USH 2 Immigration, Etc Review

During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

Which demographic shift occurred in the U.S. because of industrialization?

• working class people moving to the suburbs

• African Americans moving to the North

• Northerners moving South

• rural residents moving to urban areas

The Sherman Anti-trust Act

• provided civil service reform

• prevented monopolies

• give trusts advantage over other business

• gave free land

Most immigrants found work as

• scientists and technicians

• unskilled factory workers

• educated professionals

• skilled craftsmen

William M. Tweed (Boss Tweed)

• was Robber Barron who made a ton of money

• was a philanthropist who donated most of his fortune

• was a corrupt party boss of a political machine

• was a Captain of Industry

What trend occurred in population during industrial expansion?

• urbanization increased

• migration from cities to rural areas

• immigration decreased

• farming increased

European Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island... Asian Immigrants arrived at...

• Whidbey Island

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

• Manhattan Island

Tammany Hall was a...

• saloon

• Political Machine

• theater

• speak easy

Most immigrants settled in cities because...

• factory and workshop jobs were there

• little farmland left in the Midwest

• most immigrants came from large cities in Europe

• city laws gave special rights and protection for immigrants

This philosophy said that wealthy Americans should use their wealth to further social progress.

• Robin Hood Theory

• redistribution of wealth

• Social Darwinism

• Gospel of Wealth