Westward Expansion
Westward
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Gilded Age
Inventions
100
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was a departure from previous policies regarding -
Native Americans
100
Where was gold found?
West
100
Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power... This represents what time period?
Gilded Age
100
The inventions of the lightbulb meant what?
Longer working hours
200
In an effort to resolve conflicts with the frontier settlers in the 1870s, the federal government forced Native Americans to
live on reservations with definite boundaries.
200
Cheap land and employment opportunities are push or pull factors?
Pull
200
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to
200
The creation of the Civil Service Commission affected government employees by
eliminating the spoils system of hiring
200
The invention of the bessemer process helped with ___________ production?
Steel
300
Which of the following contributed most to increased settlement of the Great Plains?
Land Grants
300
Poverty and Famine are push or pull factors?
Push
300
Who created a steel Monopoly?
Carnegie
300
The production of steel during this time period led to what structures being built?
SkyScrapers
400
What strategy did boarding schools and dividing up land?
Assimilation
400
Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s
The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.
400
Who helped resupply the government gold in the panic of 1893
JP Morgan
500
What was one effect from this list?
The population of settlers in the American West increased.
500
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People move from rural to urban
500
This image represents what?
Rober Baron
500
Ida Tarbell subject; Founder of Standard Oil
Rockefeller