The Gilded Age

What is this a picture of?

• tenements

• melting pot

• skyscrapers

• plantations

A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices such as Vanderbilt and Carnegie was called a ?

• Robber Baron

• Slum Lord

• Proprietor

• Land Lord

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

• Ellis

• Angel

• Galveston

• Long

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the U.S. found work as ?

• Educated professionals

• Factory workers

• Scientists

• Lawyers

During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.

• cities

• farms

Political machine who took advantage of New York city to make millions

• Susan B. Anthony
• Boss Tweed
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams

Why were immigrants in the late 19th century welcomed by industrialists (factory owners)? 

• The immigrants found it difficult to learn English and assimilate
• The immigrants voted for candidates from the local political machine
• The immigrants lived in ghettos with other people from the same background.
• The immigrants were willing to work for lower wages than most other workers.

What did George Washington Carver devise?

• Light bulb

• Moving assembly line

• Uses for peanuts

• Telephone

What is a Horatio Alger story?

• Short stories about the poor working hard, saving their money, not wasting money on alcohol, and ending up rich.

• Short stories about the life of Horatio Alger and how he got rich by inheriting millions of dollars.

• Short stories about the rich and how well they live so the poor would be inspired to work hard to get there too.

What is the anti-immigration sentiment called?

• Nativism

• Native Americans

• Political Machines

• Republicans