American History - Glided Age Test

Question 1

Mark Twain

Answer 1

Coined the term “glided age.”

Question 2

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 2

Corrupt with the exception of ore/ non- corrupt president.

Question 3

Jane Addams

Answer 3

Founder of the Hull House for Women and Children

Question 4

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 4

“Steel worth $350”

Question 5

William Booth

Answer 5

Founder of Salvation Army

Question 6

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer 6

“railroads” bill worth $76

Question 7

George Williams

Answer 7

“Founder of the YMCA”

Question 8

John D. Rockefeller

Answer 8

“Kerosene oil”

Question 9

Jacob Riis

Answer 9

a social reformer journalist/ photographer showed “how the other half lived.”

Question 10

William Tweed

Answer 10

boss tweed was a political machine (Boss Tweed)

Question 11

Henry Ford

Answer 11

“automobile tycoon”

Question 12

Monopoly

Answer 12

large companies that controlled most of the industry
(single seller, and controlled all)

Question 13

Populist Party

Answer 13

party of the working class
“Founder James Weaver”

Question 14

Working Class

Answer 14

people working “low” paying Jobs/ dumbbell tenements.

Question 15

Horace Mann

Answer 15

Founder of public school education

Question 16

Unions

Answer 16

people standing together..

Question 17

Thomas Nast

Answer 17

drew political cartoons, expose the corruption of bosses and robber barons

Question 18

Strikes

Answer 18

“Stoppage of work”

Question 19

Railroads

Answer 19

“lin Chopin” (connected America) made it go more (move goods and people)

Question 20

JP Morgan

Answer 20

Financial Tycoon

Question 21

Emma Lazarus

Answer 21

American Poet

Question 22

Muckrakers

Answer 22

Exposed the evils of society.

Question 23

Capitalism

Answer 23

Industry controlled by private owners.

Question 24

Robber Barons

Answer 24

To limit the power of the industrialists

Question 25

Graft

Answer 25

illegal use of political influence for personal gain.

Question 26

Dumbbell Tenements

Answer 26

(multi-family dwellings)
overcrowded and unsanitary

Question 27

Row Houses

Answer 27

‘middle class’s very small

Question 28

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Answer 28

Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the US

Question 29

Nativism

Answer 29

Promoting Native Cultures/
anti-immigrant settlement

Question 30

Assimilate

Answer 30

“Become like” the rest of American society.

Question 31

Urbanization

Answer 31

Moving from the country to a city

Question 32

Ethnic Islands

Answer 32

Area Populated by the ethnicity.
(same ethnic groups)

Question 33

Sweatshops

Answer 33

Factories in the Clothing Industry / (dark, crowded, and unsafe)

Question 34

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Answer 34

Stopped Chinese Immigration of 30 Years

Question 35

American Party

Answer 35

Political Party designed to restrict and stop immigration.

Question 36

Immigrant Act of 1917

Answer 36

Required them to be able to read and write before they can enter the country.

Question 37

Ellis Island

Answer 37

Immigration station in NYC

Question 38

Angel Island

Answer 38

Immigration station in San Francisco

Question 39

Golden Door

Answer 39

The Statue of Liberty

Question 40

Prohibition

Answer 40

Prohibiting by Authority

Question 41

Statue of Liberty

Answer 41

“Opportunity and freedom” meaning the Golden Door

Question 42

Mass Transit

Answer 42

designed to move large groups of people.

Question 43

Thomas Edison

Answer 43

Creates the First Light Bulb

Question 44

Proletariat

Answer 44

Industrial Workers “working class”

Question 45

Bourgeoisie

Answer 45

Private Business Owners/ Big Business controlled by robber barons.