Western Expansion
This term is the belief that the United States was destined to take all the land west of the Mississippi River.
Manifest Destiny
This invention made it possible for people to work at night, which meant longer working hours
Light Bulb
This term is the name given to a company that has completely bought out their competition and is now the only company that people could buy from
Monopolies/Trusts
What was the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
To stop Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States.
What are tenements?
Apartments where 20 or more people lived in a single apartment
This is the name of the cattle trail that went from San Antonio to the railroad in the great plains.
Chisholm Trail
Survival of the fittest applied to people and businesses. That people are born to be poor (bad genes).
Social Darwinism
Part of the Steel Industry; this person utilized the Bessemer Process to monopolize steel
Andrew Carnegie
This Amendment Abolished Slavery
13th Amendment
This is where the majority of immigrants that moved to the US during the Gilded Age came from.
Europe/Eastern Europe/Great Britain/Italy
This is the first railroad to completely Travel East to West across the United States
Transcontinental Railroad
This is a tragedy that kills 150 women and angers the nation. This also sparked the beginning of the Progressive Era
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
What is John D. Rockefeller known for?
Founded the Standard Oil Co.
This law provided Americans 165 acres of free land if they chose to move west
Homestead Act
This is the group of people or beliefs that are against people not born in the same country as you (anti-immigrant).
Nativists/ Nativism
This is the region in the United States that is located in the center of the country and its defining characteristics are 1) it's flat and 2) it's fertile grassland
Great Plains
This is the economic system where people can sell whatever they want and people buy and own whatever they can afford
Free Market Enterprise/ Capitalism
This is the process of a business buying a company/business that does the same thing they do (AKA a competitor)
Horizontal Integration
This law banned monopolies and trusts within the United States and marked the shift away from the government’ Laissez-faire approach towards businesses.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This term represents the process of having new immigrants abandon their culture and adopt the American culture (Become more American).
Americanization Process
This law broke up Native American tribes by making tribes illegal in order to assimilate native Americans
Dawes Act
This is the Economic System where everyone is equal and everything is provided to the people by the government, BUT people do not own anything
Communism
This is the process where a business buys every part of the process of making a product
Vertical Integration
Was the FIRST federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
This is the place where immigrants must stop before entering the United States. Located in the water outside of New York.
Ellis Island