GILDED AGE QUIZ

The time between 1870 and 1900 during which the population and economy grew quickly along with political and corporate corruption.

• Laissez-Faire

• American Foundations

• Gilded Age

• Monopoly

The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

• Monopoly

• Nativism

• Political Machine

• Corporation

Define Tenements

• Immigrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe: Italy, Asia, China, and Poland

• Single family dwellings divided into multiple living spaces to accommodate the new growth of population in the United States. They were often poorly lit, cramped, and lacked plumbing and good ventilation

• Federal law signed by President Chester Arthur in 1882 prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.

• Immigrants primarily from Northern and Western Europe: England, Ireland, and Germany

• Population shift from rural areas to urban areas

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• Railroad construction created the most jobs for migrants.
  

• Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.
  
• Availability of factory jobs greatly increased immigration
  

• All of the answers are correct.
  

The movement of people from the countryside to cities is called...

• reconstruction
• nativism
  
• urbanization
• mercantilism

In the late 1800s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the

• Americans leaving the country to move to Europe
  

• Increased tax money spent to improve housing
  

• Need for health care facilities
  
• Rapid population growth of cities
  

Most immigrants found work as

• scientists and technicians

• unskilled factory workers

• educated professionals

• skilled craftsmen

Nativists wanted to...

• group immigrants into their sections of the city

• assimilate immigrants into American society

• limit immigration

• convert immigrants into migrants

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors