Gilded Age

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Which statement describes the 1st and 2nd revolution? Options: Both occurred in the 1700's, Both are revolutions, Both revolutions produced technologies that improved productivity, Both relied on steel and oil

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Both revolutions produced technologies that improved productivity

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Which useful function was served by the political machines of the late 1800s?

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They assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community

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Which group most favored the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? Options: Nativists in the west, Southern Immigrants, Protestants, Congress

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Nativists in the west

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What is Nativism?

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An Extreme dislike for immigrants by native born people

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How did the "New Immigrants" differ from the "Old Immigrants"?

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Most of them spoke very little English.

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Why were immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 19th century welcomed by industrialists?

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The immigrants were willing to work for lower wages than most other workers.

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How did many nativists feel about the rapid influx of immigrants between 1870 and 1900?

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They feared the immigrants might take their jobs for lower wages.

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What is this a criticism of in the 19th century? Options: monopolization, industrialism, horizontal integration, laissez-faire capitalism

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monopolization

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How did experiences of Chinese immigrants differ from those of the "New Immigrants" from Southern Europe?

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They could not own property, testify in some states or become citizens.

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Who invented a new steel making technique?

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Henry Bessemer