USHC - Unit 4 - Spiral Review #2 - Fitzwater

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Why were many Americans opposed to labor unions in the late 1800s?

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They believed unions were controlled by violent extremists.

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Why did author Mark Twain refer to the late 1800s as the “Gilded Age”?

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It was a period in which glamour and wealth hid corruption and poverty.

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Why did many immigrants and migrants in the early 19th century settle in the North?

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Northern cities had an abundance of factory jobs

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The “new immigrants” of the United States between 1890 and 1915 came primarily from...

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Southern and Eastern Europe

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Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by...

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Hostility toward immigrant workers

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During the late 1800s, how did political machines control the governments of many cities?

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Using corrupt practices and bribery

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Which conditions are most characteristic of urban slums in the 1890s?

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Crowded tenements, high crime, lack of sanitation

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In the early part of the 20th century, why did African Americans leave the South and move to northern cities?

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More factory jobs were available in the North.

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In the late 19^th century, what was a problem of American farmers that led to government regulations of business? Options: High railroad rates, High tariffs on imported goods, High wheat prices, Scarcity of farmland

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High railroad rates

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In the 1800s, why were farmers on the Great Plains likely to support bimetallism?

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They wanted to put more money in circulation.