Final Review: Reconstruction- Gilded Age

Which of the following factors led to rapid population growth in urbanized areas?

• Increased profits by farmers led many to seek jobs in urban areas 
• The arrival of immigrants and people leaving rural areas for the cities 
• After the Civil War, northern cities strongly encouraged freed slaves to move north
• Nativists encouraged immigration which increased the population quickly 

Why did many US citizens resent immigrants and want to restrict immigration?

• They feared that immigrants would not be willing to work hard and would contribute to unemployment 
• They believed that most immigrants migrated to the South and would contribute to the persecution of African Americans 
• They believed that most immigrants would take their jobs and did not trust their strange customs 
• Most US citizens were Catholics and were suspicious of the Protestant beliefs immigrants brought with them

A Jewish family from Poland immigrates to the Untied States in 1899 primarily to escape religious persecution. The religious freedom this family expects to find in the United States is 

• A Push Factor 
• A Pull Factor 
• An Economic Opportunity 
• Evidence of Urbanization

Think of the living and working conditions experienced by poor immigrants in the US during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Which does not belong?

• Tenements 
• Ghettos 
• Sweatshops 
• Corporations 

How did monopolies and trusts enable businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller to become among the richest and most powerful men in the world?

• They restricted immigration, thereby limiting the number of industrialists who could compete with them
• They eliminated competition and allowed certain businessmen to control entire industries 
• They loaned large amounts of money to businessmen, thereby enabling them to invest in new industries 
• They paid large amounts of interest to finance capitalists in exchange for business loans  

What industry was impacted by the Bessemer process?

• Oil
• Banking 
• Finance Capitalism 
• Steel

Which of the following most accurately describes the plight of immigrant factory workers in the late nineteenth century 

• They often lived in overcrowded apartments, worked long hours, and labored in dangerous working conditions 
• They slowly migrated out of ethnic ghettos and into the suburbs as the 20th century grew closer 
• They tended to drive native born citizens out of the inner city thereby greatly reducing the US urban population in the late 1800s
• Since many of them came from Europe, they tended to be Protestants who were persecuted for their beliefs once they arrived in the United States

Political machines played what role in the late 19th century 

• They led to mass production and the early growth of big business 
• They led to laws which were meant to crush monopolies 
• They led to corruption in city and state governments headed by political bosses 
• They served to make sure that Democrats controlled the federal government 

Religious persecution, political instability, famines, and diseases all served as

• Push factors contributing to immigration
• forms of corruption during the late 18th century
• reasons Tammany Hall was established by political leaders 
• pull factors contributing to immigration and migration 

What two ethnic groups were instrumental in constructing the transcontinental railroad? 

• Irish and Italians
• Chinese and Italians
• Japanese and  English
• Irish and Chinese