West and Gilded Age Test Review

What was civil service reform a response to?

During the Gilded Age the US moved from -

Making improvements in urban infrastructure is one way ____ gained power?

Political Machines expanded because the rapid influx of immigrants made it tough on local govts

What factor most contributed to western territories gaining statehood

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Poverty, famine, political oppression - all of these are reasons for -

Which best characterizes the Gilded Age?

Indian removal, Reservations, Killing off of Buffalo - all were done so -

Andrew Carnegie believed to help the community education was important so he gave money to -

Many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being -

Wealthy entrepreneurs, prosperous middle class, and factory jobs are most associated with what transformation?

Cities were overcrowded, congested and polluted as a direct result of -

Freedom & equality, better economic conditions, escaping persecution - What do all of these have in common?

Homesteaders heading to the Great Plains for inexpensive land help lead to -

How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the US?

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the US?

How did industrialization change the lives of women and children in the 19th century?

Because of the Pendleton Act an applicant for a civil service job must -

What group advocated an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to -

What group would have wanted to limit or restrict immigrants from coming to the US?

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for -

What contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?