The Gilded Age - 2020

How did the distribution of wealth in the United States change due to industrialization in the late 19th century?

• Industrialists grew rich while factory workers remained poor.

• Many industrialists created profit-sharing plans for their employees.

• Women’s wages for factory jobs became equal to men’s wages.

• Congress passed legislation to require industries to pay a minimum wage.

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Gilded Age

Industrialism

Which statement best expresses the “melting pot” theory as it relates to American society?

• Only European immigrants will be allowed into the United States

• Immigrant ghettos will develop in urban areas

• All immigrant groups will maintain their separate cultures

• Different cultures will blend to form a uniquely American culture

Which was considered a “push factor” in immigration to the United States in the early 1900s?

• Poverty in the home nations of immigrants

• Religious Freedom

• Economic opportunity

• Quotas on immigration by nationality

Answer explanation

These are things that will PUSH a person out of a country...make them want to leave their homeland.

Prior to the 1930s, the vast majority of immigrants to the United States came from

• South Asia.

• South America.

• Europe.

• East Asia.

In which of the following did 146 female workers die in a fire?

• Homestead Strike

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Square Riot

The Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century saw the emergence of industrialists who were perceived by some as ruthless and aggressive. These industrialists were negatively referred to as

• trust busters.

• philanthropists.

• rouge investors.

• robber barons.

Which factor was a motivation of the nativists in the United States during the nineteenth century?

• the desire for land

• prejudice against immigrants

• loyalty to the Pope

• opposition to slavery

Answer explanation

Nativists = Native to America (don't like immigrants)

Mark Twain called the era following the Civil War the “Gilded Age” because

• of the tremendous number of gold strikes that took place.

• it was an age of universal benefit for all Americans.

• the gold and silver issues seemed to dominate the era.

• the glitter and flashiness of the time seemed to mask the ugliness and materialism that lay beneath the surface.

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is

• graft.

• gentlemen's agreement.

• nativism.

• civil service.

This man loaned the federal government money, created the United States Steel Corporation, and created General Electric.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan