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What was ONE of the three main attractions at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893?
The White City, The Midway, or The X-Factor of innovation.
What was the term used for powerful 19th-century U.S. entrepreneurs?
Robber Barons
What was one of the motives behind the Farmers' Movement?
Decrease transportation costs, increase taxes for federal government, and reduce equipment costs
What term describes when workers refuse to work to meet certain demands?
Strike
What act gave settlers 160 acres of land to farm for five years?
Homestead Act
What scientific breakthrough allowed for more centralized power for the federal government?
The Railroad
What type of monopoly involves buying out all competition?
Horizontal Integration
What American Trailblazer fought against lynching in the South, fought for women's suffrage, and helped lead early civil rights organizations?
Ida. B Wells
Why were many Americans afraid to join unions?
Fear of being labeled a communist or being fired.
What was the policy of protecting the interests of native-born Americans called?
Nativism
What policy promoted by Roosevelt focused on conservation, regulation of corporations, and consumer protection?
Square Deal
What was the laissez-faire approach to government and the economy?
A hands-off approach where the government doesn't interfere in economic matters.
What were the Progressive Amendments?
16th (income tax), 17th (direct election of Senators), 18th (prohibition), and 19th (women's right to vote)
What type of organizations tried to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for workers?
Labor Unions
What political organization controlled New York City politics in the 19th century?
Tammany Hall
Urban apartment buildings that served as housing for poor factory workers. Often poorly constructed and overcrowded.
Tenement Housing
Who is primarily responsible for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese and Irish immigrants, because they were willing to do dangerous labor for cheap
Which group of investigative reporters exposed corporate and political corruption?
Muckrakers
Which industrial process innovation occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
The Assembly Line
What was one method that the U.S. government used in their attempt to assimilate American Indians?
Passing the Dawes Act to allot individual Natives their own plots of land, sending children to boarding schools to educate them in non-Native culture, or restricting or banning Native religious practices
This Political party was formed in 1912, and called for the right for women to vote
The Bull Moose Party
Which fire led to reforms in factory safety and labor conditions?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
What act, passed in 1882, restricted Chinese immigration to the U.S.?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the first federal action against monopolies?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What Constitutional Amendment gave Women the right to vote?
19th Amendment