Gilded/Progressive

During what era was there an in increase in corruption, big business, immigration, and urbanization?

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Cold War

• Great Depression

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• the railroad

• suffrage

• slavery

• political machines

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a ______________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

• populist

• philanthropist

• muckraker

• imperialist

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Automobile

• Airplane

• Telephone

• Transcontinental Railroad

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

• cultural diffusion / globalization

• acculturation / industrialization

• assimilation / americanization

• overspeculation / urbanization

What legislation allowed the government to regulate big business like railroads and prohibited monopolies?

• Dawes Act & Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust & Interstate Commerce Act

• Pure Food & Drug Act & Chinese Exclusion Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

Monopoly is...

• when someone wins Hasbro's greatest game

• when one person has control over an industry or service

• one insect that rolls into a ball when touched

• a man that is married to many different women

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

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

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel