The Gilded Age and Industrialization

The Gilded Age and Industrialization

11th Grade

33 Qs

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The Gilded Age and Industrialization

The Gilded Age and Industrialization

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Social Studies

11th Grade

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Tanja Ochoa

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33 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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What purpose did Labor Unions serve during the Gilded Age?

To help large corporations to increase their production.

To promote immigration of skilled workers from Asia and Europe.

To unite workers to collectively demand better wages, hours, and working conditions from factory owners

To introduce new and innovative techniques to factories.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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The RR Trust run by Cornelius Vanderbilt engaged in corrupt pricing practices by charging high rates for RR routes that were used regularly no matter the distance. Farmers were many times overcharged to transport crops to the East.

What was the Act that was passed that would allow the government to regulate Railroad businesses and routes?

Interstate Commerce Act

Chinese Exclusion Act

Indian Migration Act

Civil Service Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Analyze this picture and determine why the size of Rockefeller is so exaggerated.

He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors

He was a government inspector looking for corruption

He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Analyze this political cartoon and explain the symbolism you identify in the picture

the government handed out welfare to the poor

many large businessmen sold favors to their patrons

political bosses used the spoils system to reward their supporters with favors, contracts, and jobs.

the mayor of cities would hand out the voting ballots on election day to the public

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Thomas Edison will invent a source of illumination that will revolutionize the way factories work and improve the quality of life for many. What was the name of this invention?

light bulb

telegraph

telephone

typewriter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Due to the lack of compulsory education laws, low wages, and a high level of poverty in ethnic ghettos many children worked along side men and women.


All of the below were characteristics of Child Labor during Industrialization EXCEPT---

long hours

educational opportunities

less pay

many injuries

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

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Which two ethnic groups played an important role in the construction and completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

African Americans and Native Americans

Buffalo Soldiers and Chinese immigrants

Steelworkers and Irish

Irish and Chinese immigrants

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