Unit Test: The Gilded Age

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What is the meaning of the term “Gilded Age?”

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Mark Twain used this term to describe the time period in American history when many social problems masked by a thin layer of gold that made things look better than they actually were.

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What does “Melting Pot” mean and how is it related to the Gilded Age?

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The blending together of cultures in America due to high immigration numbers in the late 19th century.

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Nativism was —

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An anti-immigrant movement during a period of high immigration in the late 19th century.

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During the Gilded Age, Ellis Island was—

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A processing center for incoming European immigrants arriving in New York.

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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

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A law that banned Chinese immigrants from entering the United States.

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In this political cartoon from 1904, the octopus represents the Standard Oil corporation. Why was an octopus a good symbol of that company?

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An octopus has many arms that can grab lots of things all at once and Standard Oil had its “hands” controlling political figures in Washington, D.C. as well as other oil companies.

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Urbanization is the —

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Growth of cities.

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John D. Rockefeller was most closely associated with—

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Standard Oil

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Emma Lazarus’ famous poem is describing—

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The Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to the United States.

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Which of the following is NOT true of Alexander Graham Bell? Options: He founded General Electric in 1885 to sell his new invention, the incandescent lightbulb., He created the first practical telephone., He founded AT&T., He was born in Scotland.

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He founded General Electric in 1885 to sell his new invention, the incandescent lightbulb.