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Railroad that connected the East and West
Transcontinental Railroad
160 Acres of land
Work it for 5 years
What am I?
Homestead Act
Cattle Drive
Only the strong shall survive...
Social Darwinism
Wrote The Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Governing document for the U.S. before the constitution
Articles of Confederation
Number one reason as to why cattle drives ended
Barbed Wire
Who founded the Knights of Labor?
Terrence Powderly
Migration to Alaska for in search of mineral deposits.
Klondike Gold Rush
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Steel Tycoon
Scottish Immigrant
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
Regulated Railroad Industry
Interstate Commerce Act
Exodusters were former...
Little government interference in economy
Laissez Faire
Demanded 8 hour work day, higher wages, opposed child labor, and supported equal pay for women.
Also, pro immigration restriction
Knights of Labor
Aimed at ending tribes and assimilating Native Americans.
Stolen land
Dawes Act
Union which only allowed workers with similar economic interests.
American Federation of Labor
Apartment buildings where many immigrants lived in
Tenements
Ethic Neighborhoods
Enclaves
Person in favor of restriction of immigration and complained that immigrants were taking jobs. Born in a particular area...
Nativists
Person using their money to contribute to the community/society
Philanthropist
First federal law to restrict immigration to the U.S.
Chinese Exclusion Act
companies who worked on the Transcontinental RR
Union Pacific and Central Pacific