The Gilded Age

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• Robber Barons and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

• Political Corruption and the Spoils System

• Chinese Immigrants

• Indians (Native Americans)

• The need to regulate State Governments

The title given to people like Carnegie who donated their money to public projects such as libraries and universities.

• Entrepreneurs

• Nativists

• Philanthropists

• Populists

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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The Homestead Act caused a shift in population to move from where to where?

• East Coast to West Coast

• West Coast to East Coast

• South to Northeast

• Northern cities to Southern Plantations

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

• Gave them work on those projects in exchange for votes

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

• Prevented them from working on those projects

• Allowed immigrants to run for political positions

The Gilded Age saw the greatest shift in population from which area to which area?

• Rural areas to Urban areas

• Urban areas to Rural areas

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Fewer hours, higher wages, and safer working conditions were all goals of

• Entrepreneurs

• Captains of Industry

• Labor Unions

• Social Darwinists

Who would have said the following quote - "A man should be able to rise to the top with hard work and education."

• Member of the Knights of Labor

• A Social Darwinist

• A Nativist

• A Marxist

"Civil Service should be based on Merit" which means...

• people should inherit government jobs

• the government should reward loyal supporters with jobs

• government jobs should go to the most skilled applicant

• only family members should receive jobs as rewards