Gilded Age Review

What was the primary purpose of Ellis Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• A military training facility

• A processing center for immigrants

• A center for industrial innovation

• A Native American reservation

Who were the "New Immigrants" who arrived in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Native Americans moving to urban areas

• European and Asian immigrants

• Early English settlers

• African American refugees

What term refers to the act of people moving from one country to another to settle permanently?

• Urbanization

• Immigration

• Monopoly

• Industrialization

Which term describes the process of cities growing larger and more populated?

• Urbanization

• Trusts

• Immigration

• Monopoly

What term was used to describe powerful and wealthy industrialists in the late 19th century?

• Robber Baron

• Captain of Industry

• Monopoly

• Trusts

Which term refers to a law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the United States?

• Ellis Island

• New Immigrants

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Angel Island

What immigration processing center on the West Coast of the United States was often referred to as the "Ellis Island of the West"?

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• New Immigrants

What term describes a situation in which a single company or entity controls an entire industry?

• Monopoly

• Trusts

• Tenement

• Industrialization

What were large, powerful combinations of corporations that sought to control and dominate industries?

• Monopoly

• Trusts

• Tenement

• Industrialization

What term refers to overcrowded and often poorly maintained apartment buildings in urban areas?

• Tenement

• Trusts

• Monopoly

• Immigration