John Bowne High School



Regents Review Sheet Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life

Vocabulary: Guilded Age

1. Suburb-

2. Alien-

3. Graft-

4. Political Machine-

5. Vice-

6. Chinese Exclusion Act-

7. Restrictive Covenants-

8. Munn v. Illinois-

9. Prohibition-

10. Gentlemen’s Agreement-

11. Steerage-

12. Laissez-Faire-

13. Tenement-

14. Civil Service-

15. Nativism-

16. Gilded Age-

17. Segregation-

18. Pendleton Civil Service Act-

19. Settlement house-

20. Quarantine-

21. Social Gospel Movement-

22. Ghetto-

23. Subsidy-

24. Temperance Movement –

Important Questions

1. How did business influence politicians during the Gilded Age?

2. What problems did the spoils system create?

3. Why did so many people want to come to the United States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

4. Stating in the 1890’s, where did large numbers of immigrants come from?

5. How did slums develop in cities?

6. What were the advantages and disadvantages of political machines for urban residents?

7. What actions did nativists take to restrict immigration?

8. How did the settlement movement seek to help the needy?

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