Big Business
After the Civil War, rural populations decreased, but populations increased where?
Urban Areas / Cities
This term meant it was God's will for Americans to spread across the continent:
Manifest Destiny
Nativists argued that the root cause for urban problems came from whom?
Immigrants
An organized association of workers formed to improve conditions and wages is a:
Union
Small farmers in 1890s supported which political party?
Populist Party
The term "laissez-faire" refers to allowing businesses to do what?
Make all decisions without government interference
Falling crop prices, discrimination, and overcrowding are all examples of what?
Push factors
Exchanging services for votes is an example of political machines attempting to do what?
Stay in power
Labor Unions often opposed immigrants because they worked for what?
Low wages
This group used courts to expand African American rights?
NAACP
A group of separate companies placed under a single managing board to form a monopoly is a:
Trust
Job opportunities, cheap land, and the Transcontinental Railroad are examples of what?
Pull factors
True or False: After purchasing land out west, African Americans could not be forced to relocate by white settlers.
True
Children's health issues and lack of school attendance led to the passage of what?
Child Labor Laws
This law allowed federal government food testing.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
After this event, the government passed safety regulations for building codes and fire escapes:
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The mechanical reaper and combine made farming easier in what geographical region?
The Great Plains / West
In the 1890s, most small farmers supported which political party?
The Populist Party
Name TWO violent events between management and workers that hurt union support:
Haymarket Riot, Pullman Strike, Homestead Strike
This reason was used to support overseas expansion by industrialist
Acquire new materials and new markets
This period was known for laissez-faire policies, political corruption, and child labor:
The Industrial Era (Gilded Age)
After the Indian Wars, government policies towards Native Americans aimed to do what?
Americanize and Assimilate
Expansion West benefited nearly everyone except for which group?
American Indians / Native Americans
This period was known for strikes, protests, unions, and government business regulation:
The Progressive Era
This term means a country extending its power and influence through diplomacy or force
Imperialism