Gilded Age and Progressive Era Review

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Designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated fair competition

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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What were the apartment style houses that many immigrants lived in called?

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Tenements

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What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age? Options: The living conditions of tenements improved greatly, The number of people living in tenements declined, Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements, Tenements were torn down and rebuilt

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Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

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What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions? Options: By homesteading on the Great Plains, By joining labor unions, By working for Political bosses, Through better education

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By joining labor unions

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Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-

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Nativists

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This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies-

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Laissez Faire (hands off)

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What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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

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lower pay

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Process which made steel more affordable and profitable.

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Bessemer

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This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program.

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Populist Party