Immigration
The acceptance of many cultures as a melting pot
What is pluralism.
A monetary system in which a nation’s currency is backed by gold
What is the gold standard.
The belief that ordinary people should control government
What is populism.
A portion; specifically, a piece of land given to a native American for farming.
What is an allotment.
Purchasing other companies that offer the same goods and services in order reduce the number of competitors and achieve control within an industry
This immigration station in San Francisco Bay saw thousands of immigrants from Asia walk through its doors while it was open.
What is Angel Island.
Investigative journalists of the early 1900s who exposed misconduct by powerful organizations of people
What is a muckracker.
A movement that supported a monetary system that would allow private citizens to mint their silver into US coins
Free Silver Movement
The plight suffered by most Native Americans on reservations.
disease, starvation, hopelessness
Industry leaders who became renowned for their ruthless methods against competitors
What is a robber baron.
Typically many immigrants and poor Americans could only find housing in these overcrowded, dirty, disease ridden lodgings.
What are tenements.
The practice of growing a single crop
What is monoculture.
An organization run and funded by its members
What is a cooperative.
The Native Americans ended with the capture of this Navajo leader.
Who is Geronimo.
19th century philosophy that argued that human social history could be understood as a struggle between the wealthy and poor, with the strongest and the fittest surviving
What is social darwinism.
Anti-immigration legislation that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act, preventing Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States for nearly 60 years.
What is the Geary Act.
An African American who migrated from the South to the Great Plains after Reconstruction had failed
What is an exoduster.
Most supporters of the Populist Party.
Who are farmers.
This treaty allowed the US government to build forts in return they would pay annual cash payments to Native American tribes.
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie.
A company managed by members of a board rather than by owners or stockholders
What is a trust.
Although not true legislation, this compromise between the Japanese Government and President Theodore Roosevelt restricted Japanese immigration to the United States.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement.
A policy that calls for less government involvement in economic affairs, so that businesses choose how they will operate, with little or no oversight
What is laissez-faire.
This person, although a Populist, unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat in several presidential elections.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
An event that occured when US troops entered the Pine Ridge Reservation to bring an end to the Ghost Dance.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The labor force changed from independent, skilled craftspeople to low-skilled machine workers.
What is the effect of Industrialization.