The Gilded Age

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

in 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

• Nativist Act
• Mexican Reparition Act
• Dawes Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?

• credit mobilier

• political machine

• corrected democracy

• electoral politics

What was the name of the law, passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform government? It required government applicants to take competitive exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation. This law was passed in response to widespread political corruption and the assassination of President Garfield.

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pendelton Civil Service Act

• Underwood Tariff Act

• Celler-Kefaufer Act

Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?

• social darwinist

• political bosses

• nativist

• political machines

Which one of these men was NOT a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

The Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.

• steel

• automobiles

• gasoline

• cloth

John D. Rockefeller used this method; when companies that produce a similar product merges together

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• scientific management

• time-study analysis

Andrew Carnegie used this method; when a company owns the raw materials & transportation systems of a product

• vertical integration

• horizontal integration

• time-study analysis

• taylorism