The West
This law encouraged settlers to move west by providing land.
What is the Homestead Act?
Between 1880 and 1920, the largest group of immigrants came from this country.
What is Germany?
This steelmaking innovation helped railroads expand.
What is the Bessemer Process?
This was the first labor union to organize workers on a national scale.
What is the Knights of Labor?
The Pendleton Act reduced this practice in government hiring.
What is political patronage?
This policy sought to force Native Americans to adopt American culture and values
What is assimilation?
People who opposed immigration and favored native-born Americans were called this.
What are nativists?
An economic system in which private citizens own the means of production.
What is capitalism?
Governments often used these to end strikes.
What are federal or state troops?
Professional jobs and this factor helped grow the middle class.
What is education?
Farmers joined these organizations to address economic challenges.
What are the Grange and Farmers' Alliances?
New York addressed tenement problems by requiring these safety and health features.
What are running water, windows, and fire safety measures?
This term means complete control over an industry.
What is a monopoly?
Workers form these organizations to improve wages and working conditions.
What are labor unions?
The Ashcan School focused on depicting this type of life.
What is everyday industrial life?
The Populist Party supported this monetary policy to help struggling farmers.
What is increasing the money supply?
Many immigrants settled in these crowded apartment buildings.
What are tenements?
This economic idea says the government should not interfere in business.
What is laissez-faire?
A work stoppage by employees is called this.
What is a strike?
This vocabulary term describes a powerful organization that controls local politics through favors and influence.
What is a political machine?
This era was marked by rapid economic growth but also serious social problems.
What is the Gilded Age?
This reform movement pushed cities to improve unsafe housing conditions.
What is housing reform?
During the late 1800s, the federal government generally did this regarding business regulation.
What is avoid regulating corporations?
This group generally received support from the government during labor disputes.
Who are management and business owners?
Many political machines gained support from this group of people.
Who are immigrants?