Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. When companies gives their stock to a board, and then the stocks are gathered to form a new organization, the
resulting organization is called a

a. monopoly.
b. trust.
c. corporation.
____ 2. The Sherman Antitrust Act outlawed

a. monopolies.
b. stock dividends.
c. segregation.
____ 3. The _____ wanted to create a system in which workers would own the factories they worked in.

a. American Federation of Labor

b. Knights of Labor
c. Interstate Commerce Commission
____ 4. Which of the following pushed immigrants from their home countries?

a. religious persecution and military service

b. farming and industry
c. large cities and tenements
____ 5. People from rural areas were attracted to cities because of

a. overcrowded housing.
b. clean and safe streets.
c. the more cosmopolitan lifestyle.
____ 6. What cultural change took place as higher education expanded?

a. High school diplomas came within reach for more people.

b. There was less of a demand for skilled labor.
c. Colleges and universities stopped admitting women.
____ 7. Many Southern farmers had to move north to find work after crops were wiped out by

a. sharecroppers.
b. the boll weevil.
c. Reconstruction.
____ 8. Railroads brought Western farmers

a. farm machinery and home amenities.

b. produce from the East.
c. cattle and buffalo.
____ 9. With whom did federal courts tend to side in disputes over former Mexican land in the Southwest?

a. African Americans
b. Mexicans
c. whites
____ 10. Susan B. Anthony led the fight for the rights of

a. African Americans.
b. women.
c. children.
____ 11. Members of the Farmers’ Alliance formed which political party to improve conditions for farmers?

a. Democratic
b. Populist
c. Republican
____ 12. By assigning stock to a board and then combining the stocks into a new organization, companies form a

a. monopoly.
b. doctrine.
c. corporation.
d. trust.
____ 13. Which of the following was outlawed by the Sherman Antitrust Act?

a. monopolies
b. stock dividends
c. segregation
d. anarchists
____ 14. Whose slogan was “Eight hours of work, eight hours of sleep, eight hours for what we will”?

a. American Federation of Labor

b. Knights of Labor
c. Interstate Commerce Commission
d. Populist Party
____ 15. Which of the following were “push” factors for immigration?

a. religious persecution and military service

b. farming and industry
c. large cities and tenements
d. readily available food and jobs
____ 16. Which of these was a new technology that improved urban life?

a. tenement housing
b. overcrowding, vice, and crime
c. railroads and open range
d. elevated railroads and electric lights
____ 17. One example of the new urban middle-class entertainment was

a. amusement parks.
b. tenements.
c. marching bands.
d. Angel Island.
____ 18. Henry Grady’s vision for the New South meant that, unlike in the old South,

a. African Americans would no longer face discrimination.

b. the region would no longer grow any cotton or tobacco.
c. massive plantations would once again produce raw materials.
d. there would be a mixed economy, including manufacturing.
____ 19. Over time, tensions arose between the owners of the railroads and Western farmers and ranchers over the
issue of

a. train schedules.
b. building new railroads.
c. transporting goods back West.
d. high freight costs.
____ 20. With whom did federal courts tend to side in disputes over former Mexican land in the Southwest?

a. African Americans
b. Mexicans
c. whites
d. Native Americans
____ 21. Susan B. Anthony led the fight for the rights of

a. African Americans.
b. women.
c. children.
d. Chinese Americans.
____ 22. Members of the Farmers’ Alliance formed which political party to improve conditions for farmers?

a. Democratic
b. Populist
c. Republican
d. Socialist

Matching

Directions: Match the descriptions with the terms. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank
provided.

