Gilded Age Unit Test

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

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

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a _____________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

• Person

• Philanthropist

• Nativist

• Political Boss

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

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

the process by which a company gains the ability to raise prices or exclude competitors

• monopolies

• reforms

• supply and demand

• free market

Sped up the production of steel

• Bessemer Process

• Atkins Reaper

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad