Native American Policies
What was the system called that forced Native Americans to live on specific areas of land set aside by the government?
The Reservation System
Who were the formerly enslaved African Americans who moved west, particularly to Kansas, to escape racial discrimination in the South after Reconstruction?
Exodusters
This term describes business leaders who were seen as either innovative leaders or corrupt exploiters
Captains of Industry/Robber Barons
What is the term for money that the government collects from citizens to fund public programs and services?
Taxes
These crowded, often unsanitary urban housing complexes housed many immigrants.
Tenements
This 1876 battle resulted in a major victory for the Lakota Sioux against Custer’s 7th Cavalry.
Battle of Little Bighorn
This political movement in the late 19th century supported bimetallism and the common worker (also a political party that did not stick along for very long)
Populist Movement
This business strategy involves controlling all steps in production, from raw materials to finished goods.
Vertical Integration
This 1887 law was the first federal attempt to regulate the railroad industry.
Interstate Commerce Act
This group of journalists exposed corruption and poor working conditions during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
These African American soldiers helped enforce policies in the West and fought in conflicts against Native Americans.
Buffalo Soldiers
The U.S. government promoted westward settlement through this 1862 law granting land to settlers.
Homestead Act
This law attempted to regulate monopolies but was initially weak in enforcement.
Sherman Antitrust Act
This industrialist revolutionized the auto industry with assembly line production.
Henry Ford
Political organizations like Tammany Hall provided jobs and services to immigrants in exchange for what?
Votes
The 1890 massacre at this location marked the end of large-scale Native American resistance to U.S. expansion.
Wounded Knee
Anti-immigrant sentiment in the West (specifically Chinese immigrants) contributed to the passage of this 1882 law.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Workers formed these organizations to advocate for better wages, hours, and conditions.
Labor Unions
Businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller were known for using their wealth for charitable causes, a practice known as this
Philanthropy
What term describes the anti-immigrant sentiment that led to restrictions like the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Nativism
This 1887 law aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual plots.
Dawes Severalty Act
The expansion of this transportation system connected the West to Eastern markets and facilitated migration.
Transcontinental Railroad
This practice involved combining many firms into a single corporation to reduce competition.
Horizontal Integration
This economic philosophy promoted minimal government interference in business. (Government is lazy when it comes to businesses.)
Laissez-faire
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920
19th Amendment