Semester 2 U.S. Exam

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

Which word means the growth of cities?

• ruralization

• suburbanization

• urbanization

Which term refers to the mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs to assimilate into one culture?

• Melting Pot

• Nativism

• Patronage

• Graft

Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigration groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Nativism

• Melting Pot

• Patronage

• Graft

During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved from the _______ to __________.

• North to the South

• East to the West

• South to the North

• West to the East

____________ were urban political organizations designed to gain and keep power through the votes and support of immigrants they were helping.

• Political Machines

• Popular Culture Machines

• Politic-Design Machines

• Settlement Machines

This is a professional politician who has many dishonest employees and who is able to control the government with the help of those employees (AKA-a party boss)

• Politician

• Political Boss

• Political Machine

• Civil Service Worker

What book co-written by Mark Twain referred to the greed and self-indulgence of its characters and came to represent the period from 1870s through the 1890s?

• The Political Times

• The Smart Age

• The Corrupt Times

• The Gilded Age

Social reformer who founded Hull House in Chicago which was an institution that served the needs of recent immigrants and the urban poor

• Jane Addams

• Queen Liliuokalani

• Susan B. Anthony

• Annie Oakley

This president is most known for being the only president that served two non-consecutive terms while also trying to lower tariff rates.

• Benjamin Harrison

• Grover Cleveland

• Chester Arthur

• James Garfield