The Gilded Age

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, passed under President Benjamin Harrison, accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

• It limited corporations that were monopolistic practices
• It served as a landmark piece of legislation for future cases against monopolies
• It promoted monopolies in modern America
• It is viewed by historians as one of the most controversial pieces of progressive legislation in response to the Gilded age

The election of 1888 would set the national stage for a financial showdown over what Gilded Age issue?

• Civil Service Reform
• the Tariff
• Currency
• Foreign Affairs

Corruption played a very prominent role in the Gilded Age. Political corruption, specifically,...

• Encouraged democracy
• Disenfranchised voters and created a climate of public skepticism that would persist into the 1900's
• Helped the government to run more efficiently
• Did not play an important role in the Gilded Age

The Interstate Commerce Act was one of the first Federal Government regulations on big business. This meant that...

• They would not be able to pass any more major legislation
• The Gilded Age had come to a close
• American democracy had failed
• The Federal Government could use this a precedent to pass even more legislation against other big businesses

The following groups shaped the party platform of the Populist party in the 1892 election:

• The Grange
• Farmers' Alliances
• Knights of Labor
• All of the above

Which of the following individuals contributed money to the 1896 presidential campaign of William McKinley and influenced the message of the campaign to favor big business?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• J. P. Morgan
• All of the above

One outcome of the currency debate in the Gilded Age (and during the 1892 presidential election) was that farmers could

• now file for bankruptcy
• vote
• afford to buy materials with prices that were lower due to "cheap silver"
• sell their land for very high prices

Immigration was an important topic in the Gilded Age. Which of the following pieces of legislation best shows the intention of the United States to limit the amount of immigrants from other countries?

• Immigration Act of 1882
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
• Geary Act
• All of the above

William McKinley's political views regarding big business were very popular and rarely caused protest from American citizens.

• True
• False

The Gilded Age encouraged a period of political activism that attempted to fix many of the problems presented by the enormous amount of wealth and prosperity generated by only a small percentage of Americans.

• True
• False