Gilded Age Vocabulary: Change & Continuity

Place these eras (a period of time in history that is known for certain events, people, or changes.)into chronological order:

• Birth of the American Republic

• Reconstruction Era

• Gilded Age

• Era of Growth and Expansion

• American Civil War

In the context of the Gilded Age, gilded means:

• It was a time of honesty in politics and more people believed in their government .

• People in America were prospering and finding great success.

• Society looked beautiful from the outside, but the inside was corrupt.

During the Gilded Age, Ellis Island (in NY Harbor) processed most immigrants arriving from:

• A. Asia

• B. Europe

• C. South America

Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, CA, served mainly immigrants coming from:

• Africa

• Canada

• Asia

To assimilate means to:

• To hold onto your native culture and to refuse to change when settling into a new country.

• To blend into a new country's culture; giving up most of your original customs.

• To adjust to a new country's culture while keeping many parts of your original culture.

"Newcomers take our jobs, threaten our culture, bring crime, disease, and take our jobs.... America for Americans". This quote reflects the claims of a _____ during the Gilded Age.

• philanthropist

• industrialist

• nativist

A government limit on how many immigrants can enter a country is called a ________.

• quota

• embargo

• tariff

• treaty

Urbanization means:

• The movement of people from cities to farms

• The growth of cities as people move for jobs

• The spread of rural culture

Crowded apartment buildings with poor living conditions were called ________.

• tenements

• manors

• bungalows

• condominiums

A Settlement House like Hull House was designed to:

• Provide housing for the wealthy

• Help new immigrants and the poor

• Promote Social Darwinism