Gilded Age Test

Policy that gov't should interfere little to nothing in the economy

• Trust

• Monopoly

• Laissez-Faire

• Chinese Exclusion Act

A monopoly controls

• Mexico

• total control of a type of industry by an individual

• lacks power

• is a political machine

Organization that controls a local government, often tied to a party

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Dawes Act Party

• Political Machine

Banned Chinese for 10 years, passed in 1882

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Chinese Exclusion Amendment

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Nativism refers to

• a preference for native americans

• a preference for native-born people and a desire to limit immigration

• causing someone to acquire American traits and characteristics

• a cell phone

What are some reasons why immigrants came to America during the Gilded Age? (Select all that apply)

• to find jobs

• to escape famine

• to escape persecution

• to be able to vote

Which of the following is NOT a challenge that immigrants faced when coming to America during the Gilded Age?

• Discrimination

• Finding jobs

• New diseases

• Language barriers

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Stamp Act
• Great Plains Act
• Homestead Act

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 of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?

• Opportunity 
• Oppression
• Cultural ties
• Freedom