Western Expansion
Role of Govt. in the Gilded Age
Gilded Age Politics
Immigration
Industry & Labor
100
Immigrant groups largely responsible for the construction of the first transcontinental line
Who are the Irish & Chinese?
100
the major goal of this reform movement was to draw the attention of Protestant churches to the plight of the urban poor
What is the Social Gospel?
100
They provided some welfare for poor immigrants in exchange for political support.
Who are urban political machines?
100
Characteristics of the new immigration of the late 19th & early 20th centuries (2)
What is originated in southern & eastern Europe or Asia, not well educated, largely unskilled, did not assimilate as well as old immigrants?
100
“Competition is a law of nature . . . and can no more be done away with than gravitation. . . . [I]f we do not like survival of the fittest, we have only one possible alternative, survival of the unfittest. The former is the law of civilization, the latter is the law of anti-civilization.”
The idea quoted above was used to justify the creation of large trusts in the late 19th century
What is Social Darwinism?
200
purpose was to assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture
What is the Dawes Act?
200
Prior to 1900, it had little immediate impact on the regulation of large corporations
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
200
In the late 1890s, a southern sharecropper might have been willing to cast a vote for this party
Who are the Populists?
200
urban reform movement which provided social services to assist immigrants in adjusting to American life (ex: Hull House in Chicago)
What is the settlement house movement?
200
The trend depicted in the image below may have led to this in the late 19th century
What is the growth of labor unions?
300
Between 1865-1900, actions taken by these people to improve their condition included state regulation of RR's, forming cooperative to lower cost, advocating currency inflation, and finally the creation of a third party
Who are farmers in the West and South?
300
In the late 19th century, most states that granted partial or full female suffrage were located in this part of the country (be specific)
What is the Trans-MS West?
300
The image below is a commentary on this issue in the late 19th century (hint - political machines is an insufficient answer)
What is local & state level political corruption?
300
best accounts for the curve on the graph below depicting immigration to the United States from Asia, Africa and the Americas between 1882 and 1900
What is nativist legislation such as the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
The image below was created in response to this trend in the late 19th century
What is the creation of large trusts, etc.?
400
This Indian religious movement was caused by distress over loss of tribal authority/identity
What is the Ghost Dance?
400
In the Gilded Age, this party generally favored industrial interests, but was also supported by Black Americans
Who are the Republicans?
400
The National Grange, a forerunner of the Populists, was successful in advocating for state laws regulating this, though these laws were later ruled unconstitutional by SCOTUS
What are railroads?
400
Most directly contributed to the overall trend depicted in the graph below
What is the industrialization of the United States?
400
1896, Chicago: Was set off by the cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents, later broken up by the federal army
What is the Pullman Strike?
500
According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner, a key factor in the development of American individualism and democracy was this
What is the western frontier?
500
In the 1896 election, Bryan's 'Cross of Gold' speech advocated this goal of the Populists (and some Democrats)
What is coinage of silver/currency inflation?
500
First attempt to regulate a major industry (railroads) on the federal level, but had no major impact until the early 1900s
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
500
the majority of immigrants who came to the US in the 19th century settled in of these TWO regions
What is the Northeast or Midwest?
500
The International Longshoreman's membership card below was designed to do this
What is link union membership with patriotism?