US History Gilded Age Test 8

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History Test 8 (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 8 (Us Gilded Age) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 8 (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

What best defines the Bessemer Process?

A) Made steel cheap

B) Made textiles

C) Made oil

D) Made food

Question 2

What best defines laissez-faire?

A) Government controls business

B) Government hands off business

C) No business

D) Workers control business

Question 3

Which of the following best defines Homestead?

A) Mine strike

B) Rail boycott

C) 1892 steel battle

D) Farm revolt

Question 4

Which 1886 event was for 8-hour workday?

A) Homestead Strike

B) Pullman Strike

C) Great Railroad Strike

D) Haymarket Affair

Question 5

Which invention was by Thomas Edison?

A) Light bulb

B) Oil

C) Steel

D) Telephone

Question 6

What was the assembly line later?

A) Craft benches

B) 1913 Ford method

C) Robots

D) Home kits

Question 7

Which of the following best defines laissez-faire?

A) Government controls business

B) No business

C) Government hands off business

D) Workers control business

Question 8

What were Lowell mills?

A) oil rigs

B) steel plants

C) coal mines

D) Massachusetts textile factories

Question 9

What was the Bessemer Process?

A) Made steel cheap

B) Made textiles

C) Made oil

D) Made food

Question 10

Which term means "Steel towers"?

A) a trust

B) skyscrapers

C) the Homestead Strike (1892)

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 11

Which of the following best defines skyscrapers?

A) Cottages

B) Barns

C) Steel towers

D) Tents

Question 12

What did Sherman Act ban?

A) Unions

B) Banks

C) Railroads

D) 1890 monopolies

Question 13

What was the Homestead Strike (1892)?

A) Steelworkers vs. Carnegie

B) Coal strike

C) Textile strike

D) Railroad strike

Question 14

Which of these did Sherman Act ban?

A) Unions

B) 1890 monopolies

C) Banks

D) Railroads

Question 15

Who dominated oil?

A) Vanderbilt

B) Astor

C) John D. Rockefeller

D) Carnegie

Question 16

Name the person who owned Homestead.

A) Pullman

B) Rockefeller

C) Morgan

D) Carnegie Steel

Question 17

Which term means "Made steel cheap"?

A) the Bessemer Process

B) a trust

C) the Homestead Strike (1892)

D) laissez-faire

Question 18

Which person led AFL?

A) Debs

B) Samuel Gompers

C) Powderly

D) Mitchell

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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