The Gilded Age and Immigration

What does the term gilded mean?

• Full of riches and opportunities

• Gaining new land

• Covered in a thin layer of gold

• Made of solid gold

What are some reasons why immigrants came to America during the Gilded Age? (Select all that apply)

• to find jobs

• to escape persecution

• to escape famine

• to be able to vote

What was Ellis Island?

• A settlement house for immigrants

• A court case that allowed segregation in public facilities

• A check-in-station for immigrants coming to America

• A theory that the rich are rich because they're better, and the poor are poor because they are worse

Which of the following is NOT a challenge that immigrants faced when coming to America during the Gilded Age?

• Discrimination

• finding jobs

• language barriers

• new diseases

What were tenement houses?

• Large public buildings designed for the rich

• Small, cramped apartments for poor people

• Community centers to help poor people

• Check-in-stations for immigrants coming to America

Check-in-stations for immigrants coming to America

• Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.

• Prohibited immigrants from entering the U.S.

• Increased the number of Chinese immigrants

• Prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving the U.S.

During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved from the _______ to __________.

• South to the North

• North to the South

• East to west

• West to east

Which of the following is the best definition of Social Darwinism?

• The belief that helping the poor will help society

• The idea of the government should stay "hands-off" in the economy

• A theory that the government should help out the economy in a time of crisis

• A theory that the rich are rich because they’re better, and the poor are poor because they’re worse

How did railroads help industrialize America from 1850 to 1900? (Select all that apply)

• transported people and ideas

• transported goods to new markets

• transported new immigrants to America

• transported raw materials

Many immigrants who first came to American moved into what type of living space?

• Tenement Houses

• community centers

• Factory Houses

• Settlement Houses