gilded Age 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

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

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

• social darwinist
• political bosses
• nativist
• political machines

Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?

• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Ford
• John D. Rockefeller
• William Tweed

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

• Interstate Commerce Act 
• Homestead Act
• Sherman AntiTrust Act
• Dawes Act