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Organizations who fought for better working conditions
Labor Unions
What group was forced to assimilate to American culture?
Native Americans
Children as young as 5 were forced to work rather than go to school
Child Labor
What connected the East to the West?
Transcontinental Railroad
Who overcharged farmers to ship their crops?
Railroads
Caused public support of unions to decline
Haymarket Riot
People's Party
Populist Party
More money in circulation when it is backed by silver and gold
Bimettalism
They improved communication
How did the invention of the lightbulb help society?
It allowed factory work to continue after sunset
Where immigrants worked long hours for little pay?
Sweatshops
One room apartments where immigrant families lived
Tenements
Name given to corrupt businessmen by the people, they took advantage of cheap labor provided by immigrants and other groups
Robber Barons
Presidential candidate who wrote the Cross of Gold Speech
William Jennings Bryan
Jobs
What positive name did the businessman call themselves?
Captains of Industry
Had the steel monopoly and gave some of his money to charity
Andrew Carnegie
Man who controlled the nations banking system
J.P. Morgan
What amendment banned alcohol?
18th Amendment
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What were children more likely to stay in if they worked in factories?
Poverty
What act forced Native Americans to assimilate to American culture?
Dawes Act
Different cultures living separately in society
Cultural Pluralism
Why would some men be against the 19th Amendment?
To work in factories and change society
Industrialization