Immigration
_____ Island primary processed immigrants from Europe
Ellis
This piece of land in Wyoming was preserved by the federal government and became the first national park in the U.S.
Yellowstone
Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
Reservation
A manufacturing process invented by Henry Ford in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added to a product in a sequential manner, using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods.
Assembly Lime
Built his wealth in railroads and shipping; "The Commodore"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Trashketball Bonus Question: _____ Island primary processed immigrants from Asia
Angel
In the Battle of Little Bighorn Colonel ___________________ forces clashed with nearly 4000 well armed Sioux warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull; Native Americans warriors prevailed in this battle.
George Custer
Trashketball Bonus Question This Political Party which formed in the late 1800s, helped bring positive changes and support for the farming community in the U.S.
Populist Party
Trashketball Bonus Question: Belief in the policy of minimum or limited governmental interference in economic affairs
Laissez-Faire
Trashketball Bonus Question: Led the expansion of American steel; became philanthropist later in life by founding museums and libraries
Andrew Carnegie
Term describing an extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people
Nativism
Trashketball Bonus Question: This event in the year 1849 cause many people to move to California
1849 Gold Rush
Trashketball Bonus Question: What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?
Barbed Wire
In the 1800s, the idea of expanding the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean was a natural right is called the___________________________________.
Manifest Destiny
Trashketball Bonus Question: Concentrated his business in oil refining; true oil monopoly
John D. Rockefeller
The first law to prevent a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the U.S.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This law (act) was aimed at assimilating Native Americans, also setup reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...
Dawes Act
This group of laborers played a crucial role in building the Central Pacific portion of the railroad
Chinese immigrants
Trashketball Bonus Questions: An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.
Labor Unions
One of the most powerful BANKER of his era, he financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.
JP Morgan
A multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary
Tenement
A court order, called an ________________, can be used to prohibit a strike or to order strikers back to work.
Injunction
This process was mainly carried out by Christian missions set up throughout the US. It included the teaching of the Christian religion, cutting of Native's hair and getting rid of Native American customs
Assimilation
This industry was revolutionized by the development of the Bessemer process
Steel Industry
The TWO railroad companies responsible for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Union Pacific and Central Pacific