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US History Quiz 1.2 (Objectives 4-6)
Test Description: Gilded Age: Big Business, Robber Barons, Political Machines, Labor Unions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the nickname for the 'Captains of Industry' that ran the major businesses in America during the Gilded Age?
A
Nativists
B
The AFL
C
Political Bosses
D
Robber Barons
2) Which describes the philosophy that government should not interfere with business, also called a 'hands-off' approach?
A
Bureaucratic control theory
B
Laissez-faire
C
Socialism
D
Communism
3) Which describes the act of giving money or helping the poor?
A
Philanthropy
B
Neutrality
C
Progressivism
D
Imperialism
4) Which philosophy believes that people should have to work their way up the economic ladder without help, and that those who deserve to succeed will?
A
Social Darwinism
B
Progressivism
C
Communism
D
Socialism
5) During the Gilded Age, what was the name for the powerful groups that were able to take over city government through corruption, bribery, and providing benefits to certain groups of people?
A
Labor Unions
B
Captains of Industry
C
Political Machines
D
Native Americans
6) Which of the following was NOT something that political machines did to get elected?
A
Gave the people who helped them get elected jobs in the government
B
Bribed labor union and political leaders for their support
C
Built infrastructure such as roads and sewers
D
Pushed for womens suffrage.
7) A group of workers formed to improve working conditions and wages is called a ....
A
Labor Union
B
Interstate Commerce Committee
C
Robber Barons
D
Monopoly
8) What is it called when one business owns or controls all of a market?
A
Monopoly
B
Duopoly
C
Perfect Competition
D
Oligopoly
9) During the Gilded Age, America was undergoing a trend of workers and people moving from working on farms, to working in factories. This is called.....
A
Isolationism
B
Industrialization
C
Patriotism
D
Imperialism
10) The poor working conditions in factories led to a rise in....
A
Social class unity
B
Wage-equity policies
C
Labor union membership
D
Environmentalist Groups
11) One of the most effective tools of the labor unions is requiring their members to not go to work. This is called a....
A
Recall
B
Spoil
C
Pick
D
Strike
12) Many settlers on the Great Plains had to build houses out of dirt or rock. Which of the answers below provides the best explanation for this given what you know about their environmental conditions?
A
Settlers weren't skilled enough to build more permanent buildings.
B
A lack of timber meant they could not build their houses out of wood.
C
The ground couldn't support heavier structures.
D
Frequent hurricanes meant the settlers had to build structures rapidly.
13) Which of the following was NOT a working condition during the Gilded Age?
A
Children worked as laborers.
B
Many people worked over 100 hours a week for little pay.
C
Work environments were often dangerous with little regard for safety.
D
Many bosses tried to pay their workers as much as possible in wages.
14) Which of the following is a group of people who were anti-immigrant?
A
Imperialists
B
Industrialists
C
Patriots
D
Nativists
15) What was the name of Andrew Carnegies book that argued the rich should give their money to help the poor (philanthropy)?
A
The Art of War
B
The Gospel of Wealth
C
The Wealth of Nations
D
On the Origin of Species
16) Which of the following is NOT a name for the type of economy where goods are freely bought and sold by all with little restriction?
A
Capitalist Economy
B
Market Economy
C
Command Economy
D
Free-enterprise Economy
17) The Bessemer Process made which industries production easier and more efficient?
A
Finance
B
Steel
C
Railroads
D
Oil
18) Which of the following is another name for a monopoly?
A
Alliance
B
Market
C
Brigade
D
Trust
19) Many political bosses relied on which system of providing jobs to those who helped get you elected?
A
Trust
B
Merit
C
Spoils
D
Quota
20) Which of the following describes someone who takes risks to start a business and make a profit?
A
Homesteader
B
Political Boss
C
Nativist
D
Entrepreneur
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