Reconstruction and Gilded Age Test

Directions: Be sure to circle the answer that most correctly fits with each question. Make
sure to answer all questions before turning your paper in. Good luck!
Name:
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1. Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

a. Andrew Johnson
b. George Bush
c. Andrew Jackson
2. What government program was created to help newly freed slaves?
a. New York City trash collectors
b. United States Shipping and Transportation committee
c. Freedmen’s Bureau
3. Andrew Johnson passed his Reconstruction plan…
a. With 100% support
b. In the 1900s
c. While Congress was not in session
4. What was one of president Ulysses S Grant’s biggest accomplishments?
a. He made the first tax
b. Created the DEA
c. Helped get rid of the KKK in his first term
5. What was one way that Black Americans were prevented from voting?
a. Literacy Tests
b. Mail in Ballots
c. Airplane tickets
6. Carpetbaggers were people that…
a. Left the North to seek political opportunity in the South
b. Sold cheap magic tricks at the circus
c. Stole money from railroad cars
7. The 14th Amendment establishes…
a. Citizenship for those born in the United States
b. The American Army
c. The United States Postal Service
8. What is important about the election of 1876?
a. It was a disputed election in which Hays was elected through a backroom deal
b. It was when Grant decided to run for governor or Pennsylvania and lost
c. There was no election in 1876
9. What president “ended” Reconstruction?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Rutherford B. Hayes
c. John F. Kennedy
10. What did the 13th Amendment do?’
a. Abolished slavery
b. Founded the KKK
c. Ended Reconstruction
11. What did the 15th Amendment do?
a. Made the KKK illegal
b. Gave Black Americans the right to vote
c. Gave people the option to run for president
12. A monopoly is when…
a. A business gets government money
b. A business has control over an entire industry
c. A business goes bankrupt

13. Match each Captain of Industry to the industry that they dominated. Draw a line to indicate your
answer. (1 point for each captain)

Andrew Carnegie Railroads

John D. Rockefeller Investing and Banking

J.P. Morgan Steel

Vanderbilt Oil

14. Civil service reform is…

a. The attempt to stop the President from being elected
b. Fighting corruption within government jobs
c. Another name for the Supreme Court
15. What was Chester Arthur involved in before becoming president?
a. Major League Baseball
b. Jungle exploration group
c. A political machine
16. Grover Cleveland decided on what standard for United States currency?
a. The Silver Standard
b. The Gold Standard
c. The Copper Standard
17. What did the Pendleton Act do?
a. Made requirements based on past achievements necessary for government jobs
b. Created the Pendleton round up in Oregon
c. Made people join labor unions
18. Jacob Riis took pictures of what types of houses?
a. Tenements
b. Yachts
c. Suburbs
19. Who was in charge of the Homestead Steel mill when a strike occurred?
a. Henry Clay Frick
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c. Ryan Suess
20. What was the nickname for the initial physical inspection at Ellis Island?
a. The Six Second Physical
b. The Immigrant Search
c. The Last Straw
21. What did George Waring do for New York City?
a. Took pictures of poor residents and the tenements
b. Gave out coupons to the grocery store
c. Cleaned up the New York City streets
22. The Mckinley Tariff caused what to grow?
a. Monopolies
b. Gold mines
c. Imports from foreign countries
23. What process strengthened steel and caused buildings to grow taller?
a. Burtis Process
b. Bessemer Process
c. Steel Process
24. How did President Hayes justify federal troop intervention during The Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
a. The strike had caused too much money to be lost in the railroad industry
b. The strike was interrupting government commerce and business
c. He did not send troops
25. What labor union was tied to The Haymarket Riot?
a. Knights of Labor
b. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
c. Miners Union
 Short Answer Questions
Directions: In this section, make sure to answer One question in complete sentences. Use
specific examples to support your answers. Be sure to read the entire question before
answering! Remember, you are only answering one question out of the two!

1. In 3-4 sentences, explain the living conditions in New York City during the Gilded Age. Make sure to use
examples from class to support your ideas. (4 points)

2. In 3-4 sentences answer the following question. What were the working conditions like for laborers in
the United States during the Gilded Age, and how did these conditions contribute to the rise of labor
unions? Be sure to include specific examples about different factories and/or labor unions. (4 points)