gilded age jeopardy
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Gilded Age Jeopardy. Let’s Play. Final Challenge. Politics. Farmers. Immigration. Grab Bag. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. Politics for 100. Who was William Tweed?. 100. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Let’s PlayFinal Challenge
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Who was William Tweed?100He was a corrupt political boss who led Tammany Hall.
Politics for 100
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What services did political machines provide for poor
immigrant workers?200Just about anything...
Help finding work.
Help finding housing.
Help with the law.
Charity… Food, medicine, clothing, etc.
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Who was Thomas Nast?300Thomas Nast was a Republican
political cartoonist who was famous for exposing the
corruption of the “Tweed Ring.”
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Name one position that William Jennings Bryan took in the 1896
presidential election.400Free Silver... He wanted the
government to print money backed, not only by gold, but also by silver.
This would cause inflation.
Lower tariffs… High tariffs (taxes on imports) made prices higher for consumers (including farmers).
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Was the Populist Party successful? Why?500No.
Their presidential candidates never won election, and few Populists won
national office.
Yes.
Much of their party’s platform was adopted and implemented by the
Democrats and Republicans.
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What law gave free land to farmers as long as they settled on it for 5
years and improved it?100The Homestead Act
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Why was the Gold Standard bad for farmers?200
The Gold Standard limited the amount of paper money that could be printed. That made money for
valuable (deflation).
Deflation made it hard for farmers to pay off their debts.
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How did the National Granger (Grangers) attempt to raise crop prices and cut farmers’ costs?300
The Grange created buying and selling cooperatives in order to
exert greater control over prices. It did not fully succeed because it
did not address the root causes of the problem (tariffs and
overproduction).
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What two social groups did the Populists try to unite?400The Populist Party
Farmers
and
Workers
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Why didn’t workers vote for William Jennings Bryan (the Populist &
Democratic?500Bryan’s policies would have hurt
workers economically.
Bryan supported “free silver.” That would have raised workers’ food
prices.
Bryan opposed tariffs, which helped protect workers’ jobs.
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Why did the federal government adopt a policy of “open
immigration” prior to 1921?100Open Immigration allowed large numbers of immigrants to come to
the U.S. This was good for economic development because it
created a large pool of cheap, unskilled workers.
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How did the Quota Acts (National Origins Act) affect immigration to
the U.S.?200By setting strict limits on
immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and allowing no immigration from Asia or Africa,
the laws sharply reduced immigration and effectively ended the “second wave” of immigration.
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What two immigrant groups came during the first wave of
immigration during the 1840s & 1850s?300
First Wave (Old Immigrants)
Irish
Germans
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Give two examples of nativism in U.S. history.400
Nativism = Anti-Immigrant Feelings
• The Know Nothings
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Gentleman’s Agreement
• The Quota Acts
• The Ku Klux Klan
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Which theory of immigrant adaptation would be exemplified by the fact that a “China town”
exists in New York City?500Cultural Pluralism
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Why is the late nineteenth century (1800s) often referred to as a
“Gilded Age?”100Gilded: Fancy on the outside, not as nice on the inside.
The U.S. looked good from far away (high economic growth, millionaires, new technology, social mobility), BUT there were many problems (political corruption, poverty, child labor, homelessness, crime, dirty/unsanitary conditions in cities, low crop prices, low wages, violent labor strikes, etc.)
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What is the difference between a “push” factor and a “pull factor?”200Push Factor: Why you leave your
original homeland.
Pull Factor: Why you move to your new country.
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What law resulted in the Third Wave of Immigration?300The Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1965
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What was the main purpose of Jacob Riis’ book How the Other
Half Lives?400To help the urban poor by exposing
problems of child labor, homelessness, poverty, crime, etc.
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Name three parts of the Populist Party’s platform in the 1896
election.500• Graduated (Progressive) Income Tax• Gov. ownership of Railroads• 12 Hour Day• Initiative & Referendum• Secret Ballots• Free Silver• Limits on Immigration• Direct Election of U.S. Senators• Civil Service Exams• End Corporate Subsidies
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Write Your
Final Challenge
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What is the difference between assimilation and acculturation
(the melting pot model)?
Final ChallengeEnd Game
TIME’SUP!
TIME’SUP!
In both cases, immigrants adopt the culture of their new country, but with assimilation, they completely give up their native culture without influencing their new culture.
With acculturation, the immigrants’ culture changes the dominant culture.
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