Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• The Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Protectionism

• Temperance

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

• Nativists

• Populists

• Philanthropists

• Social Workers

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Nativism

• Assimilation

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Declining wages and a rise unemployment on the west coast led to what piece of legislation?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Pendleton Act of 1883

The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?

• Rural areas to Urban areas

• Urban areas to Rural areas

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

• "Boss" Tweed

• John Rockefeller

• Jane Adams

• Andrew Carnegie

What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?

• Political Machines

• Industrial Capitalists

• Robber Barons

• Labor Leaders

John Rockefeller made a fortune in which industry?

• Railroads

• Oil

• Steel

• Finance

A wealthy person who donates to charity is known as a ...

• Philanderer

• Philonthrope

• Philistine

• Philanthropist