History 122 Midterm Study Questions

CHAPTER 16
Question 1
All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:

d) low tariffs.

Question 2
By 1890, the majority of Americans:

e) worked for wages.

Question 3
The second industrial revolution was marked by:

d) the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries.

Question 4
The ____________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America.

b) railroads Question 5
In 1883, ____________ divided the nation into the four time zones still used today.

a) the major railroad companies

Question 6
In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were:

e) ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace.

Question 7 (1 point)
Between 1897 and 1904, a wave of financial mergers led to the creation of the following corporations, all of which dominated major parts of the economy EXCEPT:

e)
Quaker Oats.

Question 8 (1 point)
One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:

b) frequent and prolonged economic depressions.

Question 9 (1 point)
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:

d) built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.

Question 10 (1 point)
The American working class:

e) lived in desperate conditions.

Question 11 (1 point)
In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis:

c) focused on the wretched conditions of New York City slums.

Question 12 (1 point)
Bonanza farms:

c) typically had 3,000 acres of land or more.

Question 13 (1 point)
The economic development of the American West was based on:

b) lumber, mining industries, tourism, and farming.

Question 14 (1 point)
What did hunters shoot while riding the railroads across the West?

e) buffalo Question 15 (1 point)
Which statement about Chief Joseph’s appeal to an audience in Washington,