The West
What mountain range does the Great Plains extend to?
Rocky Mountains
Social Darwinism applies to what?
Human society and competition in business
The political machines provided the working class with services but grew rich. What is this term called?
Graft
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld what?
"Separate but equal"
Native Americans that roamed are called?
Nomads
What resource was a pull factor into the west?
Gold
Nativists reaction to immigrates was to?
Pressure on government to limit or cut immigration
Who was William M. Tweed?
The boss of New York's political machine
This law prevented Chinese's immigrants from becoming United States citizens
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Social Gospel movement worked to better conditions in the cities by what means?
Biblical ideals of charity
The Homestead Act resulted in what demographic changes within the United States?
Native Americans being relocated
This era is marked by a focus on what?
social, political, and economic events
What was a ward boss?
he worked toward securing the votes in all the precincts of the ward
Besides Crime what was a growing problem in urban cities?
Disease
What three groups of immigrants did nativists strongly dislike most?
Jewish, Asians, and Eastern Europeans immigrants
What did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to receive land for free if they moved west
The United States by 1900 transformed into the worlds leading what?
Industrial Nation
What is a political machine?
an organization linked to a political party that controls local government. They got immigrations jobs, housing, and food
This act established a professional civil service by requiring that some government jobs be filled by written exams rather than patronage.
The Pendleton Act
The concept of laissez-faire dealing with prices and wages are best determined by what?
Free Market/less goverment
What was the Dawes Act?
Assimilate Native Americans and take land
One main reason for Industrial success was what?
Abundant Natural Resources
What was the Tweed Ring Scandal?
William M. Tweed made taxpayers pay $13 million for a building that cost $3 million
A major characteristic of the Gilded Age is...
the growth of big business and westward expansion
Where did Asian immigrants arrive?
Angel Island