WorksheetsTopic 2: Gilded Age Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
What shift in the regions of origin do we see in the chart in the 1880s ad into the 1900s?
Decrease in Northern/Western Europeans and increase in Southern and Eastern Europeans
More people immigrating from Asia, Africa and America
A decrease in immigration across the board.
There is no shift in the number of immigrants from any region as they all level off and stay around the same number.
The "New" immigrants that are arriving in the US, shown in this chart, will settle where there are jobs, predominantly where will they settle?
Suburbs
The Great Lakes
Urban cities
Rural country
How did "old" immigrants differ from the "new" immigrants?
Old immigrants were largely protestant, from Northern/Western Europe, had a trade or a skill and were educated workers.
New immigrants were largely protestant, from Northern/Western Europe, had a trade or skill and were educated workers.
Old Immigrants were largely poor farmers fleeing political upheaval and assimilating into society very easily.
The idea that immigrants would become part of the larger American culture by giving up their native language and traditions was
Nativism
Assimilation
Subculture
Exclusion
Books, like this one, and americanization schools sought to do what?
Educated native-born Americans on how to be American.
Believed that America should embrace the many cultures within its borders and leave them as distinct entities.
Strove for faster assimilation of immigrants by teaching them "American Culture"
Saw the US as a "melting pot"
Many immigrants flocked to the nation's cities because of:
Shopping
Entertainment
Education
Employment
The main goal of the Americanization movement was to:
limit the number of immigrants entering the country
assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
improve living conditions of the poor
encourage people to move from rural areas to urban ones
What is a Tariff?
A tax on imported goods.
A price marked on goods
Profit made from manufactured goods
Labor unions tried to improve working conditions through ______________________.
decreased
increased
collective bargaining
strike.
What is this cartoon suggesting about Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company?
That Standard Oil is helping support different portions of the country by holding up different industries.
Standard Oil is an uncontrollable force with its hands in everything.
That Standard Oil is staying out of affairs of government.
This Cartoon portrays a healthy relationship between politics, social groups and economics.
What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?
Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside
Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside
The title given to people like Carnegie who invested their money to start businesses, such as his steel monopoly.
Entrepreneurs
Nativists
Philanthropists
Populists
Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe
Nativists
Populists
Philanthropists
Social Workers
What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age?
Immigrants
The Poor
Indians (Native Americans)
Former Slaves
Overcrowding and pollution were caused primarily by what?
Urbanization
Industrialization
Nativism
Assimilation
