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

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

• direct voting
• civil service reform
• political machines
• civil labor unions

Many Immigrants faced issues once they arrived such as language barriers, but these group of people mostly restricted new immigrants from emtering the country.

• Democrats
• Republicans
• Donald Trump
• Nativists

Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:

• The Baby Boom
• Immigration
• The Homestead Act
• Better Healthcare

Fact most significant in development of labor unions during nineteenth century? 

• Working conditions
• Racial segregation
• Class discrimination
• Growing prosperity

Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

• Captain of Industry
• Robber Baron
• Philanthropist
• Consolidator

In the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to 

• explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor
• urge Congress to end immigration
• encourage the passage of compulsory education laws
• support the growth of new political parties

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

• social darwinist
• political bosses
• nativist
• political machines