Gilded Age 4

Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with the transformation?

• A- Increased property values in the rural areas

• B- Increased life expectancies in urban areas

• C- Increased birth rates in rural areas

• D- Increased migration to urban areas

Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?

• A- The availability of buffalo

• B- The discovery of precious metals

• C- A series of federal land grants

• D- A decrease in agricultural production

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to--

• A- increased U.S. presence in China

• B- competition for jobs on the West Coast

• C- rapid population growth in the Northeast

• D- China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion

Which situation does this cartoon from an early 1900s pamphlet illustrate?

• F- The deportation of many Chinese immigrants in the Northwest

• G- The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest

• H- The fear in the West of losing jobs to Chinese immigrants

• D- The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants

Which sentence correctly completes the diagram?

• F- The Bracero program was introduced.

• G- The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.

• H- Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States

• J- Irish families immigrated to the United States