This law offered 160 acres of free land to Americans willing to settle the frontier.
Homestead Act
100
Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" applied to businesses and society.
Social Darwinism
100
Group of European Immigrants that entered the US from 1870-1920. (From Ireland, Italy, Russia and Southeastern Europe)
New Immigrants
100
Industrialist who had a steel company that once produced more steel than all of Great Britain
Andrew Carnegie
100
This species was brought from 30 million to only 1,000 by 1870.
Buffalo
200
Homes built on the great plains made of mud and grass.
Soddys
200
Business strategy where a company owns every aspect of production for a particular product. (Carnegie)
Vertical Integration
200
What was the main religious difference between the Old Immigrants and the New Immigrants (from Europe).
Old Immigrants were Protestant.
New Immigrants were Catholic.
200
His famous "last stand" was in the Black Hills of Wyoming.
George Custer
200
These institutions collectively bargain with employers for better wages/working conditions.
Unions
300
Huge farms with only one crop (commercial farms).
Bonanza Farms
300
Huge oil company started by Rockefeller.
Standard Oil Company
300
Favoritism to those born in the United States.
Nativism
300
Formed the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
300
These homes were used by immigrants in big cities and were often very small and unsanitary.
Tenement Houses
400
Tax system where the higher income you have, the higher tax rate you have.
Graduated Income Tax
400
This law made trusts and practices that discourages competition between companies illegal.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
400
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
Prevented Chinese from entering the country unless they were students, teachers, merchants, or government officials.
400
Advocated for women and Children in the workplace.
Mary "Mother" Jones
400
During this incident 7 police officers were killed during a workers strike.
Haymarket Affair
500
Group of farmers and ranchers that worked together to get better prices from the Railroads.
Grange and Farmers Alliance
500
This union was formed specifically for immigrant workers in dangerous jobs like working in the mines or on the railroads.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
500
Explain what a political machine is/does.
Exploit immigrant populations to exchange jobs/services for votes of a particular candidate/ political support.
End result is a corrupt candidate gives payouts to those in the machine.
500
Military officer that ordered the massacre of 150 Native Americans at Sand Creek.
John Chivington
500
This union leader was a socialist who ran for President 5 times.