Gilded Age Quiz

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were __________: (Immigration Notes)

• European Jews.

• Eastern and southern Europeans.

• Chinese.

Location where most European immigrants arrived in the United States: (Immigration Notes)

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

Location where most Asian immigrants arrived in the US:

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

What is nativism?

• The belief that native- born people are superior; anti-immigrant sentiment.

• Immigrants adapting to the culture of American society.

• Groups formed to help Native Americans.

In the early 1860s, Chinese immigrants came to the United States to:

• work in factories in Chicago.

• avoid religious persecution.

• work on the transcontinental railroad.

The first law passed in the US to restrict immigration (Immigration Notes)

• Nativist Act

• Jim Crow Law

• Chinese Exclusion Act

This photographer and journalist took pictures in the slums to expose the conditions of the poor in the cities:

• Mark Twain

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Adams

What is a political machine? (Gilded Age Politics)

•  machine used to count votes in an election.

  
  

• A political candidate who campaigns constantly, making speeches across the country 

• A political group that uses immigrants and the poor to get votes to win elections and gain wealth and power

Which term means rewarding political supporters with government jobs? (Gilded Age Politics)

• Patronage or spoils system

• Party favors
  

• Blackmail

Made the expansion of cities possible for population growth (Urbanization Notes, Gilded Age Technology)

(*think grow up, not out)

• slums

• skyscrapers

• telephones