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improve transportation by building the Pacific Railway Act
This man used the Bessemer process to create a successful monopoly in the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
What is an enclave?
an area that consists of people who share a nationality or culture
The law that gave land in the frontier to people if they moved and settled there for a set period of time was known as the ?
The Homestead Act
Who was well-known for helping establish settlement houses?
Jane Addams
What is Ms. Harrington's favorite thing to drink?
Diet Coke
This man created monopolies in the transportation industry; steamboats and railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What did Mrs. Marana was a kid, what did she want to be when she grew up?
A carpenter
What was nativism?
the extreme dislike of immigrants
Who was the boss of the political machine Tammany Hall?
Boss Tweed
Who owned 90% of the oil industry with their company Standard Oil?
John D. Rockefeller
What are push and pull factors? (definition)
push factors were negative experiences that pushed people out of their home country and pull factors were things that America offered and encouraged immigrants to come
What is urbanization?
the movement of people to cities and the growth of those cities
Tenements
Who was best known for their activism against lynching?
Ida B. Wells
Farmers weren't represented by Republican or Democratic parties so they joined this party
Populist party
What is laissez-faire?
a belief that was used to discourage government regulations; a “hands-off” approach
The transcontinental railroad was funded by using what?
land-grants
Why did so many people move from rural areas to urban areas?
In search of jobs
This activist was best known for speaking out for advancing civil rights for African Americans right now and not settling for segregation
W.E.B. DuBois
Law that broke up Native American reservation land and gave land to each head of household, any land not handed out was sold to American settlers
Dawes Act
What were the 3 ways southern states used to limit African American citizens from voting?
poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause
This was the first law passed to prohibit monopolistic practices used by corrupt trusts
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The act of forcing Native Americans to adopt white American culture and values was known as what?
Americanization
This court case made segregation legal in the United States
Plessy v. Ferguson