Unit 2 Formative #2: Immigration, Cities, Gilded Age

What is Robber Baron?

• A government official who regulates business practices.
• A wealthy and powerful businessman who used exploitative practices to amass wealth.
• A small business owner struggling to survive.
• A philanthropist who donates wealth to charity.

What does Laissez-Faire mean?

• Laissez-Faire means minimal government intervention in economic affairs.
• Laissez-Faire means strict government control over the economy.
• Laissez-Faire is a policy of increasing government regulations in trade.
• Laissez-Faire refers to a system of heavy taxation on businesses.

Which if the following was not a goal of the Labor Movement?

• Increasing worker wages
• 8 hour workday

• Improving safety in working conditions

• Promoting corporate profits

What was the Progressive Movement?

• A cultural movement promoting traditional values.
• A reform movement aimed at addressing social issues and promoting political change.

• A political party that emerged in the 1960s.
• A movement focused solely on economic growth.

What are 2 push factors encouraging immigrants to leave their country in the late 1800s and early 1900s? Pick 2 answers

• Religious Persecution

• Quality Political Structures

• Starvation

• Economic Growth in thier home country

What percentage of Americans lived in the cities by 1900?

• 90%

• 15%

• 40%

• 25%

What is a nativist?

• A nativist is a person who studies native languages.
• A nativist is an advocate for stronger immigratoin restrictions

• A nativist is someone who supports looser immigration policies.

• A nativist is an advocate for foreign cultures.

The innovatoin of what 2 products allow for the mass building of skyscrapers. Select 2 answers.

• Iron

• Concrete

• Steel

• Drywall

What is a tenement?

• A smaller town outside of the city with large yards and space

• Multifamily living characterized by filthy conditions

• A large factory that is dirty but makes many goods

• A type of single-family home where things are orderly and fair

Where do Immigrants coming to the East Coast enter the U.S.?

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

• Liberty Island