gilded age test

Put the following battles in chronological order.

-Battle of Fort Sumter -Battle of Antietam -Battle of Gettysburg -Battle of Atlanta

Which TWO statements accurately describe the North and the South prior to the Civil War?

-The North had more railway lines than the South. -The South had more highly trained military leaders than the North.

Which TWO tactics were used by labor unions during the late 1800s to limit the power of big business? (You must pick two choices)

-collective bargaining and mediation -strikes and walkouts

Samuel Gompers was important to the growth of labor unions as the leader of the

American Federation of Labor.

Which fact would make the BEST evidence to support the statement that "Thomas Edison's most important invention was the light bulb"?

Americans gained control over light in homes and offices, independent of the time of day.

Which statement most accurately represents the point of view depicted in this 1903 cartoon?

Americans significantly disagree over immigration policy.

What is a union?

An organization that fights for workers' rights, wages, and working conditions

What was designated as the official entry point for immigrants arriving on the west coast of the United States?

Angel Island

What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?

Chinese

Why did most of the immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century settle in the cities?

Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.

· Ended Slave Trade in Washington D.C. · Allowed Popular Soveriengty in territories gained from Mexico · Admitting California to the Union · Returning Fugitive Slaves in all states The items in this list are territorial issues that are related directly to the

Compromise of 1850.

Which location would BEST fit inside of the box?

Ellis Island

What is the name of the American commander defeated and killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

George A. Custer

Which was a MAJOR difference between Andrew Johnson's view of Reconstruction (Presidential Reconstruction) and the view of the Radical Republicans (Congressional Reconstruction)?

How quickly southern states should be re-admitted to the Union

How did the impeachment of Andrew Johnson affect Reconstruction?

It accelerated Reconstruction because Johnson became compliant to the Republicans.

How did the Missouri Compromise affect the expansion of slavery into western territories?

It allowed slavery only in Missouri and western territories south of Missouri.

Which statement BEST describes the point of the late 19th century cartoon?

Major industry is in control of much of American government and society.

Which statement BEST describes American policy towards Native Americans in the late 19th century?

Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations.

How did the immigration into the United States change in the late 19th century?

Most immigrants now came from unstable parts of Southern and Eastern Europe.

Which of the following is NOT a reason many European immigrants came to America in the late 1800s?

Religious persecution, particularly for Jews and Catholics

Which statement correctly describes a business practice of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company during the late 1800s?

Smaller companies were purchased and combined to create a monopoly.

In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with what company?

Standard Oil

Which statement is MOST correct concerning the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Emancipation Proclamation did not fee any enslaved people.

What was the main cause of the Pullman strike of 1894?

The arrest of Eugene V. Debs for advocating labor unions and better working conditions

Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the map?

The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction.

Which factor aided the building of trans-continental railroads?

The federal government provided subsidized land to the railroad companies.

Which of the following is a POSITIVE impact of immigration on urban America?

The spread of cultural traditions and items

The use of Chinese labor to build railroads in the west had which unintended consequence?

There was a major social backlash against the Chinese.

Which of the following BEST explains how railroads stimulated the national economy in the late 1800s?

They efficiently allowed products to be shipped across the country.

Which of these is the 1890 event that is generally considered to be the last major violent Indian conflict in North America?

Wounded Knee Massacre

Rapid industrialization during the late 1800s contributed to

an increase in immigration to the United States

Sitting Bull greatly affected relations between Native Americans and the United States by

attacking miners and battling Custer at Little Bighorn.

When Andrew Carnegie stated, "man who dies rich, dies disgraced," he was supporting

charitable giving

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it" - President Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to

convince Southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life

The ending of the Pullman Strike is significant because it

demonstrated unions' superiority and solidarity.

Compared to the Republicans in Congress, President Andrew Johnson's approach to Reconstruction can BEST be described as

lenient

Which of these would BEST describe an immediate effect of the invention and mass production of the light bulb?

longer factory hours for all workers

How did the invention of the telephone affect businesses during the late 1800s?

made businesses more efficient

The expansion of the railroad industry in the 1800's was a positive development for

other industries, like steel, who provided resources to the railroad companies.

Which is a Thomas Edison invention that had an impact on American lives?

phonograph

The Battle of Antietam was important in the Civil War because it

prevented Confederate forces from taking Washington D.C. and encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

One purpose of anti-immigrant legislation like the the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was to

protect the jobs of American workers

Andrew Carnegie was a "captain" of which industry?

steel

· "Robber Barons" and "Captains of Industry" · Andrew Carnegie, J.P Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Mellon · Monopolies, trusts, and controversial business practices · The "Gospel of Wealth" and "Social Darwinism" With which era of American history are these terms and people MOST closely associated?

the Gilded Age

The Pullman Strike of 1894 was an important event in the history of organized labor because it showed that

the needs and concerns of union members mattered less to the government than the needs and concerns of industrial executives.

Which technology MOST aided in the settlement of the West during the period immediately following the Civil War?

the railroad

In the late 1800s, one reason labor unions struggled to gain public support was because

the wages of industrial laborers were high

The most important reason for the growth of labor unions in the latter half of the 19th century was

the way the workers were treated by big business and big industry.

Businessmen during the Gilded Age often favored relaxed immigration laws because they

valued cheap and relatively unskilled labor.

By creating monopolies and establishing trusts, industrial leaders of the late 1800s

were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth.