Industry and Big Buisiness
This economic policy, dominant during the Gilded Age, meant the government avoided regulating businesses.
Laissez Faire
This Act passed in 1882 put restrictions on Chinese Immigration
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This Law in 1862 helped spread western development and migration by granting 160 acres of public land to any adult citizen or intended citizen who agreed to live on and cultivate the land for five years.
The Homestead Act
This political group/people helped immigrants find housing and jobs in exchange for votes.
Political bosses / Political Machines
This political group of farmers wanted nationalization of the telegraph, telephone, and railroads, free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, and creation of postal savings banks.
The Populist Party / The People's Party
This was the idea that the rich and elite were rich because they were smarter and better than the lower class.
Social Darwinism
This place served as a major immigration port for the U.S., and was in charge of conducting medical examinations, literacy tests, and background checks.
Ellis Island
This law broke up tribal land and aimed to assimilate Native Americans into white society. Surplus land was sold for very cheap to white settlers, profit going to the federal government
Dawes Severalty act
This supreme court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine, and legitimized Jim Crow laws throughout the south
Plessy v. Ferguson
This labor organization welcomed skilled and unskilled workers and pushed for an 8-hour workday.
Knights of Labor
This Book written by Andrew Carnegie promoted philanthropy, and said that the smarter and wealthy had a moral duty to used their money for good.
The Gospel of Wealth
New immigration of the 1890s-1920s includes immigrants from these countries.
South Eastern Europe, and Asia
This Party was composed of farmers in debt after the panic of 1873, and funneled into the populist party.
Greenback labor party
his scandal involved Union Pacific creating a fake company to steal money from a railroad project
Credit Mobilier Scandal
This union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers and practical goals.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This process revolutionized steel production, allowing it to be made faster and cheaper.
The Bessemer Process
This anti-catholic organization attempted to limit immigration, and ban Roman-Catholics from voting.
American Protective Organization
This 1890 massacre marked the end of Native American resistance on the plains.
Wounded Knee Massacre
This law was created to reform the spoils system by establishing the principle of merit based hiring and promoting
Pendleton Civil Service Act
This Populist leader gave the famous “Cross of Gold” speech, and supported the free silver movement
William Jennings Bryan
This form of business strategy that was utilized by Carnegie and Rockefeller involved owning a complete supply chain for a product.
Vertical Integration
This woman founded Hull House, a settlement house that helped poor immigrants in Chicago.
Jane Addams
This government-backed transportation project helped connect the eastern U.S. with the Pacific coast in 1869.
Transcontinental Railroad
This political cartoonist used his art to expose corruption, especially targeting Boss Tweed
Thomas Nast
This ex-slave became a leader in the civil rights movement, promoting equal economical and educational opportunities
Booker T. Washington