Gilded age Miss. B

Which best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• An era of expanded rights and economic opportunities for all Americans and immigrants

• A time of rapid economic growth with serious social problems that emerged as a result

Which law did the U.S. pass to promote the settlement of the West?

• Homestead act

• Dawes act

What was the main purpose of assimilation polices?

• to formalize the education of Native Americans specifically t o teach them the skills of their tradition

• to force Native Americans to change their cultural practices to adopt American culture and values

How did the farmers organize to meet the economic challenges and hardships of farm life

• They learned to only farm during the winter months

• They formed groups such as the Grange and the Farmers' Alliances to support their way of life

Which policy reflects the way the Populist Party promised to help struggling farmers?

• Forgiving the mortgage and loan debts held by farmers

• Increasing the amount of money in circulation to give farmers more money to meet their obligations

Which innovation of the Second Industrial Revolution helped increase the number of railroads built in the country during this ear?

• The development of oil refineries

• The Bessemer process of steelmaking

Which group would most likely agree with the representation of immigrants in this cartoon?

• Nativists

• Church leaders

Which country did the largest group of immigrants to the U.S. originate from between 1880 and 1920?

• Italy

• Germany

How did New York respond to crowded and unsafe housing conditions?

• Required running water

• Required windows in each room

• Fire safety measures

Match the following

• Laissez-faire

• A government should not interfere

• Monopoly

• An organization has complete control

• Corporation

• An economic system based on private ownership

• Trust

• A business organization owned by many people

• Capitalism

• An agreement between competing companies