caused by nativism and fear of cheap labor, prohibited immigration from China
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
100
invented by Thomas Edison and increased productivity in factories
What is the light bulb
100
invented by Alexander Graham Bell to increase communication across the country
What is the telephone
200
organizations that control processes of government through bribery and force
What are political machines
200
the largest Gold Rush in American History
What is the Klondike Gold Rush
200
gave 160 acres of land to Americans who met certain requirements
What is the Homesteat Act
200
the process increased steel production by making it more affordable and efficient
What is the Bessemer Process
200
resulted from an increased in the supply of cattle out west, demand for beef in the east, and the railroads to connect east and west
What is the Cattle Boom
300
the framework of the city/country - transportation, schools, and communication centers
What is infrastructure
300
period of time where prosperity and industrialization cover the poverty and corruption
What is the Gilded Age
300
divided reservation land into individual family plots to try and changed the Native American traditional view of land ownership
What is the Dawes Act
300
created the Hull House
Who is Jane Addams
300
the policy of taking someone else's culture and adopting it as your own
What is assimilation
400
people who give money to various causes to help the community
What is a philanthropist
400
movement that developed within religious institutions to reform society
What is the Social Gospel Movement
400
government jobs are given based on merit/exams
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act
400
controlled a monopoly over the steel industry and was a major philanthropist
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
fights for the rights of workers - better working conditions, shorter hours, and higher wages
What is a labor union
500
people who are against immigrants because they change the cultural diversity of the country
What is Nativist
500
helped to assimilate immigrants into American culture, started by Jane Addams
What is the Settlement House Movement
500
created by the Populist Movement and included government ownership of transportation and communication, increasing the money supply, and direct election of senators
What is the Omaha Platform
500
photographed pictures of poor immigrants, which he compiled into a book called How the Other Half Lives
Who is Jacob Riis
500
Movement that grew out of farmer's complaints - railroad monopolies, bank failures, and an unstable economy