Gilded Age

Front

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages? Options: Nativists, Political bosses, Miners, Labor leaders

Back

Nativists

Front

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

Back

Homestead Act

Front

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies? Options: Interstate Commerce Act, Homestead Act, Sherman AntiTrust Act, Dawes Act

Back

Sherman AntiTrust Act

Front

Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for? Options: shorter hours, lower pay, no child labor, safer working conditions

Back

lower pay

Front

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

Back

America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

Front

The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called: expansionism, gilding, mechanization, assimilation

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assimilation

Front

What is a monopoly?

Back

When one person or company controls a market

Front

This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers: the telegraph, the Bessemer Process, the Model T, The light bulb

Back

the Bessemer Process

Front

An entrepreneur is someone who

Back

risks their money to start a business with the hopes of making a profit

Front

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

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Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.