Gilded Age Political Cartoons

What legislation is this cartoon referring to?

• 30 day waiting period for immigration

• Deportation after completion of Transcontinental Railroad

• Immigration Reduction Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

• Large monopolies

• small private business

• political machines

• labor unions

Why does this image depict Rockefeller so large?

• He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors

• He was a government inspector looking for corruption

• He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

• He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization

What concept does this image refer to?

• political machines

• nativisim

• labor unions

• graft

What does this image say about the control of Standard Oil?

• Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

• Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

• Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

• Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

• labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

• Labor unions decreased nativism

• Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

• Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

What does this image say about why workers looked up to political bosses?

• political bosses

• political bosses

• political bosses threw large parties so the immigrants felt welcome in the US

• political bosses helped immigrants find jobs and handed out other favors