Gilded Age Review 2022

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Like gold on the outside, rough on the inside

• Rough on the outside, like gold on the inside

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

• industrialization

• urbanization

• populism

• nativism

Working conditions in factories were

• Bad: long hours, low pay, dangerous

• Good: balanced hours, good pay, safe

The growth of cities is called . . .

• rural

• technology

• immigration

• urbanization

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

• slums

• factories

• coal mines

• offices

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Immigrants came to America to escape

• religious persecution

• low living standards

• poor economies

• all of the above

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

• Immigrants

• The Poor

• Indians (Native Americans)

• Former Slaves

The Gilded Age was a time of

• inequality

• unity

• reform

• imperialism

True or False: Slums were safe, sanitary, and nice neighborhoods to live in during the Gilded Age.

• True

• False