Gilded Age

Question 1

Why were the NEW immigrants not welcomed at first into the United States?

Answer 1

Job competition, Religious differences and cultural differences

Question 2

Name three urban problems cities faced during this time and how they dealt with the problems

Answer 2

1-Housing: Have - extremely wealth, Have-Nots - poor

2-sanitation: a lot of trash

3- fire: limited water

Question 3

What three things fueled economic growth?

Answer 3

Wealth, modern machinery, unlimited workforce

Question 4

Mark Twain

Answer 4

Appears

Question 5

George Williams

Answer 5

Founder of the YMCA

Question 6

Jacob Riis

Answer 6

Exposed urban poverty

Question 7

Henry Ford

Answer 7

Automobile

Question 8

Populist party

Answer 8

Party of the working class

Question 9

Horace Mann

Answer 9

Father of the public education

Question 10

Thomas Nast

Answer 10

Drew political cartoons

Question 11

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 11

Everyone was corrupted less him

Question 12

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 12

Steel

Question 13

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer 13

Railroads

Question 14

John D. Rockefeller

Answer 14

Oil

Question 15

William Tweed

Answer 15

Owner of political machines

Question 16

Monopoly

Answer 16

Total control of a market

Question 17

Unions

Answer 17

To protect workers rights

Question 18

JP Morgan

Answer 18

Banking

Question 19

Stiles

Answer 19

Labor stops

Question 20

Muckrakers

Answer 20

Exposed the evil of society

Question 21

Robber Barons

Answer 21

Owner of Big business

Question 22

Gentlemen agreement

Answer 22

To limit Japanese immigration

Question 23

Assimilate

Answer 23

Adapt to the culture

Question 24

Ethics islands

Answer 24

Immigration communities

Question 25

Chinese exclusion act

Answer 25

Law that banned Chinese immigration

Question 26

Immigration act

Answer 26

Law that restricted immigration without evidence

Question 27

Ellis islands

Answer 27

Entrance center for immigrants

Question 28

Golden door

Answer 28

Opportunity and freedom

Question 29

Prohibition

Answer 29

Alcohol prohibition

Question 30

Emma Lazarus

Answer 30

American poet

Question 31

Capitalism

Answer 31

Economic system

Question 32

Graft

Answer 32

Political corruption

Question 33

Row houses

Answer 33

Have-Nots

Question 34

Nativism

Answer 34

Prioritize to native over immigrants

Question 35

Urbanization

Answer 35

Accelerated growth of cities

Question 36

Sweatshops

Answer 36

Factories with poor working conditions

Question 37

Angels island

Answer 37

San francisco

Question 38

Statue of Liberty

Answer 38

The golden door

Question 39

Mass transit

Answer 39

Public transport in cities

Question 40

Thomas Edison

Answer 40

Inventor of electricity

Question 41

Bourgeoisie

Answer 41

Private business owners