Economic Concepts
What is a system where the government takes a hands-off approach to business?
Laissez-faire
What law encouraged Western settlement by offering land?
Homestead Act
What is the term for hostility towards immigrants?
Nativism
What is the term for the process of adopting American culture?
Americanization
Define the strategy of merging with competitors.
Horizontal integration
What act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American culture?
Dawes Act
What were overcrowded urban living spaces called?
Tenements
Name one reason people left their home countries to come to America.
Push factor (such as war, famine, or persecution)
What is the process of combining companies to control all aspects of production?
Vertical integration
Where did many immigrants arrive on the East Coast?
Ellis Island
When workers refused to show up for work?
Strike
What did the Dawes Act aim to do regarding Native American land?
Assimilate Native Americans and divide tribal lands
What term describes the concentration of wealth and power among one individual or company?
Monopoly
What was the primary immigration station on the West Coast?
Angel Island
What was the term for labor organizations fighting for workers' rights?
Union
What were the areas where specific immigrant communities lived called?
Enclaves
Who were the wealthy industrialists often criticized for their business practices?
Robber Barons
What legal decision upheld racial segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was the event where workers protested poor conditions in 1877?
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
What was the significance of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
It was one of the first major strikes in the U.S., highlighting labor unrest and the need for workers' rights.