Gilded Age Politics

Gilded Age Politics

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Gilded Age Politics

Gilded Age Politics

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Based on this cartoon, which institutions was Nast criticizing?

labor unions

political machines

settlement houses

nativist organizations

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who was the leader of the corrupt Tammany Hall, New York Political Machine?

Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
William "Boss" Tweed

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Legislation to reform the spoils system.

Chinese Exclusion Act
Blue Laws
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Political Machine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The use of one's job to gain profit.

Political Machine
Ghetto
Graft
Blue Laws

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why did many immigrants support city political machines?

Political machines were free of corruption

political machines provides them with jobs and favors

political machines put powerful "bosses" out of business
political machines fought against crime in the slums

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What president was assassinated as a result of the spoils system?

Chester A. Arthur

Ulysses S Grant

James A. Garfield

Rutherford B. Hayes

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