Prohibited certain laborers from entering the U.S. to protect the labor market
Chinese Exclusion Act
Oil Monopolist
John D. Rockefeller
This movement is the belief that those born in the U.S. are entitled to its benefits and immigration should be restricted
Americanization/Nativists
These groups worked for better working conditions and pay
Labor Unions
Made segregation illegal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Led to the practice of civil service exam and got rid of the "spoil system"
The Pendleton Act
Famous Political Machine
Tammany Hall/Boss Tweed
This movement was endorsed by Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot protecting the land
Conservation Movement
Political machines depended on this group to stay in power
Immigrants
This group was responsible for the push of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Creator of the NAACP
W.E.B Dubois
Women's right to vote
Suffrage
His improvement to the lightbulb helped keep factories open longer leading to more jobs
Thomas Edison
Only the strongest will survive
Social Darwinism
This law attempted to stabilize the national economy by creating a central banking system
Federal Reserve Act
Political activists/journalists who sought to improve social and economic conditions
Muckrakers
Famine
Created the process of removing impurities from iron to make steel
Henry Bessemer
The consequence of farmland being dug up to make way for city centers
This law was passed to allow the federal government to regulate the railroad industry
Interstate Commerce Act
This famous Muckraker wanted to end lynching in the south
Ida B. Wells
People moved from rural to urban areas for this reason
To get jobs in the factories
Discriminated against because they were Catholic
Irish and Italians
The rich provide charity from their vast fortunes
Philanthropy