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The Gilded Age Test Review
Test Description: Review for the Gilded Age Common Assessment
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages?
A
Political bosses
B
Labor Leaders
C
Miners
D
Nativists
2) Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
A
Sherman Antitrust Act
B
Homestead Act
C
Stamp Act
D
Great Plains Act
3) Which group provided basic services for immigrants and the poor for voted and made illegal fortunes?
A
Robber Barons
B
Labor Unions
C
Political Machines
D
Nativist
4) True or False: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor
A
false
B
true
5) Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?
A
Goods were transported across country
B
Populations in the west increased
C
Travel across the country was possible
D
Railroad reduced the size of the US
6) Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?
A
Freedom
B
Cultural ties
C
Oppression
D
Opportunity
7) During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
A
Educated professionals
B
scientists
C
skilled workers
D
Factory/sweatshop workers
8) In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?
A
Nativist and racial hate
B
Chinese immigrants took jobs
C
Chinese workers took lower pay
D
Chinese immigrants were moving east
9) Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
A
Long
B
Angel
C
Ellis
D
Galveston
10) Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?
A
political bosses
B
social darwinist
C
political machines
D
nativist
11) Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?
A
JP Morgan
B
Thomas Edison
C
John D. Rockefeller
D
Andrew Carnegie
12) Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
A
shorter hours
B
safer working conditions
C
lower pay
D
no child labor
13) Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Political Machine)?
A
Henry Ford
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
William Tweed
D
Andrew Carnegie
14) Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?
A
Homestead Act
B
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C
Interstate Commerce Act
D
No Monopoly Act
15) Which is not a characteristic of a business monopoly?
A
control all of a product's production
B
Fair business practices that benefit the consumer
C
put all competition out of business
D
raise prices
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