Gilded Age Daily Grade

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

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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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

How did Political Machines use Infrastructure to gain power and manipulate Immigrants?

• Got them to work on those projects in exchange for votes

• Got them to work on those projects in exchange for money

• Kept them from getting those jobs

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

• "Boss" Tweed

• John Rockefeller

• Jane Adams

• Andrew Carnegie

A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes

• Philanthropists

• Entrepreneur

• Good person

• Tycoon

In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

John Rockefeller made a fortune in which industry?

• Railroads

• Oil

• Steel

• Finance

Rockefeller and Vanderbilt came to control nearly everything in the railroad and oil industries. As a result, they were able to set prices high for their products and services. Control over an entire industry is known as having a ....

• integration.

• oligarchy.

• monopoly.

JP Morgan made his fortune in...

• oil.

• steel.

• railroads.

• finance and banking.