legal rights as a person
11) An organized group of workers created to protect and further the interests of workers
A
labor unions
B
'scabs'
C
lobbyists
D
overseers
12) New immigratns in the late 1800s mainly came to the United States from
A
western Europe
B
Eastern Europe and East Asia
C
northern Europe
D
Australia
13) What industry fueled the Second Industrial Revolution?
A
All of the Above
B
Oil
C
Steel
D
Railroads
14) What opened up the country to new settlement and growth?
A
Transcontinental Railroad
B
Haymarket Riot
C
Covered wagons
D
Tenements
15) Persecution, famine, poverty, political revolution are examples of...
A
Pull factors for immigrants during the late 19th century
B
the Gilded Age
C
Consequences of capitalism
D
Push factors for immigrants during the late 19th century
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