Unit 1 gilded age test prep

Corrupt politicians that controlled the cities during the Gilded Age

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

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.

• Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities.

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

Which statement indicates that the New York political machine (Tammany Hall) was involved in building the city's infrastructure (roads, sewers, clean water system, etc)

• "My party's in power in the city, and it's going' to undertake a lot of public improvements."

• "I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood."

• "the board of this or that makes its plan public..."

• "Ain't it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit . . ."

People who work for the government but aren't elected

• Civil Service

• Political Machine

• Executive Branch

• Philanthropist

Civil Service reform during the Gilded Age...

• was a response to the growth of political machines and corruption of the "spoils system"

• was a response to the difficulties farmers faced on the Great Plains

• was a response to the treatment of Native Americans at the Wounded Knee massacre

• was a response to the large number of Chinese immigrants entering the U.S. through west coast ports

Which of the following were effects of the enactment of the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887.

• Redistribution of reservation land

• Increased land for settlers

• Forced assimilation for Indigenous Native American people.

• Loss of land for Indigenous Native American people.

• Better relations between Native Americans and the U.S. government

Means the same thing as monopoly

• Trust

• Free Enterprise

• Capitalism

• Ratify

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

• Employees were prevented from buying stock.

• There was decreased competition in the oil industry.

• The industry became more efficient.

• The government provided subsidies to the industry.

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• Workers secured a greater share of company profits

• The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced

• The federal government could dissolve business monopolies

• Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations

Why did individuals immigrate to the United States during the Gilded Age? (Select TWO correct answers)

• Nativism and Social Darwinism were expanding in U.S. cities.

• They were escaping violence and famine in their home countries.

• They were looking for jobs and economic opportunities.

• U.S. cities had abundant and comfortable tenement buildings.