Gilded Age Pre-Test

Which of the following actions took place as a result of Western Expansion?

• Passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act

• Creation of the Reservation System

• Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• Growth of Political Machines

Answer explanation

The reservation system was created in order to remove Native American Indians from their land to make it available for American Settlers to move westward

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3C

Growing feelings of Nativism was a result of ...

• Decreased Immigration and Low Unemployment

• Increased Political Corruption and High Wages

• Increased Immigration and Low Wages

• Growth in Rural areas and Decreased Political Corruption

Answer explanation

Many American's began to feel that immigrants were taking jobs away from the "native" born (Americans), and also forcing wages lower due to immigrants being willing to work for less money

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3C

Immigrants were often subject to the cramped unsanitary living conditions of which type of housing unit?

• Tipi

• Sod House

• Mansion

• Tenement

Answer explanation

Tenements were apartment style dwellings that were often poorly built, run down, and unsanitary. It was common for several people / families to share one unit due to the fact that most immigrants made very little money.

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3C

Which of the following innovation was a contributing factor to the industrialization of the United States?

• The Assembly Line

• The Steel Plow

• Laissez-faire Politics

• The Reservation System

Answer explanation

The Assembly line allowed for companies to mass produce goods in a timely manner

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3B

Which of the following actions contributed to the American population shifting Westward?

• Passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act

• Growth of Political Machines

• Passage of the Homestead Act of 1862

• Creation of electricity & the lightbulb

Answer explanation

The Homestead Act granted land to anyone willing to move out west and settle it for 5 years. The idea of land ownership was appealing to many settlers, and as a result the American population began to expand westward.

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3B

Which of the following innovations was responsible for changing the workplace in the new industrialized America?

• electricity & the lightbulb

• the steel plow

• tenement housing

• sod houses

Answer explanation

with the creation of electricity and the lightbulb the workplace was changed forever. Companies could not work into the night hours allowing them to produce more goods.

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3B

What was the main goal of assimilating Native American Indians and new immigrants in the United States?

• Populism

• Nativism

• Cultural Isolation

• Americanization

Answer explanation

Many immigrants and Indians were pushed to learn key cultural characteristics of American Society.

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3C

What is the term that refers to corrupt organization that often preyed on immigrants in order to control positions within the government?

• Populist Party

• Reservation System

• Monopoly

• Political Machine

Answer explanation

Political Machines used corrupt methods to gain votes so that certain people to keep positions within government, and so that they could maintain power. They would often bribe immigrants to get their votes.

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3C

Which government practice allowed wealthy industrialist to eliminate competition and form large corporations that controlled all parts of an industry (monopoly)?

• Laissez-faire

• Political Machine

• Bimetallism

• Dictatorship

Answer explanation

Laissez-faire is when the government has a hands off approach to business. This means that businesses can do whatever they want in order to be successful, and the government will not interfere.

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3B

Which of the following best describes why this era is referred to as The Gilded Age?

• Mass immigration caused mass urbanization

• Westward Expansion brought settlers out west in search of Gold and Land ownership

• U.S. was newly industrialized with economic opportunity yet was filled with corruption & poverty

• Cities were controlled by Political Machines

Answer explanation

The Gilded Age refers to something that is glittery and shiny on the outside, but is ugly on the inside. During the time immigrants were attracted to the U.S. because of the endless freedoms and opportunities, yet at the same time the U.S. was filled with corruption and poverty

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3C