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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 Presentation

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PoliticsPolitics FarmersFarmers ImmigrationImmigration Grab BagGrab Bag

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200 200 200 200

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500 500 500 500

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.

Politics for 200

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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.”

Politics for 300

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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).

Politics for 400

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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.

Politics for 500

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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

Farmers for 100

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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.

Farmers for 200

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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).

Farmers for 300

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What two social groups did the Populists try to unite?400The Populist Party

Farmers

and

Workers

Farmers for 400

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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.

Farmers for 500

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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.

Immigration for 100

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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.

Immigration for 200

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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

Immigration for 300

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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

Immigration for 400

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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

Immigration for 500

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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.)

Grab Bag for 100

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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.

Grab Bag for 200

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What law resulted in the Third Wave of Immigration?300The Immigration and Nationality Act

of 1965

Grab Bag for 300

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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.

Grab Bag for 400

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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

Grab Bag for 500

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Write Your

Final Challenge

Wager

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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