Chapter 18: American History Quiz

The most popular leisure destinations for the urban working class during the Gilded Age were

Saloons

In the 1870s, what invention allowed the construction of large apartment buildings to become significantly cheaper?

Steam radiators

A common occurrence during the Gilded Age of politics was that members of Congress often

accepted bribes

By 1900, what percentage of the residents in major cities was foreign born?

30 percent

Which of the following did not aid the construction of taller buildings in the Gilded Age?

Coal-burning furnances

This replaced the spoils system for federal jobs with job placement on the basis of competitive testing.

Pendelton civil service reform act

In 1885, the United States government stopped

companies from paying to import workers from outside the nation.

Because of President Arthur's reform programs

he was no chosen by the republicans as their candidate . for a second term

Cholera, typhoid fever, and yellow fever were often the result in urban areas of

poor sanitation

Because of the excesses of the Gilded Age, a major period of ________ occurred to _______ it.

reform, counter

Republican Protestants during the Gilded Age had a tendency to consider __________ the central social evil in the United States.

saloons

The faction of the Republican party during the Gilded Age that was not concerned with the excesses of the time was known as the

stalwarts

A major concern toward those labeled "new immigrants" was

that they resisted assimilation

The Panic of 1893 started when

the philadelphia and reading railroad declared bankruptcy

one of the first areas were people began to be interest in reforming society was aimed at

the tenements

As labor unions became more common during the Gilded Age, what other aspect did they take on in the lives of their members?

they provided social activities

What segment of the economy was not actively engaged in recruiting newly arrived immigrants during the Gilded Age?

Agriculture

What organization was formed to prevent the Anglo-Saxon "race" from being "contaminated"?

Immigration Restriction League

One of the most notorious of the robber barons was

Jay Gould

Native-born Americans who saw the influx of new immigrants to the United States with concern were called

nativist