Gilded Age Fall 2020 Semester Exam Review

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?

• Political Machines

• Industrial Capitalists

• Robber Barons

• Labor Leaders

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of ___________________ led to corruption in government, but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• Infrastructure

• Nativists

• Monopolies

• Political Machines

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

John D. Rockefeller's oil industry represents the growth of what?

• sporting events

• international power

• big business

• poverty

The growth of cities is called . . .

• rural

• technology

• immigration

• urbanization

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

• Urban, rural

• Western, eastern

• Eastern, western

• Rural, urban

Declining wages and a rise unemployment on the west coast led to what piece of legislation?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Pendleton Act of 1883

This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West Coast because it prohibited immigration from China-

• Pendleton Act

• Homestead Act

• Mexican Repatriation Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act