Gilded Age Unit Test

Where were immigrants coming from during the Gilded Age?

• Southern Europe
• Eastern Europe
• China 
• All of them

Immigrants coming in on the East Coast had to go through Ellis Island.

• True
• False

Which of the following describes the living conditions in the city?

• There was crime
• There was pollution 
• Diseases spread easily
• All of them

Political machines used to keep their power by providing services to immigrants in exchange for their votes.

• True
• False

Nativists were pro-immigrant (they loved immigrants).

• True
• False

The policy of Laissez Faire helped business men get rich.

• True
• False

Laissez Faire means that the government was NOT regulating business.

• True
• False

All of the following were Robber Barons EXCEPT for?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller 
• J.P. Morgan
• Jacob Riis

What does the assembly line lead to?

• Consistency 
• Cheaper products 
• Products are made faster
• All of them

A monopoly is when one company owns the entire industry.

• True
• False