Economic Concepts
Legislation
Social Issues
Cultural Impact
100

What is a system where the government takes a hands-off approach to business?

Laissez-faire

100

What law encouraged Western settlement by offering land?

Homestead Act

100

What is the term for hostility towards immigrants?

Nativism

100

What is the term for the process of adopting American culture?

Americanization

200

Define the strategy of merging with competitors.

Horizontal integration

200

What act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American culture?

Dawes Act

200

What were overcrowded urban living spaces called?

Tenements

200

Name one reason people left their home countries to come to America.

Push factor (such as war, famine, or persecution)

300

What is the process of combining companies to control all aspects of production?

Vertical integration

300

Where did many immigrants arrive on the East Coast?

Ellis Island

300

When workers refused to show up for work? 

Strike

300

What did the Dawes Act aim to do regarding Native American land?

Assimilate Native Americans and divide tribal lands

400

What term describes the concentration of wealth and power among one individual or company?

Monopoly

400

What was the primary immigration station on the West Coast?

Angel Island

400

What was the term for labor organizations fighting for workers' rights?

Union

400

What were the areas where specific immigrant communities lived called?

Enclaves

500

Who were the wealthy industrialists often criticized for their business practices?

 Robber Barons

500

What legal decision upheld racial segregation?

Plessy v. Ferguson

500

 What was the event where workers protested poor conditions in 1877?

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

500

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.