During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for —

• the growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• the acquisition of foreign territories

• increased temperance regulations

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• Corrupt government officials and greedy businessmen

• Small, family farms were consolidated to form huge farms

• discovery of gold increased the amount of money circulating

• a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in industry

The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation is known as

• the Social Gospel movement

• Assimilation

• Social Darwinism

• Nativism

Andrew Carnegie said the best way for the wealthy to help society is

• the Entrepreneurs

• Social Darwinism

• Laissez-faire

• the Gospel of Wealth

Run down, cheap, poorly kept apartments for workers & immigrants would be better known as a

• Ethnic neighborhoods

• Urbanization

• Tenement

• Ghetto

What type of organization had a "boss" who was elected & used patronage to get things done?

• Social Darwinism

• Political machines

• Nativists

• Political parties

Some Americans harbored strong hatred or fear of immigrants, and they revived a trend called

• Americanization

• “Nativism”

• the melting pot

• Assimilation

An economic system free from government interference

• Communism

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Laissez-faire

Local outreach centers to assist those in immigrant neighborhoods were known as

• Political machines

• Settlement houses

• tenements

• Social reform

A misreading of the ideas described in the book Origin of Species, led to the belief in

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Social Darwinism

• the Gospel of Wealth