Gilded Age Unit Exam

Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?

• The rising costs of national defense

• Threats posed by immigrant radicals

• Abuses of the spoils system by political machines

• The inefficiency of large corporations

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3.A

28.B

The process described above led to...

• peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians

• the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier

• federal regulation of agriculture

• a decline in immigration to urban areas

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29.B

15.A

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by...

• campaigning for women's suffrage

• advocating for the use of poll taxes

• making improvements on urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

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3.A

Which issue is this cartoon addressing?

• Political corruption

• Temperance

• Civil Service Reform

• Segregation

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3.A

29.H

Which result completes the diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

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29.B

3.B

In this excerpt, Justice Harlan is warning against...

• a civil service based on patronage rather than merit

• allowing powerful monopolies to dominate interstate commerce

• a lack of federal funding for essential transportation systems

• allowing labor unions to interfere with production goals

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29.B

3.B

Which issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?

• Discrimination against African Americans in US cities

• Harsh conditions of tenement housing in US cities

• Growing conflict between rural regions and US cities

• Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to US cities

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3.C

29.A

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union leaders

• Political Bosses

• Philanthropists

• Nativists

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29.H

3.C

Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?

• The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest

• The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest

• The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants

• The lack of available resources in the East tot support a large influx of Chinese immigrants

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29.H

13.B

Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s?

• The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

• The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the West.

• The railroad contributed to population growth and increased sharecropping in the East.

• The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks in the East.

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15.A

28.A