Chapter 20 Politics of the Gilded Age Flashcards
In the late nineteenth century, the least likely place you would find a woman spending her leisure time was:
at a saloon.
What do cholera, typhoid, and yellow fever all have in common?
They are all water-related diseases.
“Nativists” believed that:
immigrants threatened traditional American culture.
William Graham Sumner:
argued in his book Folkways that it was a mistake for the government to interfere with established customs.
Mugwumps were centered in:
large cities and major universities in the Northeast.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was significant in American immigration history because it:
was the first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and class.
Why was the development of cast-iron and steel-frame construction techniques significant to the growth of cities?
They allowed developers to erect high-rise buildings.
Realists’ emphasis on closely observing everyday life grew out of:
the scientific spirit.
As president, Rutherford B. Hayes tried to:
stay above the party bickering.
T or F: The peak decade of immigration was the 1890s.
False
T or F: The spread of mass transit was a major factor in the growth of the suburbs.
True
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act:
provided for appointment to a number of government jobs on the basis of competitive exams.
What distinguished the Farmers’ Alliances from the Granger movement?
The Grange was a national organization that tended to attract more prosperous farmers, while the Alliances were grassroots organizations filled with struggling farmers.
The public health officials and municipal engineers who tried to clean up the city and its public health dangers were called:
sanitary reformers.
All of the following contributed to epidemics, disease, and high mortality rates in the growing cities EXCEPT:
a. untreated sewage.
b. overcrowding.
c. contaminated water.
d. the banishment of animals to outside city limits.
e. overflowing garbage.
d. the banishment of animals to outside city limits.
