Gilded Age Review

Which of the following was NOT an important invention of the Gilded Age?

• telephone

• Internet

• electricity

• automobile

Workers began to speak out for their rights and some joined ______________.

• Labor Unions

• Philanthropic Organizations

• Farming Unions

• Political Clubs

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island

• Rhode Island

• Alcatraz

• Angel Island

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island

• Rhode Island

• Ellis Island

• Fools Island

Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?

• Very few tried to come

• The voyage was too far and expensive

• There were no jobs available

• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Immigrants came to America to escape

• religious persecution

• low living standards

• poor economies

• all of the above

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

What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?

• Immigrants

• The Poor

• Indians (Native Americans)

• Former Slaves

The growth of machines and factories to produce goods is called...

• industrialization

• urbanization

• populism

• nativism

Many people, including immigrants, lived in run-down ___________________ during the Gilded Age.

• slums

• factories

• coal mines

• offices