Gilded Age 2026

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

• Native Americans

• Immigrants

• Chinese

• Settlers

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe.

• Nativists

• Populists

• Philanthropists

• Social Workers

The period from 1877 to 1900 is known for the rise of railroads, big business, industrialization, and social problems in the United States.

• World War I

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Roaring Twenties

In 1882, the government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

• Nativist Act

• Mexican Repatriation Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, museums, and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up the social ladder. 

• geopolitical

• political bosses

• anthropolgy

• philanthropy

In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a settlement house called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working-class women, many of whom were recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?

• Margaret Sanger

• Jane Addams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or keep wages low

• Captain of Industry

• Robber Baron

• Philanthropist

• Consolidator

In which industry did John D. Rockefeller create a monopoly?

• Oil Refineries

• Automobiles

• Telephones

• Steel

During the Gilded Age, workers came together to fight for better pay, working conditions, and shorter hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers helped lead many of these workers in....

• Philanthropy

• Labor Unions

• Political Bosses

• Credit Unions

Due to the corruption of the railroad companies, the U.S. government created this act to regulate railroad companies to be reasonable in prices.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Dawes Act

• Transcontinental Act

• Laissez Faire Act