The West
Misc.
Immigration
Technology/ Innovations
Industry and Labor
100
This Alaskan gold rush displaced many Native Americans.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
100
This is marked by a focus on social, political, and economical events within a time period.
What is an era?
100
Many immigrants migrated to the U.S. to pursue this.
What is the American Dream?
100
This increased the productivity of business by making things at a quicker pace.
What is the assembly line?
100
This process made steel more affordable and available.
What is the Bessemer Process?
200
The destruction of this animal forced Native Americans to move and make room for settlers.
What are the buffalo?
200
This is how political machines gained power during the gilded age.
What is through immigrants? (providing service)
200
Those who hated the increase of "new immigrants" from Southern and Eastern Europe.
Who are the nativists?
200
This increased mobility and created jobs in the early 20th century.
What is the automobile?
200
The reason as to why labor strikes were generally unsuccessful.
What is because violence was used on both sides?
300
This piece of legislation displaced many American Indians by offering settlers 160 acres of free land.
What is the Homestead Act?
300
This political party supported unlimited coinage of silver, government ownership over the railroad, and supported farmers.
What is the Popilist Party?
300
This contributed to the americanization of many immigrants as canters for a process of cultural learning.
What are school?
300
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller both started their own business and are known as one of these.
What is an entrepreneur?
300
Declining wages on the west coast led to the passage of this piece of legislation.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
400
The purpose of this legislation was to to assimilate native American tribes into U.S. society.
What is the Dawes Act?
400
This was created due to the growth of the political machine and corruption of the "spoils system".
What is civil service reform?
400
In 1900, 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. It lead to this in most large cities. (sanitation)
What is overcrowding, congestion, and pollution?
400
This contributed to factory production in the U.S. and made work days longer.
What is electricity?
400
During the Gilded Age, some business leaders reduced competition by forming this and creating this. (2 answers)
What are trusts and monopolies?
500
Pieces of land given to Native Americans to make room for settlers.
What are reservations?
500
Name two characteristics of the Gilded Age.
What is big business and westward expansion?
500
Name two items created due to the population growth and increased agricultural demand.
What is the mechanical reaper, steel plow, steel windmill, seed drill?
500
Name two agricultural innovations created due to the population growth in the U.S.
What are the mechanical reaper, steel plow, steel windmill, and seed drill?
500
Name one of the two labor groups created due low wage and low skilled workers who could be replaced easily.
What is Knights of Labor or the American Federation of Labor?
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