Urbanization & Immigration
This term describes the rapid growth of cities that resulted from industrialization in the late 1800s
Urbanization
This process, which increased the amount and quality of steel being produced, was used to build the first skyscrapers and railroad tracks.
Bessemer Process
This 1862 act allowed people to settle on western land as long as they cultivated it for five years.
Homestead Act
These organizations were formed by workers to fight for better pay and safer conditions against "Captains of Industry
Labor Unions
This industrialist used horizontal integration to create a monopoly with his company, Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
By 1900, the number of U.S. cities with a population over 500,000 increased from two to this number.
6
This 1859 discovery in Titusville, Pennsylvania, was first used as a lubricant and later refined into kerosene for lighting
Oil
This 1887 act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society.
Dawes Act
During major strikes, the government often took the side of this group rather than the workers.
Robber Barons
These cramped, multi-family apartment buildings were common in urban slums and often lacked proper light and ventilation
During this era, most immigrants arriving in America by ship came from this continent and often had very little money
Europe
This 1876 invention by Alexander Graham Bell dramatically changed human communication and hasn't "stopped ringing" since
Telephone
This famous battle was a notable victory for Native Americans against the United States army.
Battle of Little Bighorn
This specific 1892 strike involved a major conflict at a steel plant owned by Andrew Carnegie.
Homestead Strike
A word to describe a rich person giving their wealth away
Philanthropy
These corrupt organizations, often run by a "boss," took advantage of immigrants by providing jobs in exchange for bribes and votes
Political Machines
Before it was used for light bulbs, electricity was first utilized as a means of communication via this device
Telegraph
This massive infrastructure project linked the eastern and western halves of the United States
Transcontinental Railroad
This group of Americans, mostly in the North, opposed immigration because they feared immigrants would take jobs and lower wages
Nativists
This term describes the process of an immigrant or minority group becoming part of the dominant culture, a key goal for Native Americans under the Dawes Act.
Assimilation
This was the name of the most famous political machine in New York City, which was notoriously run by Boss Tweed
Tammany Hall
The demand for oil skyrocketed only after the development of this specific engine and the rise of the automobile.
internal combustion engine
The Homestead Act typically granted this specific amount of land to settlers
160 acres
This 1882 law was the first major federal legislation to restrict immigration based on a specific nationality.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This specific amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery and led to the eventual migration of many African Americans to northern cities
13th Amendment