Gilded Age

Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• industry

Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was ____.

• inflationary pressure on crop prices

• lack of rural housing as building slowed

• increasing economic opportunity in cities

• government resettlement policies

Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves _______.

• buying out raw material producers and distributors

• merging with companies producing similar products

• forming trusts

• used new methods to increase production

Which was NOT a cause of westward expansion?

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• mining gold and other natural resources

• assimilation of American Indians

• the transcontinental railroad

What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• Many more goods were imported.

• The government lowered taxes.

• The number of people working as farmers increased.

• The cost of many goods made in the United States decreased.

This was a major factor in the success of the Wheat Belt in the late 1800's:

• mechanization

• mining

• genetic engineering

The Dawes Act was about:

• ending the "spoils system" with tests for the civil service

• Making monopolies illegal

• assimilation of the American Indians

When a single group of people makes decisions for multiple companies and trade stocks, it is known as a:

• stock

• corporation

• monopoly

• trust

The growth of cities is called:

• assimilation

• ruralization

• mechanization

• urbanization

Work stoppage due to employees refusing to work:

• Strike

• Union

• 2-weeks notice

• Populism