Chpt 15 : Politics,Immigration, and Urban Life

1. In the Gilded Age, business leaders often influenced American politics by

• running for political office
• offering to pay higher taxes
• giving money to government officials

2. Under the spoils system, elected officials would

• campaign for the election of friends and loyal supporters
• appoint friends and loyal supporters to civil service posts
• work for the defeat of other elected officials from opposing parties

3. Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the US?

• free colleges
• strong labor unions
• job opportunities

4. A quarter of a million Chinese immigrants came to the US to work

• in midwestern factories
• on western farm
• for American railroad companies

5. As more American farms began to rely on machines instead of manual labor

• wages in factories rose quickly
• farm production dropped steadily
• millions of people moved from farms to cities

6. What was one way that rapidly growing populations changed American cities?

• Tall buildings were constructed
• The government built housing for poor immigrants
• Living conditions for the poor improved rapidly

7. Many immigrants supported political machines because political machines

• were free of corruption
• helped many immigrants find work
• fought against all discrimination

8. Nativist groups supported

• policies favoring Native Americans
• favoring unions over big business
• favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

9. Purity crusaders fought to eliminate

• vices
• pollution
• unions

10. The main goal of the settlement movement was to

• end immigration
• help settlers in the West
• improve conditions for the poor