Gilded Age Note Check thru Industrialization

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• The Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses

What does "Gilded" mean?

• Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

• Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

• Just plain ugly on the inside and out

This was the name given to Business Tycoons who were ruthless and did whatever was necessary to make a profit.

• Captains of Industry

• Philanthropists

• Billionaires

• Robber Barons

Which of the following would be considered a Pull Factor that attracted Immigrants to the U.S. during the Gilded Age?

• The Dawes Act

• The Reservation System

• Nativism

• The Homestead Act of 1862

Answer explanation

Did you know that 270 million acres of land was given away through this act.... that 10% of the U.S. land area

Which of the following would be a correct description of what life was like in urban areas during the Gilded Age?

• majority of the people were wealthy

• most people in urban areas lived in nice houses

• most people lived in poverty, and cities were overcrowded & dirty

• city streets were well maintained, and the unemployment rate was low

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• Political Corruption

• Laissez Faire

• Monopoly

• Social Darwinism

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

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

• Assimilation/Americanization

• Nativistism

• Communism

• Vietnamization

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

One of the most influential political machines was -

• Upton Sinclair and the FDA

• Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor

• W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP

• Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall