The Progressive Era II

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What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

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Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

Front

The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

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Indians (Native Americans)

Front

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

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The Immigrants and the Poor

Front

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

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Political Machines and the Spoils System

Front

Changing their names, cutting their hair, forcing them to adopt Christianity, requiring them to learn English, etc. These are all examples of what pushed on many Immigrants, but especially the Indians (Native Americans)?

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Assimilation

Front

The title given to people like Carnegie who invested their money to start businesses, such as his steel monopoly.

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Entrepreneurs

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Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Southern and Eastern Europe

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Nativists

Front

Though jobs were plentiful, they didn't pay well. This caused what change in women and children's lives in the nineteenth century?

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Women and children had to become wage earners

Front

The Homestead Act caused a shift in population to move from where to where?

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East Coast to West Coast

Front

What group was motivated the most by "The American Dream" during the Gilded Age? Options: Immigrants, The Poor, Indians (Native Americans), Former Slaves

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Immigrants