Gilded Age

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

• Union Leaders
• Philanthropists
• Nativists
• Political Bosses

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.

What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle the plains?

• Dawes Act
• National Grange
• Farmers' Alliances
• Homestead Act

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

_____________________ gave awareness to the increase in difference between poor and rich in the country

• Populist Party

• Big Business

• Labor Unions

• Political Bosses

Cities populations grew in the West, expand in communication and commerce, and growth in settlers are due to-

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Klondike Gold Rush

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Telegraph

Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Building an Empire

• Civil Rights and the 60's

____________________ gained power by providing immigrants with services.

• Political Machines

• Big Business

• Labor Unions

• Andrew Carnegie

was established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation

• Civil Service Reform

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act