The Gilded Age - Part 3

Which Act regulated railroad prices and practices?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

The Supreme Court found the Granger Laws (how much the railroads could charge for transport and storage for crops) to be _____________________ because only federal laws can regulate interstate commerce/trade.

• constitutional and was passed

• unconstitutional and was not passed

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.

Paper money backed by gold or silver is called ______________.

• The Gold Rush

• Monopoly

• Bimetallism

Who believed money should be backed by silver because silver was an abundant resource?

more available = more money

• Bankers and Businessmen

• Populists

During the Gilded Age, what was the primary economic reason for Southern states and private companies to implement the convict lease system?

• To provide vocational training and rehabilitation for prisoners.

• To reduce the number of people in prisons by having them work in public projects.

• To generate significant revenue for states and provide a source of cheap labor to industries.

• To ensure that former enslaved people could not find work after the Civil War.

During the major industrial strikes of the late 19th century, which action did the Federal Government take?

• Military troops were sent to substitute for striking workers.

• Military force and court injunctions were used against the workers to help end the strikes.

• The government forced companies to honor their contracts with unions.

• The government paid for damage to public and private property.

During the time of significant labor strikes, employees often used African Americans as strikebreakers.

What was the nickname given to these strikebreakers?

• scabs

• scalawags

• carpetbaggers

Who believed gold was more stable and more expensive?

• Populists

• Bankers and Businessmen

Since workers realized they needed to organize to demand better pay, hours and working conditions, they "united" together to make labor demands. They created ______________.

• the Homestead Act

• Labor Unions

• the Farmers Alliance

• the Populist Party