Gilded Age Review

What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?

• the decline of political machines in the Midwest

• the migration of poor workers to the suburbs

• a decrease in the wage gap between rich and poor

• the rapid growth of tenements and ghettos

Which useful function was served by political machines of the late 1800s?

• They prevented corruption in local government

• they halped provide a supply of cheap and skilled labor for industry

• they served as role models for future city governments by acting as city managers

• they assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community

How did the "New Immigrants" differ from the "Old Immigrants"?

• Most of them were Protestants

• Most of them spoke very little English

• They came seeking economic opportunity

• They were generally accepted by native-born Americans

What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

• to make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate

• to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers

• to provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War

• to make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture

What was a negative aspect of the "Americanization" policy of the late 1880s for American Indians?

• Indians attended reservation schools and learned a trade

• Indians could own and farm 160 acres of their own land

• Indians learned English and could gain the right to vote

• Indians saw the survival of their traditional cultures threatened

How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories and of workers on farms

• Railroads stimulated the construction of steamships to trade up and down rivers

• Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first national market

• Railroads caused cotton, rice, and wheat production to move from the Southeast to the West Coast

How were the Homestead and Pullman Strikes similar?

• Both were ended by federal court injunctions

• Both were led by union organizer Eugene V. Debs

• Both ended in important defeats for organized labor

• Both involved armed confrontations between workers and Pinkertons

How did many nativists feel about the rapid influx of immigrants between 1870 and 1900?

• They worried that the costs of urban housing would go down

• They feared that the immigrants might take their jobs for lower wages

• They hoped that the growth of the city would bring more concerts and parks

• They welcomed the arrival of diverse peoples with different foods and traditions

What demand was made in the Populist Party platform of 1892?

• higher tariffs

• a graduated income tax

• unrestricted immigration

• selection of U.S. senators by state legislatures

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