West
New Immigration
The New South
The Gilded Age
The Rise of the Unions
100
The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific two companies of what business?
What is the Transcontinental RR.
100
The area where the new immigrant are from.
What is Eastern and Southern Europe.
100
When farmers farm rented pieces of land, giving half their crops to the owners in exchange for housing and land.
What is sharecropping.
100
This is a multi-story, cramped, small housing unit that holds multiple families.
What are tenements.
100
Groups of skilled workers, unskilled workers or both.
What is a union.
200
The name of 2 of the 3 major conflicts between the Native Americans and the U.S. government.
What are Little Big horn, the Sandcreek massacre and Wounded Knee.
200
Angel and Ellis Island.
What are the islands immigrants would pass through to enter the U.S.
200
3 of the 5 major crops in the south.
What are cotton, tobacco, coal, rice and sugar.
200
This economic system were transactions between businesses are free of government intervention.
What is Laissez Faire
200
National group of both skilled and unskilled workers.
What is the National Labor Union.
300
The act that permitted the assimilation of Native Tribes, this act wanted the tribes to become more "American"
What is the Dawes Severalty act
300
The traits of new immigrants.
What are uneducated, poor, non-protestant and had no democratic background.
300
This court case lead to the writing of the Jim Crow laws.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
Lead Tammany Hall and a political machine full of corrupt politicians. Often used patronage.
Who is William "Boss" Tweed.
300
This leads to less rights, as they are easily replaced.
What is the abundance of workers.
400
This gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would live on the land for at least 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act.
400
The political polocy of wanting to stop immigration to the U.S. and only focus on Americans.
What is Nativism.
400
What organization wanted immediate equality between African Americans and whites.
What is the NAACP.
400
This was used as an excuse, by businesses, to manipulate workers.
What is Philanthropy.
400
This group included women, immigrants, minorities, skilled workers and unskilled workers. They often hed strikes.
What is Knights of Labor.
500
These are some of the benefits of going west.
What are mining, ranching, farming, mail and military.
500
Between 1850 and 1880 this many million immigrants came over, per decade.
What is 2-3 million.
500
He was am educator, author and adviser to the president. He believed segregation was okay.
Who is Booker T. Washington.
500
Meaning that it looks okay on the outside, but is rotten on the inside.
What is Gilded.
500
Wanted bread and butter issues.
What is the American Federation of Labor-Craft Union.
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