U.S History

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

• Indians (Native Americans)

• Immigrants

• Chinese

• Settlers

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Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• The Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses

"Survival of the fittest" applied to business competition

• Social Gospel
• Gospel of Wealth
• Social Darwinism

Nativists oppose...

• Business regulation
• Immigration
• Capitalism
• Democracy

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Holding company
• Infrastructure

Donating lots of money to humanitarian causes

• Philanthropy
• Egalitarianism
• Assimilation
• Socialism

The Interstate Commerce Act...

• Created jobs
• Promoted the steel industry
• Regulated businesses
• Expanded our natural resources

An organization of workers who promote their interests collectively (as a group)

• Labor union
• Political machine
• Caucus

Which was NOT a reason for immigration to the U.S. in the 1880s (i.e. Gilded Age)?

• Lots of jobs
• Escaping persecution
• Good working conditions
• Escaping poverty

The __________ process was a less expensive way to make steel.

• Edison
• Foundry
• Bessemer
• Factory