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Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Industrial Revolution
Big Business
Immigration/Urbanization
100
What law took the Great Plains away from Native American tribes 

Dawes Act 

100

Homestead act gave land to 

white settlers 

100

What did monopolies reduce  

competition 

100

Rockefeller made his money in 

Oil 

100

Immigrants came to the United States for 

1. Job/ food/ land 

2. Opportunities 

3. Flee religious prosecution 

4. Flee political turmoil 

200

Native Americans had to give up what to claim land 

1. Citizenship 


2. Tribes 

200

In order to keep the land, you had to do (3)

1. Farm 

2. Build a home 

3. Live there for 5 years 

200
What was the Bessemer Process 

Turning iron into steel by blasting it with hot air 

200

Andrew Carnegie made his money in 

Steel 

200

Immigrants passed through where to gain access to America 

1. Ellis Island 

2. Angle Island 

300

If Native Americans didn't accept the Dawes Act deal what would happen to them 

They would be forced to move to reservations 

300

Why did the government create the homestead act 

convince people to move west 

300

What company was involved in the worst workplace fire in history 

The Triangle Shirt Waist Company 

300

Vanderbilt made his money in 

Railroads 

300

Immigrants came from 

1. South/ East Europe 

2. China/ Japan 

3. Mexico 

400

If Native American's didn't take the land offered to them who would get the land 

white settlers 

400

What invention made it more appealing to move westward due to the ability to travel there easily 

transcontinental railroad 

400

If big business became too powerful what could workers join? What tools did they have 

1. Unions 


2. Negotiation, Boycott, Strike 

400

What is a captain of Industry 

uses fortune for good such as donating to charities 

400

Nativism is the idea 

that American born people should be considered over immigrants 

500

What is it called when Native Americans are forced to give up their language, culture, name ect and take on mainstream culture 

Assimilation 

Americanization

500

The land the Homestead Act is giving out originally belonged to who?

Native American Tribes 

500

What is Horizontal Integration 

Buying out competitors business to have less competition 

500

Robber Barron 

Makes fortune through ruthless and unfair business practices 

500
Name 3 problems with city life during this time period 

1. Slum housing 

2. Poor transportation 

3. Unclean street/ drinking water 

4. High fire and crime rates