Gilded Age/Imperialism Quiz

The United States faced a severe economic downturn in the 1890s. This financial crisis resulted in widespread unemployment, bankruptcies, and social unrest. The government's response to the economic crisis highlighted the need for reforms and regulations to prevent future economic collapses.

What is this financial crisis known as?

• The Panic of 1893

• Black Tuesday

• Stock Market Crash

• The Downturn of 1893

This ideology justified the immense wealth and power of the industrialists by suggesting that they were simply the most successful individuals within a competitive society.

• Laissez Faire

• Social Darwinism

• Nativism

• Unions

This is an economic and government philosophy advocating for limited government interference in economic affairs, allowing corporations to operate with minimal regulation.

• Nativism

• Social Darwinism

• Laissez-Faire

• Unions

 This political party developed during the Gilded Age and aimed to challenge the power of the wealthy elite and promote the rights of farmers and workers.

• The Green Party

• The Know Nothing Party

• The Bull Moose Party

• The Populist Party

This event was a national strike that took place by the American Railway Union in 1894. Federal troops had to intervene.

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Steel Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• Railway Union Strike

During the Gilded Age, their was a huge rise in immigrants. These immigrants were different from previous immigrants in many ways. Which option below is one of the ways they were different.

• Most could speak English

• Most were Protestant

• Most came from countries with democratic principles similar to America

• Most did not assimilate to American culture, instead settling in small communities with their fellow countrymen

What movement is associated with helping farmers find social and educational activities, and help create "cooperatives" for farmers so they could avoid high fees charged by brokers.

• The Patronage Movement

• The Progressive Movement

• The Granger Movement

• The Nativism Movement

Which movement would the No Nothing Party be most closely aligned with?

• The Progressive Movement

• The Granger Movement

• The Nativism Movement

• The Reform Movement

This Progressive Era amendment allows citizens to directly vote for their senators.

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

In this type of integration, companies take direct ownership of multiple stages of the production process.