Gilded Age 2024

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

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

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big business like railroads and prohibited monopolies?

• Dawes Act & Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust & Interstate Commerce Act

• Pure Food & Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

New _________________ like the light bulb made manufacturing processes more efficient.

• innovations

• urbanization

• reforms

• legislation

What civil service reform legislation helped decrease corruption in the government?

• Pendleton Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Pure Food & Drug Act

• Teapot Dome Scandal