CCHS Gilded Age Test Review 2023-2024

Front

Why were political bosses so willing to help immigrants in the Gilded Age?

Back

political bosses hoped to have the loyalty of immigrants in exchange for their help

Front

Someone who believes in laissez-faire capitalism would support which of the following?
depends on government regulation to keep prices fair,
believes that government should control all businesses,
allowing supply and demand to occur naturally without government regulation,
without government regulation, inflation would get out of control

Back

allowing supply and demand to occur naturally without government regulation

Front

How did Boss Tweed maintain his power in New York?

Back

He used corrupt methods like graft and patronage to stay in power

Front

What were some of the tactics used by workers to demand better conditions from business owners?

Back

violence like riots and strikes such as the Pullman strike and the Haymarket riots

Front

Groups like the one pictured were created in response to?

Back

need for better working conditions

Front

What does this image symbolize? Options: America trying to get rid of certain immigrant groups, the desire for immigrants to be assimilated into American culture, limiting immigration to the US, steps to becoming a US citizen

Back

the desire for immigrants to be assimilated into American culture

Front

Why did the US government attempt to get rid of monopolies?

Back

monopolies limited competition and thereby decreased innovation

Front

Which group of immigrants would have likely seen this as they came to America? Options: European immigrants landing at Ellis Island, New York; Asian Immigrants landing at Angel Island, California; Mexican immigrants as they crossed the Rio Grande into Texas; Canadian immigrants as they crossed Lake Michigan into Chicago, Illinois

Back

European immigrants landing at Ellis Island, New York

Front

Rapid industrialization and immigration led to what during the Gilded Age?

Back

urbanization

Front

Why did nativist want to pass the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Back

they felt that the Chinese were taking American jobs