Gilded Age Review

Tammany Hall is an example of a political club led by, _________________

• Abraham Lincoln

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• William Tweed

Businessmen who gave back to their communities by helping to build roads, schools, churches . .

• Philanthropists

• Politicians

• Monopolists

• Do-gooders

During the Gilded Age, people moved from _____ areas to ______ areas.

• Urban, rural

• Western, eastern

• Eastern, western

• Rural, urban

Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?

• Very few tried to come
• The voyage was too far and expensive
• There were no jobs available
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-

• Bootlegger

• Monopolies

• Communists

• Nativists

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

• Assimilation/Americanization

• Nativistism

• Communism

• Vietnamization

How would the Homestead Act affect the population of the U.S.

• Increased populations in cities

• increased the growth of farms

• Urbanization became a widespread problem

• decreased the growth of farms

How did horizontal and vertical integration affect American companies

• Competition flourished in all industries

• Technology was shared within companies

• Small businesses benefited from the business strategy

• Large companies grew and eliminated competition

How was life in the cities affected by the switch from agrarian societies into urban?

• Urban life was awesome, what you talking about

• Cities easily dealt with the growth of populations

• Quality of life decreased due to urban problems

• Jobs were available and housing was plentiful

How did the Bessemer process affect the U.S?

• It has no impact

• Jobs decreased

• Asian immigrants were kept out of the U.S

• It caused rapid increase of steel making it affordable and led to major growth of cities.