The Transcontinental Railroad
This President signed the Homestead Act into law giving Americans up to 160 acres of land in the West if they moved there and improved the land.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was the United States' action to try and force Native Americans to dress, speak, and act like a typical "American" and abandon their traditional practices.
What is Assimilation?
These are large singular companies who dominate an entire industry or market.
What is a Monopoly (Trust)?
This was the policy of favoring native inhabitants and discriminating against immigrants.
What is Nativism?
These people believed that there needed to be rapid economic and social changes from the Gilded Age and they wanted to use the government to make these changes happen.
What are Progressives?
This railroad company began in Omaha, Nebraska and was made up of mainly Irish immigrant workers.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad Company?
This American general was sent to protect prospectors who found gold in the Dakota territory.
Who is General George Custer?
These were business owners who used exploitations and government influences, paid extremely low wages to their workers, and sought to squash competition.
What are Robber Barons?
This is prejudice against Jews.
What is Anti-Semitism?
These are immigrants who had come to the United States after the 1880s. Mainly from southern and eastern Europe.
What are "New" Immigrants?
This railroad company began their work in Sacramento, California and was made up of mostly Chinese immigrants.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad Company?
The Treaty of Ft. Laramie promised these sacred lands to the Sioux Nation and promised to keep American settlers off the land.
What is the Black Hills?
This was a tactic used by Robber Barons. They would buy up all the supply chain of a particular good so that they owned all the means of production.
What is Vertical Integration?
This President was known as Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor and while he continued trustbusting as President, he was not as progressive as TR.
Who is William H. Taft?
These are journalists that sought to expose government and business corruption and unethical practices.
What are Muckrakers?
This law granted the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad companies 6000 acres to build a transcontinental railroad.
What is the Pacific Railway Act?
At this battle, Lakota, Sioux, and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse were able to easily defeat the U.S. 7th Cavalry in just 20 minutes.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This businessman was known for controlling the shipping and railroad industries and building the large Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This President was known for being one of the most Progressive Presidents. He focused on conservation, introduced the "Square Deal," and practiced trustbusting.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This political party split the Republican vote and allowed for Woodrow Wilson to win the 1912 election.
What is the Bull Moose Party?
This was the explosive used to create large tunnels for the railroads through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
What is Nitroglycerin?
This event signaled the end of the Indian Wars and resulted in the 7th Cavalry killing over 150 Lakota Sioux, many of who were unarmed women and children.
What is the Massacre at Wounded Knee (Ghost Dance Massacre; Wounded Knee Massacre)?
This banker and financier formed U.S. Steel and bailed out the United States government.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This Progressive idea taught Christians that it was their duty to end poverty, end inequality, and strive for social change.
What is Social Gospel?
Ida B. Wells was known for bringing this to the national attention through her works.
What are lynchings?