USHC Unit 4 Section 3 - Wilson HS

Why did Mark Twain coin the post-Reconstruction era of the United States as the Gilded Age?

• The United States had just won several wars, we were now viewed as the world's leading military power

• The country was in a severe depression, thousands of businesses closed and millions unemployed

• The United States appeared prosperous, in reality society faced much poverty and corruption

• This was an era of great wealth and prosperity for, the standard of living was at a high and unemployment virtually disappeared

Why was the immigration of the late 19th and early 20th centuries referred to as the "New Immigration"?

• These immigrants were coming from new places, like eastern and southern Europe

• These immigrants were escaping political instability in Central and South America

• This marked the first time in American history in which Americans were moving to Europe

• This was seen as the "new" state of immigration as people throughout the world stopped immigrating to the United States

What is the term used to identify the anti-foreign bias and hostility in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Anti-Semitism

• Jingoism

• Fascism

• Nativism

Which immigrant group of the 19th century was the first to face nativist government policies stopping immigration?

• Japanese

• Chinese

• Russian

• Greek

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where did many of the New Immigrants settle in the United States?

• In the Southeast, working in agriculture

• In cities in the Northeast, working in the factories

• In the Midwest, buying land and establishing farms

• In the Pacific Northwest, working in agriculture and the fishing industry

What was the unofficial city organization that controlled politics and elections in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using graft and bribery to control the votes?

• Organized Labor

• Free Masons

• Office of Civil Service

• Political Machine

Which group in the industrial city did the political machine most often exploit to control city politics?

• Immigrants

• African Americans

• Middle Class

• Upper Class

What was the Great Migration?

• The migration of farmers from the Midwest to cities in the Northeast in search of employment

• The migration of African Americans from the South to the North in search of economic opportunity and to escape discrimination

• The migration of the Chinese from the West to work on the railroads in the Midwest

• The forced migration of Native Americans to isolated reservations throughout the West

What is an area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates?

• Slums

• Projects

• Ghettos

• Suburbs

Which of the following factors BEST identifies why the people did not support labor unions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• They believed the unions were being greedy

• Unions were corrupt and controlling the actions of the government

• Strikes and protests often resulted in destruction and violence

• Unions were organized by radical immigrant groups