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This describes the key positions held by the Republican Party in the Gilded Age

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gold standard, high tariffs, and limits on immigration

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This describes key positions held by the Democratic Party in the Gilded Age

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increased money supply, lower tariffs, and higher farm prices

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Led to government regulation of businesses during the Gilded Age

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unfair business practices

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During the late 1800s, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was

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New York City

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This attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s

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jobs with American railroad companies

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President Theodore Roosevelt reached the Gentlemen's Agreement in 1907, with the goal of.

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slowing the immigration of Japanese laborers

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Was a major result of both immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s?

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the rapid expansion of urban areas

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Why did many immigrants support city political machines?

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Political machines provided them with jobs.

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Prohibitionists and purity crusaders shared the goal of

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improving the personal behavior of individuals

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This best describes the main goal of the social gospel and settlement movements

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to improve living conditions for the poor

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During the Gilded Age, Republicans and Democrats held differing views on

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the gold standard and government aid to business

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The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to

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end the spoils system

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In 1894, Coxey's army marched on Washington, D.C., with the demand that the government

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create jobs for the unemployed

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During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated most against

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Asians

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In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically, with most immigrants now coming from

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Southern and Eastern European countries

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One reason that the United States became more urban during the late 1800s is that

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farm machines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor

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One of the reasons that political machines gained power in the late 1800s was that they

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provided jobs and other help for immigrants

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The main objective of the nativists was to

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restrict immigration

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Prohibitionists and purity crusaders both

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sought to rid society of behavior they thought immoral

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Most settlement houses of the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers

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social services

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The post-Reconstruction era was marked by

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corruption in business and government

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One example of government's trying to help American business was

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high tariffs

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In the late 1800s, the Republican Party favored

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a tight money supply, high tariffs, and government aid to railroads.

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The Interstate Commerce Act outlawed the railroads' practice of

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giving special rates to powerful customers

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Jacob S. Coxey led a march on Washington to demand

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jobs for the unemployed

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This attracted many immigrants to the United States

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a chance at a better life

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The pattern of European immigration shift in 1890

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from northern to southern, western, and eastern Europeans

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Where European immigrants often settled in the United State

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in their ports of entry

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First attracted the Chinese to the United States

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recruitment by railroad companies

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How Asians were regarded by many white Americans

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with suspicion and hostility

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This development led to the first wave of Mexican immigration in the early 1900s

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irrigation of southwestern lands

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Led an immigrant to achieve success in America

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determination and hard work

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Contributed to the migration from farms to cities in the late 1800s

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a sharp decline in the need for farm labor

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African Americans left southern farms in the late 1800s, and relocated here

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in nearby cities

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Did not contribute to the growth of cities

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migration to the suburbs

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Characterizes urban areas in the late 1890s

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slums and tenements

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Resulted from rapid urbanization

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a widening gap between rich and poor

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Powerful position that William Marcy Tweed held

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New York City's Democratic Party boss

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Nativist groups such as the American Protective Association supported

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the teaching of only American culture in schools.

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Prohibition groups saw a link between drinking and

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lower public morals

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Purity crusaders wanted to rid their communities of

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vice

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Reformers who tried to solve social problems by helping the needy believed that

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prosperous Americans should lead reform efforts

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The Charity Organization Society provided the poor with

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advice and assistance.

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Idealists in the settlement movement believed that social workers should

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live in poor neighborhoods

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The typical staff member of a settlement house

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worked for little or no pay

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