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A New York City politician who led a group of corrupt politicians who gained power in the Democratic party in 1863 (political machine = St. Tammany Hall)
William “Boss” Tweed
When something is golden and beautiful on the outside, but cheap and worthless on the inside
Gilded
Government program offered to farmers to accelerate the settlement of the western territory by granting families up to 160 acres of land for 5 years of residence on that land while improving it
Homestead Act
A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
Immigrant
A huge railway line that connected the east of the USA to the west.
Transcontinental Railroad
Made his fortune in the iron and steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
Invented a way of converting iron into steel on a large scale
Henry Bessemer
Suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled) for a period of 10 years.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Total ownership of a good or service
Monopoly
Match the Following - Double Points if you can give me an example of each:
Push/ Pull = Positive / Negative
Push = Negative (War)
Pull = Positive (Jobs)
Powerful banker, financed railroads and helped organize major corporations
J.P. Morgan
Chief developer of the assembly line technique; made production more efficient
Henry Ford
Urban = ________
a) City
b) Country
City
Powerful organizations that used legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to political office (corrupt)
Political machines
A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
Tenement
Founder of the Standard Oil Company; became one of the world’s most wealthiest men
John Rockefeller
Converting iron into steel on a large scale
Bessemer Steel Process
Law that allowed the President to break up reservation land into small allotments to be divided out to individual Native Americans
Dawes Severalty Act
Organizations created to fight for workers’ rights and safe working conditions
Labor Union
The process in which a group of people are expected to adopt another group of people’s culture and integrate into their society
Assimilation
Shipping and railroad tycoon
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The Gilded Age was given its name by what author?
Mark Twain
Created in 1890; made it illegal to create a monopoly or trust that restrained trade
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
Philanthropist
Moving from rural to urban areas in large numbers
Urbanization