The Gilded Age re quiz

The Chinese Exclusion act was passed in response to...

• The deportation of many Irish immigrants in the Northwest

• The recruitment of Chinese immigrants by large labor unions in the Midwest

• The fear in the U.S. of white Americans losing jobs to Chinese immigrants

• The lack of available resources in the East to support a large influx of Chinese immigrants

With freedom that Laissez- Faire Economics gave to businesses, companies were able to​ ​ (a)   ​ ​

• compete to make better products.
• Limit the amount of Employees 
• Reduce the production of goods
• properly regulate themselves

In the last half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced vast industrial growth. A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs and a prosperous middle class emerged. Factory jobs also increased to meet production demands. Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas

• Increased life expectancies in urban areas

• Increased birth rates in rural areas

• Increased migration to urban areas

Properly organize the following causes and effect of Irish immigration to USA

Groups:

(a) Cause of immigration

,

(b) Effect of Immigration

• Irish Potato Famine

• politcal oppression of the Irish

• Poverty in Ireland

• Catholic churches being built in New York

• Irish labors worked in American Factories

• Urban areas grew in Size

• Persercution of catholics in Ireland

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

• Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

• Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

• Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

• Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

The Trolly and other Urban mass transit vehicles provided americans with...

• By increasing the expenses associated with relocation

• By giving residents more flexibility in employment

• By expanding the options for personal education

• By increasing traffic congestion on city streets

As rapid industrializations continued man Americans began joining ​ (a)   to fight for better ​ (b)   and working​ (c)  

• Labor Union
• Pay
• Conditions
• Communs 
• hours
• benifits 

Who did the Federal Government more likely support in a dispute between business owners and labor unions during the gilded age?

• Business owners

• Labor unions

From the following responses which best reflects actions the federal Governments would take to handle labor strikes during the gilded age

• Ignore labor disputes as it is beneath the federal Governments authority

• Support Labor unions by sending in the Military to intimidate bosses into striking a deal with the union

• Mediate labor disputes between unions and bosses

• Support Business by sending in the Military to break up Labor strikes

Labor unions like The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the -

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector