Exploring the Gilded Age and West

Which term describes wealthy industrialists who were accused of exploiting workers and corrupting the economy during the Gilded Age?

• Nativists

• Robber Barons

• Populists

• Political Machines

Which technological innovation most directly facilitated industrialization during the Gilded Age?

• The steam engine

• The telegraph

• The assembly line

• The cotton gin

What is the term for the rapid growth of cities during the Gilded Age?

• Urbanization

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Populism

Who was a famous industrialist known for his role in the steel industry during the Gilded Age?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

Which term refers to the opposition to immigration and the favoring of native-born Americans?

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Urbanization

• Populism

Which group sought to address the needs of farmers and laborers during the Gilded Age?

• Political Machines

• Populists

• Robber Barons

• Nativists

What was a major social change in the West due to settlement during the Gilded Age?

• Decrease in population

• Growth of new towns and cities

• Decline in agriculture

• End of industrialization

Which of the following best describes the main goal of political machines during the Gilded Age?

• To promote industrialization

• To gain and maintain political power

• To encourage westward expansion

• To support nativism

Which of the following is an example of economic change brought by westward expansion?

• The rise of political machines

• The growth of mining and agriculture

• The decline of immigration

• The end of urbanization

Explain how the settlement of the Great Plains led to environmental changes.

• It caused the land to become more forested.

• It led to the development of large cities only.

• It resulted in the transformation of prairies into farmland.

• It stopped the use of new technologies.