Use the graphic organizer to answer the question: Based on your reading, which statement best completes the flow chart?
(1 point)
Responses
Congress passed an act preventing Chinese laborers from entering the country.
Refused to adopt American traditions
Congress passed laws to punish violence against Chinese immigrants
Many Chinese laborers finished their work and went back home.
- Congress passed an act preventing Chinese laborers from entering the country.
Which of the following was a major factor contributing to the problem addressed in the quotation?
(1 point)
Responses
the mass crowding of city and tenement buildings
the problem of sanitation in cities
the sudden increase in property crimes
the problem of monitoring pollution from urban tenements
the mass crowding of city and tenement buildings
Why does the term “gilded age” accurately describe the period of the late 1800s?(1 point)
Responses
It was a time when corruption fell to one of its lowest points in U.S. history.
It was a time when a thin layer of wealth seemed to cover up a great deal of corruption.
It was a time when voter turnout rose and political corruption declined.
It was a time when the government enacted reforms to help the poor
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It was a time when a thin layer of wealth seemed to cover up a great deal of corruption.
Why did cartoonist Thomas Nast portray Boss William Tweed as a vulture feeding on the city of New York?
(1 point)
Responses
because Tweed gave loans to the immigrants of the city but not others
because Tweed had cheated the city out of huge amounts of money
because Tweed had controlled labor in the city
because Tweed managed to avoid jail despite his crimes
because Tweed had cheated the city out of huge amounts of money
Use the graphs to answer the question: Which statement best explains the population growth in the five cities shown on the graph between 1870 and 1920?
(1 point)
Responses
Many urban industrial jobs were available in the Midwest and East regions.
Profits from the Gold Rush encouraged the growth of cities on the West Coast.
African Americans sought a better life in the South.
Many people migrated to the Midwest to become farmers.
Many urban industrial jobs were available in the Midwest and East regions.
Which statement best describes the role of muckrakers?(1 point)
Responses
They increased the power of trusts
They reported favorably about the lives of the rich
They encouraged the growth of railroads
They exposed corrupt business and political practices