Immigration
Point of entry for new immigrants on the east coast.
What is Ellis Island
Who was the steel tycoon?
Carnegie
Boss Tweed
The name of the group who was paid to test out food during the Gilded Age
The Poison Squad
Point of entry into the U.S. for Asian immigrants. Took weeks, months, even year to be processed.
What is the Angel Island?
Built a railroad monopoly
Vanderbilt
Payment of part of the profit from a job under government contract; payment is usually to a government official instrumental in awarding the contact.
What are Kickbacks?
What was the name of the book that changed how the country looked at the meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age?
The Jungle
These 3 groups were often hired because they would work for less money
Women, children, and immigrants.
He ran standard oil
Rockefeller
What's the name of the political machine that was operating in New York during the Gilded Age?
Tammany Hall
Whats the name of the tragedy that took place in the early 1900s where over 140 people died.
1911 Shirtwaist Triangle Factory Fire
This act prohibited immigration by this group, limited the civil rights of these citizens, and outlawed citizenship for this group who was already living here.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act? (Chinese and any people with Asian heritage)
What does the term "Melting Pot" mean?
People from diverse backgrounds come together and blend into one identity
Musk, Bezos, Buffet, Brin, Ellison, Page, Zuckerberg
What was the 2010 court case that decided campaign contributions could essentially be unlimited and private today?
Citizens United vs FEC
What is the term giving to the journalists who shined light on corruption during the Gilded Age?
Muckrakers
List the 3 waves of immigration in our countries history and which people primarily immigrated during this time
1st Wave: Western European (1820-1880)
2nd Wave: Eastern and Southern Europe (1880-1910)
3rd Wave: Latin America, Asia (1965-Present)
List 5 issues that started to arise in cities during the Gilded Age.
Sanitation, police, fire department, housing, jobs.
Why did Mark Twain coin (call) it the Gilded Age?
Gold on the outside and rotten on the inside (Answers may vary)
Who essentially took down Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall? Why was it so effective? (Need both for points)
Thomas Nast and answers may vary.
What are 3 similarities and 3 differences between the debate over food during the Gilded Age and now.
Answers may vary.