US History - Unit 7: The Gilded Age 2024

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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What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?

• Immigrants

• The Poor

• Indians (Native Americans)

• Former Slaves

Roads, skyscrapers, prisons, sewers, schools, railroads, etc, are all examples of what?

• Infrastructure

• Rural Expansion

• Assimilation

• Nativism

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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What Supreme Court case set the precedent for "Separate but Equal", which would last until the Civil Rights Movement of the mid 1900s?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

• Roe v Wade

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

This type of economic system during the Gilded Age allowed for the growth of big business and monopolies-

• Monopolies

• Nativism

• Laissez-faire (hands off)

• New Deal