Topic 1 Test

What point of view about these leaders does this cartoon express?

• A political cartoon depicts industrialists being crushed by workers.

• None of the above

• A political cartoon depicts industrialists and workers going out to sea.

• A political cartoon depicts industrialists relaxing on a pile of profits and products that are crushing workers.

What is the subject of this cartoon?

• Monopolists and the Senate

• How senators treat voters

• The Senate and House

• What the President's chamber looks like

What message is the cartoonist sending by portraying the monopolists as larger in size than the senators?

• The monopolists work harder.

• The monopolists represent the majority of the population.

• The monopolists have more power to influence the government.

• The monopolists voice the concerns of the people more effectively.

Which of the following inventions did NOT have an impact during 1865-1914?

• Telephone

• Commercial Airplanes

• Light Bulb

• Bessemer Process

What are some reasons why workers might complain?

• Rent cost more than the workers' wages.

• Workers were subjected to home inspections.

• Workers could not own their own homes.

• All of the Above

What media industry had an impact on the 'Gilded Age' that helped create mass culture?

• Newspapers

• Magazines

• Television

• Telegraph

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

• Increasing economic opportunity in cities.

• Government resettlement policies.

• Lack of rural housing as building slowed.

• Inflationary pressure on crop prices.

Based on this quote and the title of his book, why do you think Riis wrote what he did?

"Go into any of the 'respectable' tenement neighborhoods . . . you shall come away agreeing [that] . . . life there does not seem worth living . . . the airshaft . . . seems always so busy letting out foul stenches . . . that it has no time to earn its name by bringing down fresh air." -Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives

• To pressure public officials to build more tenements in cities.

• To pressure further migration to cities from rural areas.

• To encourage public discussion of poverty in cities, and find solutions.

• To call attention to increasing criminal activity and violence in cities.

Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

• Typewriter

• Steel beams

• The telephone

• Electricity

What was a significant impact of the Bessemer Process?

• It improved communication across distances.

• It increased the production of steel.

• It led to the invention of the light bulb.

• It allowed for the development of commercial airplanes.