Day 9 USH - Do Now - Big Business

Nativism is characterized by...

• hostility and hatred towards immigrants

• hostility towards Native Americans

• hostility towards wealthy elites

• hostility towards jazz music

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to...

• increased US presence in China

• competition for jobs on the West Coast

• rapid population growth in the Northeast

• China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion

Patronage refers to the Gilded Age practice of...

• banning all immigrants from China

• urbanization and industrialization

• creating stronger and cheaper steel

• giving a government job to someone in exchange for their political / financial support

True or false: political machines maintained their power by exploiting immigrants and engaging in corruption.

• True

• False

What was one additional way that urban political machines “controlled access to political power”?

• By Securing jobs and contracts for supporters

• By requiring people to pass civil service exams

• By the use of referendum and recall elections

• Through the use of literacy exams

The Pendleton Civil Service Act shifted American government toward a(n)

• 1. age-based public service jobs.

• 1. race-based public service jobs.

• 1. merit-based (most qualified) public service jobs.

• 1. income-based public service jobs.

• The government is a conspiracy