Robber Barons
What is a robber baron?
Wealthy industrialists who had monopolies and unfairly treated their workers
What consequence came from the invention of barbed wire?
Ending the open cattle range
Who did political machines provide for?
Which immigrant groups came through Ellis Island?
Europeans
What is disenfranchisement?
Act of being deprived the right to vote
Vanderbilt
Railroads/Shipping
What did the Homestead Act do?
Gave Americans 160 acres of land if they lived on it for five years
Why did political machines provide for the poor?
For their vote!!
Which immigrant groups came through Angel Island?
Asians
What act removed the spoils system?
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Carnegie
Steel
What act divided tribal lands into individual plots?
Who was in charge of Tammany Hall? Where was it located?
Boss Tweed; New York
What countries were new immigrants coming from?
Russia, Croatia, Italy, Greece, China, India
What did the Interstate Commerce Act do?
Allowed the federal government to regulate the railroad
Morgan
Finance
What happened at Little Bighorn?
US Army and Native Americans fight, and Custer (US) was completely defeated
What were the consequences of cramped city living?
Unsanitary housing and disease
What are 3 traits of old immigrants and 3 traits of new immigrants?
Old: Protestant, spoke English, came from North and West Europe
New: Catholic/Orthodox/Jewish, did not speak English, came from South and East Europe
Daily Double!!! Decide how much you are wagering.
Why was the Gilded Age named that?
Seemed golden and beautiful on the outside but in reality, people were suffering
Rockefeller
Oil
How did Westward Expansion affect Native Americans?
Took their land and freedom
How did Thomas Nast take down Boss Tweed?
Political Cartoons
How did old immigrants view new immigrants?
As inferior/not as good as them
How did the South prevent African Americans from voting?
Poll tax, literacy tests, and the Grandfather Clause