Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor

• True
• False

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?

• Goods were transported across country
• Travel across the country was possible
• Populations in the west increased
• Railroad reduced the size of the US

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

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?

• shorter hours
• lower pay
• no child labor
• safer working conditions

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

• Interstate Commerce Act 
• Homestead Act
• Sherman AntiTrust Act
• Dawes Act

What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age?

• The living conditions of tenements improved greatly

• The number of people living in tenements declined

• Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

• Tenements were torn down and rebuilt

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

• By homesteading on the Great Plains

• By joining labor unions

• By working for Political bosses

• Through better education

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era