a. Dawes Act f. Gospel of Wealth

b. monopoly g. American Federation of Labor
c. tenement h. Populist party
 d. Andrew Carnegie i. Angel Island
e. gold standard j. John D. Rockefeller
____ 23. a single corporation that controls an entire industry
____ 24. businessman who sold his steel business to became one of the richest men in the world
____ 25. businessman who gained control of the oil industry through his company, Standard Oil
____ 26. organization formed to improve wages and working hours
____ 27. location in San Francisco at which many Asian immigrants arrived
____ 28. crowded, rundown building divided into apartments that housed several families
____ 29. hard monetary policy
____ 30. legislation that encouraged Native Americans to be absorbed into the main culture of American society
____ 31. the idea that those who were very rich should share their riches for society’s benefit
____ 32. group that favored lower transportation costs and “free silver”

Directions: Match the definitions with the letter of the correct term or person. You will not use all the terms.

a. Dawes Act g. American Federation of Labor

b. monopoly h. trust
c. Pendleton Act i. Angel Island
d. Andrew Carnegie j. John D. Rockefeller
e. sharecropping k. Populist Party
f. Gospel of Wealth l. tenement
____ 33. a single corporation that controls an entire industry
____ 34. industrialist who sold his steel business and became one of the wealthiest men in the world
____ 35. industrialist who gained control of the oil industry
____ 36. formed to focus on workers’ issues such as wages and working hours.
____ 37. the location on the west coast at which most Asian immigrants entered the United States
____ 38. a rundown building divided into a number of apartments to house several families
____ 39. system under which farm workers are often unable to get out of debt to the landowners
____ 40. legislation that encouraged the Native Americans to assimilate into the main American culture
____ 41. the idea that those who accumulated great wealth should share their riches for the betterment of society
____ 42. a group that favored lower transportation costs, the regulation of the railroads, and the coinage of “free silver”

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

 Identify Causes and Effects What factors led to the successful expansion of industry in the
United States? Your answer should…..

The geography of the United States provided natural resources that manufacturers needed to power their
factories and lubricate their machines. Immigrants arrived in the United States to work in the expanding
industries. Government policies aided the success of business, and the nation looked favorably at
entrepreneurs, adding to growth.

46. Drawing Inferences How did segregation affect the American culture during the Gilded Age?
Your answer should….

Segregation divided the nation by separating blacks and whites. Laws requiring segregation were upheld in a
court case that said as long as things were equal, the races could be kept separate. But facilities for the blacks
were not equal to those of the whites. Poll taxes and literacy tests also kept blacks from voting
.
48. Identifying Causes and Effects What factors led to the successful expansion of industry in the
United States? Your answer should…..

ANS:
The geography of the United States provided natural resources that manufacturers needed to power their
factories and lubricate their machines. Immigrants arrived in the United States to work in the expanding
industries. Government policies aided the success of business, and the nation looked favorably at
entrepreneurs, adding to growth. The surplus of natural resources made developing industries stronger, and
immigration allowed the new industries to keep enough workers in their factories. With support from the
government, these new industries could achieve continued success

49. Summarize What were the main factors leading to the rise in immigration, and what did
immigrants experience when they arrived in the United States? Your answer should ……
Immigrants came to the United States because of push and pull factors. The push factors included religious
persecution in their homelands and sometimes mandatory military service. The pull factors included the hope
of finding work and the promise of religious and political freedom. Most immigrants arrived at either Ellis
Island or Angel Island. They were asked questions upon their arrival, and if there was suspicion of disease,
they were turned away. When they settled in cities, they faced overcrowded living conditions, few parks for
their children, and streets filled with garbage and crime. Work consisted of long hours for little pay. There
was always a threat of disease in overcrowded neighborhoods.

50. .
Directions: Read the excerpt from The Souls of Black Folk, and answer the question(s) on the back of this
paper or on a separate sheet of paper.

“Then it dawned on me with a certain suddenness that I was different from the others; or like mayhap
[perhaps] in heart and life and longing, but shut out from their world . . . One ever feels his two-ness,—an
American, a Negro; . . . two warring ideals in one dark body . . . He simply wishes to make it possible for a
man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having
the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face.”
52. What term could be used to describe the hardships Du Bois is describing above? From his description, how
did this affect African Americans?