Gilded Age & Progressive Era

During what era was there an in increase in corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization?

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Cold War

• Great Depression

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• the railroad

• suffrage

• slavery

• political machines

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a ______________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

• populist

• philanthropist

• muckraker

• imperialist

Which group of immigrants came to the U.S. as a result of famine and were discriminated against for being Catholic?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Germans

• Spanish

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Automobile

• Airplane

• Telephone

• Transcontinental Railroad

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

• cultural diffusion / globalization

• acculturation / industrialization

• assimilation / americanization

• overspeculation / urbanization

This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West coast because it prohibited immigration from China?

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -

• muckrakers

• nativists

• imperialists

• industrialists

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Laissez-Faire

• Mercantilism