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WorksheetsWestward Expansion and Gilded Age Test Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 15mins
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws meant to remove Chinese Immigrants
Laws meant to stop monopolists from making money
Laws meant to enforce segregation
Laws created during Reconstruction to give newly freed slaves more freedom
How did the Homestead Act impact settlement out West?
Land was too expensive, so only the wealthiest Americans could afford it
Made land available for more Americans, who then moved Westward
Allowed Native American to claim new territories
It made it harder for settlers to move west
How did railroads impact Westward Expansion?
It made it easier for Native Americans to survive, because they had easier access to food sources
It made it harder because land in the west was too expensive
It made it harder for food and resources to be shipped west
It made it easier by shrinking the time it took to travel out west by weeks
Who were party bosses?
Men who used their wealth and power to corrupt politics
People who helped factories grow
People who lived in tenement apartments
Captains of Industry
How did party bosses convince immigrants to support them?
civil service reform
promised to reduce corruption
gave them admission to universities
provided employment opportunities
Give an example of a push factor
Boarding schools are an example of what vocabulary word that means forcing minority individuals to adopt the native culture?
Nativism
Assimilation
Merging
Isolation
How did Americans feel about Chinese immigrants, especially in regards to their employment?
People saw them as an asset to the US
People thought they were working for too cheap and stealing American jobs
People revered for their strong Christian values
People respected them for their strong work ethic
What were the living conditions like for immigrants during the Gilded Age?
Cramped Apartments, no bathroom
Might not have an apartment at all, so you live in the streets
Poor hygiene, lots of disease
All the above
Urbanization means...
Moving to the country from the city
Moving to the city from the country
Moving to a bigger country
Moving to the suburbs
What is the spoils system?
Giving government jobs to your friends and allies
Giving money to your workers under the table
Giving jobs to immigrants in exchange for their vote
Giving stolen money from the rich to the poor
What is the Dawes Act?
What continent did immigrant who docked at Ellis Island come from?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
