The Gilded Age Quiz 2

How did nineteenth-century political bosses and their machines keep control of their cities?

• Providing aid to citizens and immigrants in exchange for political support

• Using police forces to protect against organized labor

• Developing alliances with diverse groups of citizens

• Establishing local militias to prevent outside interference

What was the most significant factor in the development of labor unions during the Gilded Age?

• Racial segregation

• Class discrimination

• Working conditions

• Growing prosperity

What would Samuel Gompers and Terrance Powderly most likely have supported?

• Kickbacks from corrupt political machines

• Labor Union strikes for better pay

• Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth Speech

• Laissez-Faire economics

Which political boss took large kickbacks and bribes from the city government in New York City through his machine, Tammany Hall?

• Tweed

• Daley

• Grant

• Tilden

One reason why nativists worried about a large influx of immigrants in the late 1800s was…

• They believed immigrants would receive better treatment from the federal government

• They thought immigrants from southern and eastern Europe as well as China to be threats to American jobs

• They feared immigrants would gain control of the city government

• They thought the country’s ports could not handle increasing numbers of immigrants

In 1882, the government passed legislation (laws) that restricted immigration from a certain part of the world due to the fear that these immigrants were taking jobs away from American citizens. Which law did this?

• The Dawes Act

• The Mexican Repatriation Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Nativist Act

During the Gilded Age, due to corruption and bribery, there was an increase in government support for…

• Involvement in foreign wars

• The acquisition of new territory

• The growth of big business

• The creation of anti-trust laws

Which of the following occurred during 1865-1900 as a result of the rapid urbanization of the United States?

• New immigrants from Europe had to live in cheaply made urban tenements

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear

• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental laws

• Factory owners introduced pay raises for urban workers

During the nineteenth century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by –

• Providing public assistance for former slaves

• Campaigning for women’s suffrage

• Making public improvements to urban infrastructure

• Advocating the use of poll taxes

The New Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe came to America for a better life in American cities looking for factory jobs, Chinese immigrants came to the West Coast of the United States and were mainly able to find jobs as…

• Gold miners and railroad workers

• Farmers and gathers

• Ranchers and cowboys

• Soldiers and mechanics