Immigration & Cities
This immigration station processed most European arrivals.
What is Ellis Island?
This policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal land.
What is the Dawes Act?
This group represented farmers and rural Americans.
What is the Populist Party?
These organizations controlled local politics through patronage.
What are political machines?
What caused the rise of labor unions?
What are poor working conditions?
This station processed many immigrants from Asia.
What is Angel Island?
This was a major cause of conflict between settlers and Native Americans.
What is westward expansion?
This policy aimed to increase the money supply using silver.
What is free silver?
This system rewarded supporters with government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
What caused the growth of tenements?
What is rapid urbanization and immigration?
These overcrowded urban buildings often lacked proper sanitation.
What are tenements?
This battle resulted in a Native American victory over U.S. forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This reform would allow citizens to directly vote for senators.
What is direct election of senators?
This issue involved election fraud and bribery.
What is corruption?
What caused conflict with Native Americans?
What is westward expansion?
Rapid city growth during this period is known as this.
What is urbanization?
This leader helped defeat General Custer.
Who is Sitting Bull?
This was a major problem farmers faced due to transportation costs.
What are high railroad rates?
Political machines often gain support by providing this to immigrants.
What are jobs and services?
What caused the Populist movement?
What are famers' economic struggles?
This condition in cities led to disease, fires, and unsafe living conditions.
What is overcrowding?
This was a major result of U.S. policy toward Native Americans.
What is loss of land?
This speech argued against the gold standard.
What is the "Cross of Gold" speech?
This was a major effect of political corruption during the Gilded Age.
What is lack of trust in government?
What caused the decline of the Populist Party?
What is the outcome of the Election of 1896