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Chapter 18
(The West)
Chapter 19 (Industrial Era)
Chapter 20
(Cities)
Vocabulary
The "Acts"
100
Which of the following describes the rail line, created in 1869, that was one continuous railroad connecting Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
The Transcontinental Railroad
100
What vocabulary word means, "A company that sells shares of its business to the public"?
Corporation
100
Why did immigrants want to move to the USA in the late 1800s?
New opportunities such as work, land, and jobs
100
What word means, "A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety"?
Tenement
100
After the Homestead Act gave away free land, millions of Americans ran to the west to start their own homesteads. WHAT DOES HOMESTEAD MEAN?
To earn ownership of land by settling on it.
200
For what reasons were Americans killing buffalo at a rapid pace in the 1800s?
To clear the way for trains, For Sport, and to sell their skins
200
What famous inventor created the lightbulb and phonograph?
Thomas Edison
200
What aspects of American Culture developed during the late 1800s?
Education and literacy (universities, libraries, paperback books), entertainment (Jazz, “Movies”, spectator sports, Vaudeville Shows)
200
What vocabulary word means, "A Minority with different language and culture than most people in a country"?
Ethnic Group
200
Which law banned Chinese immigrants from coming to America?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
How did Reservation Schools try to "Americanize/Civilize" Native Americans?
Forcing them to speak English, Made them take an "American" name, Tried to convert them to Christianity.
300
What vocabulary word means, "A Residential area surrounding city-centers"?
Suburb
300
How did Cities change in the late 1800s?
Skyscrapers, new transportation, suburbs, growth in Population, sewers (on test you can also describe how they changed cities)
300
What word means, "The practice of combining separate companies"?
Consolidation
300
Which law put an end to Monopolies in the USA?
The Sherman Antitrust Act
400
What was the nickname given to aggressive businessmen who came to control the nation’s railroads?
Railroad Barons
400
What were some major inventions of the late 1800s that helped change American society?
Telephone, Lightbulb, Phonograph (NOT THE TELEGRAPH, that was the early 1800s)
400
What vocabulary word means, "An overpopulated factory where work is dangerous, hours are long and wages are low"?
Sweatshop
400
What word means "the use of personal wealth to benefit the community"?
Philanthropy
400
Which law created Reservation Schools to help "Americanize/Civilize" Native Americans?
The Dawes Act
500
What vocabulary word means, "Comparatively small areas of land set aside for Native Americans"?
Reservations
500
What is "total control of an industry by one person or company?"
Monopoly
500
What is a term for the time period of 1870-1900, where massive amounts of poverty was covered up by the extreme wealth of the rich (upper class)?
The "Gilded Age"
500
What word means, "Aid in the form of money from the government?"
Subsidies
500
What law gave 160 acres of free land to Americans who paid a $10 filing fee and agreed to live on the land for 5 years?
The Homestead Act