Laws
Straight Vocab
Other stuff in the notecards
note in cards but maybe on test
something
100
1st gov. law to break up monopolies and protect competition between companies
What is Sherman Anti-trust Act-
100
immigrants mainly from southern and eastern Europe who were NOT protestant, English speaking or white
What is New Immigrants
100
Asian/Europe(immigrants entered us here
What is Angel/Ellis Island-
100
people lived here, they really sucked and were cold and nasty
What is tenements
100
group of workers together
What is union
200
sought to settle the west by giving away land to farmers if they lived and cultivated the land
What is Homestead Act-
200
new technology that ended the open range allowing farmers and ranchers to enclose land
What is barbed wire
200
leader of the most famous political machine(group of corrupt people) in New York
What is William “boss” Tweed-
200
kids were forced to work
What is child labor
200
invented airplane
What is wright brothers
300
outlawed native american tribes and tried to assimilate them by putting them onto reservations
What is Dawes Act-
300
movement of people from the coutryside(rural) to cities(urban)
Urbanization
300
The most famous political machine in New York
What is Tammany Hall-
300
bad guys who ran businessness
What is robber barons
300
make tons of money. give it away
What is Gospel of Wealth
400
California workers pushed to the gov. to ban Chinese immigration and them becoming citizens if they were already here.
What is Chinese Exclusion Act-
400
racism towards immigrants
What is Nativism
400
coined by Andrew Carnegie that means the rich giving back to the poor
What is Gospel of wealth-
400
ran oil business
What is Rockefeller
400
work hard, have a great life
What is the American Dream
500
teaching immigrants American culture. Immigrants worried about their own cultures and traditions disappearing
What is Americanization
500
to make similar.(in the case of native Americans and immigrants)
Assimilation
500
applying Charles Darwin’s theory “survival of the fittest” to society. Only the strongest with succeed and forget the rest.
What is Social Darwinism-
500
ran steel business
What is Carnegie
500
100
What is what you will get it you study
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