The Gilded Age and Immigration | 2.6K plays

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Multiple Choice

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What does the term gilded mean?

Full of riches and opportunities

Gaining new land

Covered in a thin layer of gold

Made of solid gold

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Multiple Select

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What are some reasons why immigrants came to America during the Gilded Age? (Select all that apply)

to find jobs

to escape famine

to escape persecution

to be able to vote

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Multiple Choice

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What was Ellis Island?

A settlement house for immigrants

A check-in-station for immigrants coming to America

A court case that allowed segregation in public facilities

A theory that the rich are rich because they're better, and the poor are poor because they are worse

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following is NOT a challenge that immigrants faced when coming to America during the Gilded Age?

Discrimination

Finding jobs

New diseases

Language barriers

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Multiple Choice

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What were tenement houses?

Large public buildings designed for the rich

Community centers to help poor people

Small, cramped apartments for poor people

Check-in-stations for immigrants coming to America

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Multiple Choice

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What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

Increased the number of Chinese immigrants

Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.

Prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving the U.S.

Prohibited immigrants from entering the U.S.

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Multiple Choice

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During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved from the _______ to __________.

North to the South

East to the West

South to the North

West to the East

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following is the best definition of Social Darwinism?

A theory that the rich are rich because they’re better, and the poor are poor because they’re worse

The belief that helping the poor will help society

A theory that the government should help out the economy in a time of crisis

The idea of the government should stay "hands-off" in the economy

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Multiple Select

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How did railroads help industrialize America from 1850 to 1900? (Select all that apply)

transported people and ideas

transported goods to new markets

transported new immigrants to America

transported raw materials

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Multiple Choice

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Many immigrants who first came to American moved into what type of living space?

Settlement Houses

Community Centers

Factory Houses

Tenement Houses

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