Gilded Age 2/5

Which group held a racially motivated hatred of immigrants 

• Nativists
• Political bosses
• Miners
• Labor leaders

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 group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor in exchange for votes?

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

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

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

What was the purpose of the Civil Service Commission?

• fill government jobs based on merit

• end the Gilded Age

• break up monopolies

• award government jobs based on loyalty

What agency was created to control trade that crossed state lines?

• Civil Service Commission

• Interstate Commerce

• Sherman Antitrust

• Recall Commission

What law was created to prohibit businesses from destroying competition but was used to limit power of labor unions?

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Pendleton Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Referendum

Boss of a political machine that took advantage of New York city in order to make millions

• Susan B. Anthony
• Boss Tweed
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

• Many Americans moved west to farm

• Native Americans were placed on Reservations

• The discovery of Gold increased western migration

• Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics