American Economic Explosion
Between 1865 and 1897, the national railway network grew from 35,000 to almost _________ miles of track.
200,000
According to the lesson, approximately how many African-Americans traveled to Northern cities between 1890 and 1910?
300,000
According to the lesson, the average steel worker during the Gilded Age worked approximately how many hours a week?
84
Which of the following individuals called himself a "distributor" of wealth, believing that he had a duty to give back to those who had helped him acquire his riches?
Andrew Carnegie
Which of the following modern-day states experienced mining booms after the discovery of silver or gold?
California, Colorado, & Idaho
Marxist ideals gained influence in the United States through immigrants from which of the following European countries?
Germany
Which of the following U.S. cities was first founded as a mining boom town?
Helena, Montana
Which of the following individuals was the manager of the Homestead Works during the Homestead Strike and nearly lost his life in an assassination attempt?
Henry Clay Frick
Which of the following individuals coined the term "Gilded Age?"
Mark Twain
According to the lesson, an oil rush began in the 1860s in which of the following states?
Pennsylvania
Which of the following best describes the major goal of the Workingman's Party of California?
Restrict Chinese immigration
Which of the following individuals led the American Federation of Labor almost continually from 1886 to 1924?
Samuel Gompers
Between 1860 and 1920, the United States accepted 28 million immigrants. Most of these immigrants came from which of the following parts of the world?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Which of the following individuals became the leader of the Knights of Labor in 1882 and helped it become a national organization?
Terrence Powderly
Which of the following labor unions had a radical, utopian vision of an economic system based on cooperation rather than competition?
The Knights of Labor
Formed in 1877 out of the International Workingmen's Association, which of the following was the first Socialist political party in the United States?
The Socialist Labor Party
According to the lesson, which of the following best describes the results of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
a massive failure
Which of the following inventions are attributed to Thomas A. Edison?
a. the motion picture camera b. the storage battery c. the electric motor d. the phonograph
According to the lesson, the push and pull factors that led many Americans to migrate to cities were primarily ____________ in nature.
economic
Which of the following best describes laissez-faire economics, which was an important government policy during the Gilded Age?
government generally did not interfere with business
Which of the following best describes Joseph McCoy's contribution to the cattle industry in the West?
he established the town of Abilene, Kansas, which became a major location for cattle drivers
According to the lesson, which of the following provided the greatest source of new workers in the American economy during the Gilded Age?
immigration from Europe and China
Though he was involved in several industries, J.P. Morgan first acquired his wealth through which of the following?
investment banking
For most of the nineteenth century, oil was mainly used to produce which of the following important commodities?
kerosene
he market for beef in the early nineteenth century was underwhelming, but Texans still maintained cattle ranches for __________ and __________ , animal fat used for the production of candles and soap.
leather & tallow
According to the lesson, the term laissez-faire is French for
leave it alone
Beginning in 1866, Texas cowboys would move cattle north more than 1,000 miles in order to bring them to market. This annual ritual became known as the __________ ________.
long-drive
Thomas Edison's invention of the electric ___________________ was particularly useful in industrial settings, because if freed factories reliance on rivers or coal to supply energy, allowing them to be located almost anywhere.
motor
The National Labor Union was more focused on ____________________ change than on bargaining with big business.
political
According to the lesson, which of the following industries was the first to produce modern corporations?
railroad
Though he later came to dominate other industries, Andrew Carnegie was a manager in which of the following industries before 1873?
railroad
Massive migration to cities saw the rise of densely populated sections of those cities called _________, where disease and poverty was rampant.
slums
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act gave which of the following US Federal departments greater power to break up monopolies?
the Department of Justice
On May 1, 1866, the Knights of Labor organized a one-day general strike of 340,000 workers that eventually led to the Haymarket Affair. What was the goal of that strike?
the establishment of an 8-hour workday
The railroad industry created standardized__________ zones that we still use today.
time
According to the lesson, which of the following best describes a stock?
units that represent part ownership of a company sold in order to raise revenue
When a company owns every part of a given industry from raw materials to final sale, it is practicing ______________ ________________.
vertical integration
Which of the following best describes the predominant social make-up of most boom towns?
young, single men
