US History Gilded Age Test 3

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History Test 3 (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 3 (Us Gilded Age) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 3 (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

Name the person who named Gilded Age.

A) Mark Twain

B) Carnegie

C) Rockefeller

D) Morgan

Question 2

What best defines tenements?

A) Parks

B) Crowded apartments

C) Subways

D) Factories

Question 3

Which of the following best defines the light bulb year?

A) 1870

B) 1890

C) 1879 Edison

D) 1900

Question 4

Which of the following best defines Haymarket?

A) Bank robbery

B) Train crash

C) Mine blast

D) 1886 Chicago bombing

Question 5

Provide the definition of the Homestead Strike (1892):

A) Steelworkers vs. Carnegie

B) Coal strike

C) Textile strike

D) Railroad strike

Question 6

Provide the definition of skyscrapers:

A) Cottages

B) Steel towers

C) Barns

D) Tents

Question 7

Provide the definition of electricity for:

A) No use

B) Heat only

C) Light and motors

D) Toys only

Question 8

What was a trust?

A) Small business

B) Government agency

C) Labor union

D) Monopoly controlling an industry

Question 9

What best defines the telephone effect?

A) Business speed

B) No change

C) Farm only

D) Mail only

Question 10

What are tenements?

A) Parks

B) Crowded apartments

C) Subways

D) Factories

Question 11

Which of the following best defines electricity for?

A) No use

B) Heat only

C) Light and motors

D) Toys only

Question 12

Which person dominated oil?

A) Vanderbilt

B) Astor

C) Carnegie

D) John D. Rockefeller

Question 13

What connected coasts by 1869?

A) transcontinental railroad

B) highways

C) telegraph only

D) canals

Question 14

When was Gilded Age?

A) 1850s

B) 1870 to 1900

C) 1900s

D) 1920s

Question 15

What are skyscrapers?

A) Cottages

B) Barns

C) Steel towers

D) Tents

Question 16

Name the person who led the American Federation of Labor.

A) Terence Powderly

B) Eugene Debs

C) John Lewis

D) Samuel Gompers

Question 17

Provide the definition of laissez-faire:

A) Government hands off business

B) Government controls business

C) No business

D) Workers control business

Question 18

Which person named Gilded Age?

A) Carnegie

B) Mark Twain

C) Rockefeller

D) Morgan

Question 19

What was the AFL?

A) One big union

B) Farm bloc

C) Skilled craft unions

D) Bank club

Question 20

Which person exposed tenements?

A) Hine

B) Lange

C) Steffens

D) Jacob Riis

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