Key Terms 1
What is individualism?
The belief that a person can become successful through effort no matter their background.
What is a poll tax?
A fee imposed on people before they can vote
What race was banned from entering America until 1943?
Chinese
What religion grew in America during the Gilded Age?
Catholicism
What caused Chinese immigration to the US during the Gilded Age?
The California Gold Rush and/or Taiping Rebellion
the process of acquiring or causing a person to acquire American traits and characteristics
Americanization
What is a party boss?
A person in control of a political machine.
Where did the lower cost city dwellers live?
multi-family apartment buildings (tenements)
Where did Upper Class city dwellers live?
In the fashionable areas of town, creating high-cost areas
What was the name of the political movement that supported coinage of silver to help the farmers?
Populism/People's Party
hostility toward immigrants by native-born people
nativism
one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of their original nationality
immigrant
On which island were most immigrants from Europe processed when arriving in the U.S.?
Ellis Island
What kind of group were Plunkitt and Tweed bosses of?
A political machine
What form of art and literature was popular during the Gilded Age?
Realism
an organization linked to a political party that often controls local governments in an attempt to gain and keep power
Political Machine
the belief that no matter what a person’s background, they can still become successful through effort
individualism
What country did most immigrants to America in the late 19th century immigrate from?
Eastern and Southern Europe
Who came up with the Gospel of Wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
What policy enshrined in law aimed to keep black and white Americans separate, especially in the South?
Segregation
a person in control of a political machine
party boss
a theory asserting humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strong surviving
Social Darwinism
What changed in the cities in the Gilded Age as a result of urbanization?
They built skyscrapers and public transportation.
Who came up with Social Darwinism?
Herbert Spencer
Which Supreme Court ruling legalized segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson