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1
How much money would Carnegie be worth today?
300 billion
300 million
200,000
200 pesos
2
You earn jobs through_______________ in the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Bribing Boss Tweed
paying the political boss
Having a rich Daddy
Merit
3
Many NEW immigrants coming to America immigrated to which part of the US?
Southwest
Southeast
Northeast
Great Planes
4
A way for workers to organize for more rights in the workplace is called a...?
PTO
Labor Union
Workers Guild
First Ammendment
5
This says that unrestricted competition will ensure survival of the fittest...
Guilded Age
Social Darwinism
The Crossfit Games
The Hunger Games
6
This dude dominated the STEEL industry...?
Andrew Carnegie
Boris Yeltson
John Rockefeller
Boss Tweed
7
The federal govt supported___________ even though it was often times corrupt...
big business
the mafia
the stock market
fight clubs
8
Not allowed to immigrate to US, unless you are a teacher, student, govt official from China...
Yellow Fever
Gentelman's Agreement
Americanization Movement
Chinese Exclusion Act
9
This promised settlers acres of land as an incentive to move out West...
Go West, Young Man Movement
Settlement House Movement
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
10
What is an example of Patronage?
Getting a job based on where you immigrated from
Getting a job based on the civil service test
Getting a job based on who you know
Getting a job based on your merit
11
Why did Mark Twain call this time period called the "Guilded Age"?
Bc he felt like it
Bc it was the hardest time period to immigrant to America
MARK TWAIN DOES WHAT HE WANTS
Looks nice on the outside, but inside it's corrupt
12
What is a characteristic of the Guilded Age?
Everyone moving out to farms for work
Honest Businessmen
Political Correctness
Political Corruption
13
Without the bessemer process making steel cheap, we wouldn't have...
skyscrapers
telephones
farms
light bulbs
14
This law was passed in order to "Americanize" the Native Americans...
French and Indian War
Dawes Act
Americanization Movement
War on the Plains
15
Ellis Island is where immigrants would pass through on their way to...
Houston
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
16
This dude produced and distributed electrical power...?
Andrew Carnegie
Coach Mackey
Andrew Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
17
The invention that helped settlers move out West and settle in new Cities was the...?
Model T Ford Car
River Boat
Railroad
Hack saw
18
TRIVIA TIME!! Who was the photographer who took photos of tennement life/immigrants in NYC?
Ja Rule
Jacob Riis
Justin Timberlake
John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith
19
Angel Island is where Immigrants would pass through on their way to...
New York
San Francisco
Alaska
Hawaii
20
How were the disputes between laborers & business owners sometimes resolved?
through violence
with dance-offs
with cupcakes
mmmm....cupcakes
21
A NEW immigrant would most likely be from which country...
Cuba
France
England
Germany
22
When Immigrants came to America, they were expected to adopt American customs. This is...
Americanization movement
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentleman's agreement
Nativism
23
Political bosses won over many immigrants with the promise to improve...
the language barrier
the job search
Infrastructure
their marriages
24
The Industrial Revolution prompted the federal govt to ______________ big business...
Encourage
End
Regulate
Yell at
25
What did Jacob Riis call his book of tennement photos & slum life?
If you give a mouse cookie
Sucks for You
How the Other Half Lives
Aint my problem!
26
Multifamily urban dwelling that is crowded and unsanitary is a...?
apartment
urbanization
tennement
townhouse
27
These homes provided a place to stay, classes in English, healthcare, etc...?
Immigration stations
Settlement Houses
Social reforms
Tennements
28
Organized group that controls a political party in a city & offers illegal services for votes..
Political Machine
Eugenics
Boss Tweed
Populism
29
Most immigrants settled in cities instead of farms because of...
available jobs & housing
they didn't know how to farm
only Nativists lived in the country
available immigration papers
30
A 19th Century Movement that said Christians have the responisibility to take care of the poor
Social Gospel Movement
Labor Union Movement
Patronage
Gospel Choir
31
What led to the growth of labor unions?
long hours
low pay
all of the above
poor working conditions
32
She was the original founder of the Settlement House Movement...
Jane Eyre
Jane Gonzalez
Jane Doe
Jane Addams
33
Industry expanded BIG time in the US thanks to..
all the best natural resources
all of the above
population growth
govt support
34
What is a cheap process for making steel called?
Boiling iron
Bessemer Process
Andrew Carnagie
Tammany Hall
35
What social issue did many rich Philanthropists donate money toward?
education
healthcare
churches
Ellis Island
36
Who would support the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The Chinese
Immigrants
Nativists
New Yorkers
37
Urbanization is...
Shopping at Urban Outfitters
the political power that a political boss holds
Moving from the city to the farm
Becoming a city, tall buildings built, growing population
38
Nativism is...?
wanting everyone to learn spanish upon arrival to US
believing your native race is superior to others
starting a Settlement House
accepting Immigrants for who they are
