US History Gilded Age Test 1

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History Test 1 (Us Gilded Age) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us Gilded Age USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us Gilded Age.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 1 (Us Gilded Age) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 1 (Us Gilded Age) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us Gilded Age

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Which term means "1876 Bell invention"?

A) the telephone

B) a trust

C) the Homestead Strike (1892)

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 2

Which term means "Monopoly group"?

A) the Homestead Strike (1892)

B) a trust

C) the Bessemer Process

D) laissez-faire

Question 3

Provide the definition of tenements:

A) Parks

B) Subways

C) Crowded apartments

D) Factories

Question 4

Who owned Homestead?

A) Pullman

B) Rockefeller

C) Morgan

D) Carnegie Steel

Question 5

What was Haymarket?

A) 1886 Chicago bombing

B) Bank robbery

C) Train crash

D) Mine blast

Question 6

Identify Jay Gould.

A) Steel maker

B) Rail speculator

C) Oil baron

D) Banker

Question 7

Provide the definition of Homestead:

A) Mine strike

B) Rail boycott

C) 1892 steel battle

D) Farm revolt

Question 8

Provide the definition of Haymarket:

A) Bank robbery

B) Train crash

C) Mine blast

D) 1886 Chicago bombing

Question 9

Which person was Jay Gould?

A) Rail speculator

B) Steel maker

C) Oil baron

D) Banker

Question 10

Which term means "Monopoly controlling an industry"?

A) the Homestead Strike (1892)

B) a trust

C) the Bessemer Process

D) laissez-faire

Question 11

Which term means "Millions to cities"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) urban growth

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 12

What best defines Pullman strike?

A) Mine strike

B) Steel strike

C) Farm revolt

D) 1894 rail boycott

Question 13

Who led the American Federation of Labor?

A) Samuel Gompers

B) Terence Powderly

C) Eugene Debs

D) John Lewis

Question 14

Which of the following best defines Pullman strike?

A) Mine strike

B) 1894 rail boycott

C) Steel strike

D) Farm revolt

Question 15

Name J.P. Morgan.

A) Oil tycoon

B) Steel magnate

C) Banker who financed industry

D) Labor leader

Question 16

Which was the first national labor union?

A) AFL

B) IWW

C) CIO

D) Knights of Labor

Question 17

Which invention was by Alexander Graham Bell?

A) Telephone

B) Radio

C) Light bulb

D) Telegraph

Question 18

Name the person who exposed tenements.

A) Hine

B) Jacob Riis

C) Lange

D) Steffens

Question 19

What best defines urban growth?

A) Farm return

B) West emptying

C) Millions to cities

D) South shrinking

Question 20

What was the AFL?

A) One big union

B) Farm bloc

C) Bank club

D) Skilled craft unions

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