Captains of Industry/Robber Barons
Populists and Progressives
The Western Frontier
Progressive Reform
Vocab
100
This captain of industry/robber baron was a Scottish immigrant who created a monopoly on the American steel industry
A. John Rockefeller
B. Andrew Carnegie
C. J.P. Morgan
D. Cornelius Vanderbilt
B. Andrew Carnegie
100
A farmer from Kansas demands an end of the Gold Standard so his crop prices improve. What political party would this person most likely vote for?
A. Populist
B. Democratic
C. Progressive
D. Republican
A. Populist
100
Which of the following acts showed an attempt at assimilation of Native Americans into white society?
A. Homestead Act
B. Pacific Railway Act
C. Sherman Antitrust Act
D. Dawes Severalty Act
D. Dawes Severalty Act
100
Which of the following amendments created a graduated income tax?
A. 13th Amendment
B. 16th Amendment
C. 17th Amendment
D. 20th Amendment
B. 16th Amendment
100
President Grover Cleveland lifts many restrictions on business. What policy is he following?
A. Laissez Faire
B. Protectionism
C. Isolationism
D. Big Stick Diplomacy
A. Laissez Faire
200
"The man who dies thus rich dies disgrace,"--Andrew Carnegie in The Gospel of Wealth
How would you describe this kind of person?
A. Robber Baron
B. Captain of Industry
C. Monopolist
D. Democrat
B. Captain of Industry
200
Which of the following refers to the monetary system used by the United States for several years and favored businesses as money supply was lower?
A. Free silver
B. Bimetallism
C. Gold Standard
D. Bretton Woods System
C. Gold Standard
200
Which of the following events depicted a massacre of Native Americans at the hand of American soldiers in South Dakota?
A. Battle of Wounded Knee
B. Battle of Little Bighorn
C. Battle of San Juan Hill
D. Pontiac's Rebellion
A. Battle of Wounded Knee
200
What is one way Theodore Roosevelt practiced his Square Deal (3 C's) while he was president?
A. Lifting restrictions on businesses allowing for growth
B. Expanding federal mining operations to boost the nation's coal supply
C. Using the Sherman Antitrust Act to "trust-bust" bad trusts
D. Expanding immigration laws so factories could reach full employment
C. Using the Sherman Antitrust Act to "trust-bust" bad trusts
200
Andrew Carnegie buys out all the resources needed for steel production. What is he using?
A. Vertical Integration
B. Horizontal Integration
C. Laissez Faire
D. Nativism
A. Vertical Integration
300
John Rockefeller bought out competing oil companies to create a monopoly on the oil industry. What kind of strategy did he use?
A. Vertical Integration
B. Horizontal Integration
C. Laissez Faire
D. The Assembly Line
B. Horizontal Integration
300
"There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white—it would be dosed with borax"
This is a quote from Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle. What was someone like Sinclair called during the Gilded Age?
A. Captain of Industry
B. Robber Baron
C. Muckraker
D. Yellow Journalist
C. Muckraker
300
Which of the following acts encouraged Americans to move west to claim land in the western frontier?
A. Pacific Railway Act
B. Homestead Act
C. Dawes Severalty Act
D. Chinese Exclusion Act
B. Homestead Act
300
What was the main outcome of the years of the women's suffrage movement between 1900 and 1920?
A. Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act
B. Passage of the 19th Amendment
C. Banning of child labor
D. Direct election of senators
B. Passage of the 19th Amendment
300
A man of British ancestry in the U.S. protests the entry of Irish immigrants. What term best describes him?
A. Nationalist
B. Progressive
C. Nativist
D. Populist
C. Nativist
400
Which of the following best describes a new immigrant in the Gilded Age?
A. An Irish immigrant fleeing the potato famine
B. A Syrian refugee fleeing civil war
C. A British immigrant meeting his relatives in Boston
D. A Russian Jew escaping religious persecution
D. A Russian Jew escaping religious persecution
400
What is the main difference between progressives and populists?
A. Progressives supported prohibition of alcohol while populists did not
B. Progressives supported workers in the cities while populists supported farmers in the country
C. Progressives and populists both were backed by large businesses
D. Progressives supported farmers in the country while populists supported workers in the cities
B. Progressives supported workers in the cities while populists supported farmers in the country
400
This map shows the growth of railroads in the 1870s. What best explains the cause of this?
A. Robber barons bought cheap land in the west so they could build railroads
B. The federal government provided land grants and subsidies to railroad companies to promote westward expansion
C. The Native American tribes in the west found it profitable to sell their land to railroad companies
D. The failure of the Gold Rush caused most American to move back to the east
B. The federal government provided land grants and subsidies to railroad companies to promote westward expansion
400
Which of the following is NOT a progressive reform?
A. Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
B. 19th Amendment
C. Clayton Antitrust Act
D. Federal Reserve Act
A. Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
400
What process is shown here?
A. Assimilation
B. Protectionism
C. Populism
D. Progressivism
A. Assimilation
500
What was the main cause of the result in this chart?
A. The Gold Rush
B. Industrialization
C. The Civil War
D. Imperialism
B. Industrialization
500
What did events like the Homestead Strike and the Pullman Strike show in the Gilded Age?
A. Workers complying blindly with their employers
B. Immigrants impact on American culture
C. Labor unions demanding better conditions
D. The domination of captains of industry over their industries
C. Labor unions demanding better conditions
500
Democratic president between 1913 and 1921. Oversaw the passage of the 19th Amendment, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Reserve Act. Attempted to ban child labor. Declared war on Germany in 1917 to enter World War I.
Which president is this?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. William Howard Taft
C. William McKinley
D. Woodrow Wilson
D. Woodrow Wilson
500
What term best describes the movement in this poster?
A. Populism
B. Nationalism
C. Temperance
D. Progressivism
C. Temperance