ch. 13 quiz

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 lead many of these workers in....

• Philanthropy

• Labor Unions

• Political Bosses

• Credit Unions

During the 19th and early 20th century, these men helped immigrants with jobs and housing in order to control votes during elections.

• political parties

• El Chapo

• political bosses

• republican party

Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, museums, and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. This is known as

• geopolitical framing

• political bossery

• anthropology

• philanthropy

The Pendleton Act of United States in 1883 decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit (tests of ability) instead of political affiliation (cronyism).

• direct voting

• civil service reform

• political machines

• civil labor unions

As a result of the rapid growth of Industrialization in the North people moved out of rural towns to

• Rural farms

• Urbanzied cities

• City suburbs

• El rancho

Many Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but this group of people strongly opposed new immigrants from entering the country.

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Donald Trump

• Nativists

Described as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the term "Gilded Age" was coined by what writer?

• Upton Sinclair

• Andrew Carnegie

• Mark Twain

• Henry George

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

• credit mobilier

• political machine

• corrected democracy

• electoral politics