Chapter 8 Hour 7th American History
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- 1.1. What is Gilded Age?
- A.
A law that was made in 1883.
- B.
A payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain key industries.
- C.
Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era.
- D.
The governments non elected workers.
- 2.2. Which sentence best describes immigration from eastern Europe from 1870 to 1920?
- A.
The number of immigrants increased steadily every decade.
- B.
The number of immigrants stayed constant.
- C.
Immigration increased steadily and then fell to near zero.
- D.
The number of immigrants declined steadily.
- 3.3. Which one of these statements most briefly describes Political Divisions?
- A.
The city raised taxes and set up offices to deal with peoples needs.
- B.
People made up the population of the cities.
- C.
Competition among groups for control and immigrants moving in to new places.
- D.
Fast growing cities.
- 4.4. What statement best describes the living conditions in a tenement apartment?
- A.
No food to eat and no houses to live in.
- B.
Big areas of land and great amounts of farmlands.
- C.
Very rich houses holds a lot of people.
- D.
Low cost apartment buildings designed to house as many families as the owner could pack in.
- 5.5. In 1886 what did France accept as a gift?
- A.
Statue of Liberty
- B.
Liberty Bell
- C.
A bunch of money
- D.
More slaves
- 6.6. Many immigrants supported political machines because political machines?
- A.
Helped many immigrants find work
- B.
Were free of corruption
- C.
Fought against all discrimination
- D.
Opposed the sale of alcohol
- 7.7. Navist groups supported?
- A.
Favoring the unions over big business
- B.
Favoring native born Americans over immigrants
- C.
Increased immigration from Europe and Asia
- D.
Policies favoring Native Americans
- 8.8. A quarter of a million Chinese immigrants come to the United States to work for what?
- A.
For American railroad companies
- B.
On western farms
- C.
On cotton plantations
- D.
In Midwestern factories
- 9.9. The interstate commerce Act was designed to?
- A.
Force railroad companies to keep their rates secret
- B.
Eliminate unfair practices by powerful railroad companies
- C.
Allow railroad workers to form their own unions
- D.
Make railroads rise wages for their workers
- 10.10. What court case allowed states to regulate businesses with in their borders?
- A.
Chinese Exclusion Act
- B.
Mulbery vs. Madison
- C.
Imigration Restriction Act
- D.
Munn vs. Illinois
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