DOL: The Gilded Age Pt I

Select the state that the majority of Asian immigrants moved to during the Gilded Age.

• New York

• Utah

• Texas

• California

• North Dakota

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.B

SS.9-12.USH.3.C

Select the state that the majority of European immigrants moved to during the Gilded Age.

• New York

• Utah

• Texas

• California

• North Dakota

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.B

SS.9-12.USH.3.C

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated for__________

• limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias.

• conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks.

• globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements.

• promoting an ethnically homogenous society through restrictions on immigration.

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.C

Nativism during the Gilded Age is best represented by which of the following government policies?

• The selling of homeland to Americans in the Great Plains.

• The banning of Chinese Immigrants from the United States.

• Americanizing Native Americans through school programs.

• The corruption of Political Machines.

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.C

Which factor was most responsible for New York City’s rapid growth from 1850 to 1890?

• Failing mines in the West led to many prospectors returning home to the Northeast.

• The promise of economic opportunity led to increased immigration from Europe.

• Sanitary conditions in the city led to improved health, lifespan, and birth rate among its residents.

• New agricultural technology led to a more efficient form of work, which encouraged industrial workers to move to rural areas.

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.C

What development made it possible to construct buildings such as the one depicted in the image?

• This invention of a new process for manufacturing steel.

• The government’s focus on educating engineers and architects.

• The manufacturing of glass that blocks ultraviolet lights.

• The importation of stronger and sturdier wood.

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SS.9-12.USH.26

SS.9-12.USH.26.A

The construction of the type of building in question one can also be linked with ____________

• Transcontinental Railroad.

• Chinese workers.

• Bessemer Process.

• Nativism.

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SS.9-12.USH.26

SS.9-12.USH.26.A

Identify who invented the light bulb and explain the impact it had on industrialization during the Gilded Age.

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SS.9-12.USH.26

SS.9-12.USH.26.A

SS.9-12.USH.27

SS.9-12.USH.27.A

Industrialization created an abundance of what type of work/jobs?

• Stock Broker positions on the stock market

• Farming jobs in local rural communities

• Factory based jobs working with machinery

• Fishing jobs working with agriculture

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.B

In 1895, the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitation workers known as the White Wings. This image shows the White Wings at work in 1896.

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Increased urban population

• The passage of labor laws

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• The establishment of immigration quotas

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SS.9-12.USH.3

SS.9-12.USH.3.B

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SS.9-12.USH.14.A