6.8, 6.9, 6.10 Immigration, Urbanization, Middle Class

What New York politician ran a political machine in New York City beginning in 1869, during the Gilded Age, that was incredibly corrupt.  For example, a projected cost of $250,000 for a courthouse turned in to $13,000,000 because of kickbacks and bribes.

• Daley
• Grant
• Tilden
• Tweed

Many immigrants were forced to live in __________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.

• Tenements
• Ghettos
• Townhouses
• Plantations

Which of the following is a Pull Factor?

• Moving to a country because of something good it has
• Leaving your country because of war
• Leaving your country because of drought
• Leaving your country due to famine

The photo demonstrates one of the problems with

• overcrowding urban tenements.
• labor union activism in urban areas.
• the overproduction of consumer goods.
• the growth of political machines.

Assimilation can be defined as

• when one becomes more like the dominant culture.
• when a person refuses to learn the dominant culture
• when a culture is practice all over the world
• when a culture is similar to another culture

Who is most associated with political machines in New York City?

• "Boss" Tweed

• John Rockefeller

• Jane Adams

• Andrew Carnegie

What was the main source of power in big city governments during the Gilded Age?

• Political Machines

• Industrial Capitalists

• Robber Barons

• Labor Leaders

In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?

• Chinese immigrants took jobs
• Nativist & racial hate
• Chinese immigrants were moving east
• Chinese workers took lower pay

Americans who were against all immigration

• America First Party

• Emigrants

• Nativists

• Round Heads

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America and the corruption in political America

• Progressive Era

• Imperial America

• Era of Good Feelings

• Gilded Age