Transformation of America

Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process

Andrew Carnegie was involved in what industry?

• Steel
• Oil
• Transportation
• Meat

Negotiating through collective bargaining and going on strike if necessary, are methods of what group?

• Monopolies
• Trusts
• Economies
• Labor Unions

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

• Democrats
• Republicans
• Independents

• Nativists

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

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

What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?

• credit mobilier
• political machine
• corrected democracy
• electoral politics

Law passed in 1883 during the Gilded Age, that sought to reform (fix) government?  It required government applicants to take exams so that they would be hired based upon merit rather than political affiliation.  

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Pendelton Civil Service Act
• Underwood Tariff Act
• Celler-Kefaufer Act

"Society advances where its fittest members are allowed to assert their fitness with the least hindrance (Herbert Spencer)"
What philosophy is described by the quote above?

• Social Democracy
• Social Realism
• Social Darwinism
• Social Gospel

Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen's Agreement?

• It decreased Japanese immigration
• It resulted in segregated Classrooms
• It caused Anti-American rioting in Japan
• It prohibited Aliens from working in industrial jobs

Who was in power of the Political Machine in New York City?

• General Custard
• Grover Cleveland
• Boss Tweed
• Leonardo DeCaprio