US History Reconstruction/Gilded Age

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Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

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The Immigrants and the Poor

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Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

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Political Machines and the Spoils System

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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

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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

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Declining wages and a rise in unemployment on the west coast led to what piece of legislation?

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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From which continent did 90% percent of immigrants to America in the late 1800s originate? Options: Europe, Asia, South America, Africa

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Europe

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What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be golden on the outside, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?

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Gilded Age

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Expansion of this type of transportation helped open up markets in the western United States in the late 1800s. Options: Steam ships, Railroads, Automobiles, Horse drawn carriages

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Railroads

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Practice of rewarding government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.

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Spoils System