The gilded Age 2022 1.2

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

• America had many organizations for immigrants to join.

• America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

• It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

Access to natural resources for businesses changed from the mid-1800s to the late 1800s most directly as a result of which of the following factors?

• The invention of the automobile and the building of highways

• The establishment of national parks for wilderness preservation

• The emergence of new scientific theories such as evolution

• The expansion of communication systems such as the electric telegraph

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

• Educated professionals

• Factory workers

• Scientists

• Lawyers

What was a useful function of political machines in the late 1800s? 

• They prevented corruption in local government
• They helped provide a supply of cheap and skilled labor for industry.
• They served as role models for future city governments by acting as city managers.
• They assisted in the social and political assimilation of immigrants into the community.

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.

Which of the following contributed most significantly to a surge in western settlement during the 1860s and 1870s?

• Dry seasons turned fertile land to semi desert and made real estate inexpensive.

• A strong military eliminated attacks by Native Americans.

• The expansion of railroads made the Great Plains more accessible.

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  Government funding for irrigation projects made farms more profitable.

Which of the following best describes the main idea of Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth?

• Privately held wealth should be handed over to the government to be redistributed.

• Wealthy individuals should use their wealth for social betterment.

• Using wealth to help others is wrong, since it undermines their self-reliance.

• Accumulating large amounts of wealth violates Christian principles.

Known as an entrepreneur who began his business with his own investment of capital and accumulated great wealth

• John D. Rockefeller

• William Jennings Bryan

• Theodore Roosvelt

• Boss Tweed

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

• Educated professionals

• Factory workers

• Scientists

• Lawyers