Gilded Age/Progressivism

Robber barons, like _____________, accumulated a lot of wealth in the railroads through corrupt business practices.

All of the following statements about the GildedAge are true EXCEPT?

Where was the gold rush that led to the adoption of the Gold Standard Act?

The total value of all goods and services a country produces during a year

The 13th-15th Amendments were ratified to address what?

One reason that political machines gained power in the late 1800’s was that they

What issue did the Progressives not address?

What major trend related to population happened during the late 1800s?

True or false. The earliest unions were very successful.

Who owned the monopoly on the oil industry and was eventually taken down by muckraker Ida Tarbell?

What event in NYC caused the government to pass laws to make the workplace safer?

Having separate but equal schools for Blacks and Whites is an example of

What is the term that America is only for Americans, or prejudice against immigrants?

Plessy vs. Ferguson had what impact?

In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, which did what?

The policy that government should interfere as little as possible in business:

What were used to keep African Americans from voting in the South?

Some industrial leaders used this theory to justify their support of laissez-faire capitalism.

What entrepreneur developed the steel industry through the new, Bessemer process for heating steel?

Who was the party boss in NYC with the political machine at Tammany Hall?

What was the name of the immigrant processing station in NY where most immigrants were inspected?

What was the name of Upton Sinclair's book that exposed the dangers of the meat-packing industry?

Chinatown and Little Italy are examples of?

Why was this period called the Gilded age?

What is a muckraker?

Jim Crow laws did what?

Where did the two railroads meet to connect the Transcontinental Railroad?

Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad hired 10,000 Chinese immigrants?

What was not one of the problems during this period inAmerican History?

What was the most important contribution of immigrants to American businessmen?

The picture is an example of run-down apartments immigrants lived in called?

What did Roosevelt create to preserve natural resources?