STAAR Gilded Age 19/21/22

Which factor contributed MOST to these changes?

• The rising costs of national defense.

• Threats posed by immigrant radicals.

• Abuses of the spoils system by political machines.

• The inefficiency of large corporations.

Which action is best described by this excerpt?

• Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the United States.

• Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities.

• Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States.

• Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities.

What was one effect of the event described in this headline?

• Increased support for gender equality in labor union membership.

• Decreased support for socialism by labor union members.

• Increased federal government involvement in labor union activities.

• Decreased federal government surveillance of labor union leaders.

What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?

• Employees were prevented from buying stock.

• There was decreased competition among producers.

• Consumers were denied access to goods.

• There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants.

Which result completes this diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment.

• Building of the transcontinental railroad.

• Passage of prohibition legislation.

• Expansion of labor unions.

Which issue was discussed in the writings of Jacob Riis?

• Discrimination against African Americans in U.S. cities.

• Harsh conditions of tenement housing in U.S. cities.

• Growing conflict between rural regions and U.S. cities.

• Increasing efforts to reduce Chinese immigration to U.S. cities.

Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?

• Nativism and Social Darwinism were expanding in American cities.

• The U.S. social security system provided financial and medical benefits.

• There were many jobs and business opportunities in America.

• American cities had large and comfortable tenement apartment buildings.

What is the best title for this list?

• How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South.

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest.

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities.

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains.

Which trend of the late 1800s correctly replaces the question mark in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• The number of immigrants from Europe declined.

• The government passed laissez-faire laws.

• People moved from rural to urban areas.

• Settlement houses lost federal funding.

The demographic structure of the United States changed in the late nineteenth century with the arrival of?

• Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe seeking industrial jobs.

• Political refugees coming to the United States from the former Spanish colonies.

• Migrants from Mexico seeking agricultural jobs during a worldwide depression.

• German immigrants fleeing Europe prior to the outbreak of the First World War.