Gilded Age

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Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

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America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

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The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:

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Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.

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Which was NOT a cause of westward expansion?
- The Homestead Act of 1862
- Mining gold and other natural resources
- Assimilation of American Indians
- The transcontinental railroad

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Assimilation of American Indians

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Major factor in the success of the Wheat Belt in the late 1800's:

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mechanization

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The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:
- expansionism
- gilding
- mechanization
- assimilation

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assimilation

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This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers: the telegraph, the Bessemer Process, the Model T, The light bulb

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the Bessemer Process

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What is a monopoly?

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When one person or company controls a market

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Who invented the car that was created on the assembly line and inexpensive enough for regular Americans to buy?

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Henry Ford, Model T

Front

The Dawes Act was about:

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assimilation of the American Indians

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Why were Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller known as robber barons?

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They were like nobility, but they trampled on people to get rich.