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Gilded Age
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1
A political party, after winning, gives gov. civil service jobs to its supporters as a reward.
Industrialization
Spoils System
Labor Unions
Political Machines
2
Which was NOT part of the Gilded Age?
Jim Crow Laws
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Civil Rights Movement
Rise of Social Darwinism
3
Which person worked to reform social conditions in cities during the Gilded Age?
William "Boss" Tweed
Jane Addams
Helen Hunt Jackson
Roscoe Conkling
4
Who created the name "Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
John D. Rockefeller
Bret Harte
Jacob Astor
5
What reasons did most immigrants of the late 1800's have for coming to America?
In search of jobs and freedoms
A desire to destroy American Ideals
To find tolerance
Fleeing World War 1
6
Which of the following did the Gilded Age NOT include?
urbanization
progressivism
immigration
industrialization
7
What are the laws pictured above examples of?
Nativism
Political Machines
Spoils System
Jim Crow Laws
8
What (usually corrupt) institution held the power in most large cities like New York?
Political Machines
City Managers
Robber Barons
Industrial Capitalists
9
The first act of congress that attempted to end trusts and monopolies-
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Progressive Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Spoils System
10
The leading entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age are now known as-
Captains of Industry
Nativists
Workmen
Populists
11
The Chinese Exclusion Act and Gentlemen's Agreement attempted to limit immigration from...
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
12
During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for-
Growth of big businesses
Acquisition of foreign territories
Temperance regulation
Involvement in foreign wars
13
What business is responsible for the creation of the four standard time zones?
American Steel
Standard Oil
Railroads
Triangle Coat Factories
14
Process of one company buying other companies at different levels of production is called what?
Means & Production
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Wealth Creation
15
Increased immigration to the US from Europe and Asia resulted in?
increased religious tolerance
changing attitudes towards women's roles
declining economic conditions
growing nativist sentiments
16
How did the Gold Rush and the Homestead Act result in demographic changes in the US?
The bulk of the US population shifted to west coast
Women outnumbered men in the American West
Indians were displaced by Caucasian Americans in the west
Chinese migration increased faster
17
What industry made farming more viable in remote rural places? Why?
Banks, they supported the unlimited coinage of silver
Manufacturing Factories, it employed unskilled labor
Railroads, it allowed transportation of crops to cities.
18
What big issue separated the populists from the union leaders?
restrictions on immigration
government ownership of infrastructure
unlimited coinage of silver
eight hour work days
19
Which groups made up the bulk of the populist movement
Prominent Bankers & Robber Barons
Political Machines
Farmers & Miners
Irish & Asian immigrant factory workers
20
Which court case upheld the right of states to regulate intrastate businesses (like the RR)
Smith vs. Boles (1889)
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1902)
Munn vs. Illinois (1886)
Marbury vs. Madison (1799)
21
What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?
Draft Indian tribes into the US Army
Encourage assimilation by Indians in exchange for land.
Move Native Americans to reservations
Return land to Native American Tribes
