written response (Gilded Age)

Question 1

Differences between old and new immigrants

Answer 1

old immigrants- Northwest/Western Europe
new immigrants- Southern/Eastern Europe

Question 2

why were new immigrants not welcomed into the USA?

Answer 2

-job competition
-religious differences
-cultural differences -

Question 3

6 characteristics of the Gilded Age

Answer 3

1. Greed, scandal, and corruption in industry
2. moved from agarin society into an industrial society
3. unprecedented economic growth
4. USA becomes an emerging world power
5. Mass immigration
6. Unequal distribution of wealth

Question 4

what did the word “Gilded” refer to

Answer 4

golden in the surface but corrupt underneath

Question 5

5 urban problems cities faced during this time

Answer 5

1. housing
2. working-class lived-in dumbbell tenements, were overcrowded and unsanitary
3. transportation- they’d use mass transit
4. water-unclean water
5. sanitation- had diseases like Tuberculosis, Cholera, and Thyroid

Question 6

3 things that fueled economic growth

Answer 6

1. wealth from the war
2. modern machinery
3. unlimited work force

Question 7

3 reforms brought about during the progressive era

Answer 7

1. political party reform- goal was to limit the power of the industrialist and financial establishment, reform government corruption, establish rights for the working class
2. help the working class
3. improve working conditions- formations of 1st labor union- organized to protect workers rights

Question 8

compare and contrast the melting pot and the mixed salad theory

Answer 8

melting pot theory- immigration groups will tend to “melt together” abandoning their individual cultures and eventually becoming fully assimilated into American society
mixed salad theory- metaphor for the way a multicultural society can integrate different cultures while maintaining their separate identities