These were what owners of Monopolies were often called
What are Robber Barons
100
This was the name of some of the lines formed for those who could not afford to buy food
What are breadlines
100
The completion of this allowed settlers to easily move west across the great plains
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
100
These were the names of crowded tenement buildings in cities where immigrants often lived
What are tenement buildings
100
These groups were created to help improve working conditions and low wages
What are labor unions
200
This is the theory that only those who work hard will survive
What is social darwinism
200
This restored Americans confidence in our banking system
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
200
This was the name for land set aside for Native Americans who were forced off their land. Often located in areas with little population and far from their homes
What are reservations
200
Immigrants from Europe were processed at this immigration station
What is Ellis Island
200
This was the most common method used by Labor Unions to achieve their cause
What are strikes
300
This was the practice that many monopolies followed to put other companies out of business and own most of the market
What is Lower prices and then raise them
300
This was the main cause of the Great Depression
What is excessive use of credit
300
He was an outspoken Native American Chief against the forced resettlement of his people
Who is Chief Joseph
300
Many immigrants settled in these areas
What are urban areas or cities
300
This was the name of the factory whose devastating fire caused many changes is safety measures for factory buildings
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
400
Monopolies used these two types of integration to create their businesses
What is vertical and horizontal integration
400
This act was created to help support the retired, unemployed and/or disabled. It still exists today
What is the Social Security Act
400
Through this act the government gave 160 acres of free land to the head of household and was created to encourage people to move west
What is the Homestead Act
400
She wrote “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my land beside the golden door!”
Who is Emma Lazarus
400
He was a founding member of the IWW (wobblies) and participated in the Pullman Strike, often criticized by the government for being a Socialist
Who is Eugene Debs
500
He was the owner of Standard Oil and at one point he owned 90% of the oil refinery business
Who is John D. Rockefeller
500
This is why many of the New Deal acts were declared unconstitutional
What is too much power in the Federal government
500
This act was created to “Americanize” the Native Americans by forcing them to own land
What is the Dawes Act
500
This is a group of people that did not like immigrants especially because they believed they were taking jobs from Americans
Who are nativists
500
This was a group of farmers who formed unions against the government to support agriculture in America.