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Industry 1
The West
Politics
Immigration
Jim Crow
100
He was the most powerful leader in the steel industry in the late 1800s.
Carnegie
100
By 1890, this had essentially disappeared.
the frontier
100
Under this system, supporters of political candidates get rewarded with government jobs and favors.
spoils system
100
Violent persecution in the late 1800s provided a strong motivation for members of this ethnicity to come to the United States.
Jews
100
This 1896 court ruling allowed “separate but equal” public facilities for blacks.
Plessy v. Ferguson
200
The dramatic increase of these showed the inventiveness of Americans in the late 1800s.
patents
200
The near-extinction of these contributed to the growth of ranching.
buffalo
200
For Gilded Age Republicans, this should be tight.
the money supply
200
The approximate proportion of immigrants who returned home after coming to the United States.
1/3
200
These, which made people pay to vote, help disenfranchise poor blacks and whites.
poll taxes
300
John D. Rockefeller buying out competitors in the oil industry is an example of this.
horizontal consolidation
300
The last episode of mass violence against Native Americans in the 1800s.
Massacre of Wounded Knee
300
The Credit Mobilier scandal arose from corruption in this industry.
railroad
300
Immigrants from here were favored by the Immigration Act of 1924.
north/west Europe
300
This “crime” – which meant not being able to prove employment – was enough for blacks in the south to earn a sentence of forced servitude.
vagrancy
400
In the 1800s, children were paid how much compared to adult men.
1/6
400
This institution came to symbolize the policy of assimilation – seeking to change native American to white culture.
the Carlisle School
400
This law required more federal job applicants to take exams and reduced corruption.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
400
It took about this long to travel from Europe to the United States in the late 1800s.
one week
400
A key founder of the NAACP, he called for blacks to pursue civil and political rights immediately.
W.E.B. Dubois
500
This derivative of oil was used primarily for lighting in the 1800s.
kerosene
500
This law divided tribal land into private plots, resulting in the loss of much Native American land to whites.
the Dawes Act
500
French term meaning “leave alone” – refers to a political approach in which government does few things.
laissez-faire
500
Many immigrants had purchased tickets in this portion of boats because they were least expensive.
steerage
500
At this school, Booker T. Washington put his emphasis upon education into action.
Tuskegee Institute