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Entry point for immigrants in the East.

What is a Ellis Island

100
Poorly constructed apartment building, often built in long rows with poor sanitation and ventilation; usually located near factories;
What are tenements?
100

This 1862 law gave settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for 5 years.

What is the Homestead Act?

100

This wealthy industrialist controlled the steel industry through vertical integration.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

100

This man patented the telephone in 1876.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

200
Point of entry into the U.S. for Asian immigrants. Took weeks or month to be process.
What is the Angel Island?
200
Built upward. Cities could have large populations.
What are skyscrapers?
200

This 1887 law broke up tribal lands and forced Native Americans onto individual plots in an attempt to assimilate them.

What is the Dawes Act?

200

This businessman, nicknamed “the oil baron,” created a monopoly with Standard Oil.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

200

This 1879 invention lit up cities and extended factory hours.

What is the electric lightbulb?

300
Programs, helping newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet.
What is Americanization?
300

People migrated from __________ to urban cities.

What are rural farms?

300

This government-run system forced Native American children to abandon their culture, language, and traditions.

What are Indian boarding schools?

300

This law, passed in 1890, was the first attempt by the federal government to outlaw monopolies.

What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?

300

This was the derogatory nickname for corrupt urban politicians who traded jobs and favors for votes.

What are political machines?

400
This act prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
400

This scandalous New York political machine was led by William “Boss” Tweed.

What is TammanyHall?

400

This 1890 event (where U.S. troops killed hundreds of innocent Lakota Sioux elders, women, and children) marked the end of armed Native American resistance on the Plains.

What is Wounded Knee?

400

This invention by Henry Bessemer revolutionized steelmaking and made skyscrapers and railroads possible.

What is the Bessemer Process?

400

This New York harbor structure, dedicated in 1886, became a symbol of hope for immigrants.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

500
A belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers?
What is nativism?
500
The growth of cities due to the influx of people?
What is Urbanization?
500

This 1876 battle is also called “Custer’s Last Stand.”

What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?

500

This derogatory term described industrial leaders who used ruthless tactics to eliminate competition.

What are robber barons?

500

This famous Gilded Age author wrote The Gospel of Wealth, arguing that the rich should use their money to benefit society.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?