Housing
Factories
Urbanization/Muckrakers
Standard Oil/The Jungle
Random
100
What is a tenement?
A. An expensive and luxurious apartment
B. Run down and cramped housing
C. Free government housing
D. Middle-Class home communities
B. Run down and cramped housing
100
What does the word industrialization mean?
A. The rapid increase of people moving to the countryside
B. The rapid increase of people moving to cities
C. The rapid increase of building factories and wage labor
D. The rapid increase of immigrants moving into the country
C. The rapid increase of building factories and wage labor
100
What is urbanization?
A. The rapid increase of factories and industries
B. People moving to the country side rapidly
C. People moving to the cities rapidly
D. The calcification of partisanship in political parties
C. People moving to the cities rapidly
100
Who wrote the book called "The Jungle?"
A. Nelson Rockefeller
B. Ida Tarbell
C. Jacob Riis
D. Upton Sinclair
D. Upton Sinclair
100
As of September 23rd, 2024, which movie is number one on Netflix?
A. Uglies
B. Rebel Ridge
C. Garfield
D. Super Mario Bros
C. Garfield
200
True or False: Diseases and fires never broke out in tenements.
False
200
Which of the following is true about factories in the Gilded Age?
A. Children often worked long hours
B. The machinery was dangerous and people often got hurt
C. Factory workers did not make much money
D. All of the following are correct
D. All of the following are correct
200
True or False: By the end of the Gilded Age, a majority of Americans lived in cities
True
200
Who was the owner of Standard Oil?
A. John Rockefeller
B. Andrew Carnegie
C. Cornelius Vanderbilt
D. Mark Twain
A. John Rockefeller
200
The following countries have been banned from the from the Olympics at least twice. Which of these countries have not been banned more than twice?
A. North Korea
B. Russia
C. South Africa
D. Germany
A. North Korea
300
Which of the following best describes a tenement?
A. Expensive, run-down, and spacious
B. Cheap, spacious, and well-built
C. Cheap, run-down, and overcrowded
D. Expensive, well-built, and overcrowded
C. Cheap, run-down, and overcrowded
300
Which of the following was NOT true about sweatshops/factories?
A. Dangerous accidents happened in the factory
B. It was very common for workers to not get paid anything
C. The owners would dock pay if an employee worked slower or clocked in late
D. Workers often worked 6 days a week for 12 hours
B. It was very common for workers to not get paid anything
300
Why were cities in the Gilded Age so unsanitary?
A. They did not have a proper sewage system
B. They did not have trash collecting services in place
C. None of the following are correct
D. Both A and B are correct
D. Both A and B are correct
300
What was the purpose of the book called "The Jungle?"
A. To expose the horrific conditions of the tenements
B. To expose the terrible conditions of the meat packing industry
C. To expose the corruption and cronyism of big business and corporations
D. To expose the horrible conditions of sweatshops and coal mines
B. To expose the terrible conditions of the meat packing industry
300
Which fast food chain has the most locations in the United States?
A. Jack in the Box
B. Burger King
C. McDonalds
D. Subway
D. Subway
400
Which muckraker exposed the terrible conditions of tenements?
A. Jacob Riis
B. Ida Tarbell
C. Upton Sinclair
D. Bob Woodward
A. Jacob Riis
400
How did the Homestead Strike end?
People died on both sides; National Guard restored stability
400
What does the word muckraker mean?
A journalist that exposes corruption and problems in society
400
Approximately, how much oil did Standard Oil control in the United States. (Closest answer wins)
90%
400
Which video game franchise caused the creation of rating them by age maturity? (ESRB Rating)
A. Grand Theft Auto
B. Mortal Kombat
C. Call of Duty
D. Resident Evil
B. Mortal Kombat
500
What was the name of the big fire that destroyed 3 square miles of a major city in 1871?
The Great Chicago Fire
500
What was the impact of the Homestead Strike?
- Raised public awareness of working conditions
- Laid the groundwork for future labor movements
- Union membership begins to decline across the country
500
Where can you typically find an author's claim?
In the introduction
500
Name one example of the government responding to the awful conditions of the meat-packing industry
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act
500
Other than pepper, which other spice is the most popular worldwide?
A. Salt
B. Mustard
C. Cayenne
D. Cumin
B. Mustard