Boggs test
Which labor union was known for its acceptance of only skilled workers?
AFL-CIO
What effect did the development of electricity have on the nation?
Allowed businesses to stay open later
What were popular Gilded Age pastimes
Baseball, football, and boxing
What are all the things that are associated with Tammany Hall?
Boss Tweed, immigrants, and New York City
Giving large contributions to charitable organizations would be an example of a:
Captain of Industry
List the following industrialist with their industry?
Carnegie- steel, Rockefeller- oil and Morgan- banks
What best word describes farming on the plains?
Challenging
List the Gilded Age presidents
Chester Garfield, Grover Cleveland, and Theodore Roosevelt
Who was noted for his socialist views and leadership of the IWW?
Eugene V Debs
What occurred during the Gilded Age?
Industrial growth, urban growth, and discontented farmers.
What effect did improved transportation systems have on urban life?
It allowed city dwellers to move outside the city
What approach did the federal government initially take with trusts?
It chose a hands off approach to the trusts believing they encouraged economic growth.
What is related to the election of 1896?
It inspired future reform acts
Social Darwinists believe:
It is acceptable for Business A to take over Business B because it is stronger
What effect did the development of new technology have on mid-western farming?
It led to increased production
What effect did the Bessemer Process have on society?
It led to the mass production of steel
The goal of a trust is to:
Limit Competition
What associated with the Gilded Age?
Literary increased, educational opportunities expanded, and government was scarred by political corruption.
Farmers supported all of the following policies
Low tariffs, silver coinage, and direct popular election of Senators.
What noteworthy events are associated with the Haymarket Strike?
Management supported the workers' demands and quickly ended the strike several people died and were injured during the strike
As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory:
New regulations were implemented to make factories safer.
This act required that all federal employees be hired on the basis of merit.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Factories of the late 1800s were known for:
Poor working conditions, paying low wages, and hiring men, women, and children
Horace Mann dedicated his career to the reform of:
Public Education
Who was the founder and leader of the AFL?
Samuel Gompers
What were Gilded Age innovations?
Skyscrapers, Indoor Plumbing, and electricity
The first organization formed by farmers was
The Grange
Currency matters were critically important to late 19thcentury farmers. They preferred:
The Silver Standard
William Jennings Bryan was:
The populist candidate in the 1896 presidential election.
What effect did the Populist movement have on the United States?
William Jennings Bryan won the election
The term "vaudeville" refers to:
a type of theatrical entertainment involving several different acts
The Bessemer Process:
created an inexpensive way to process steel
Politicians of the Gilded Age used the spoils system to:
give jobs to political friends and supporters
What are associated with "yellow journalism":
investigative journalism
Farmers in the late 1800s were concerned about:
the high prices on railroad shipping
