Westward Expansion/Gilded Age STAAR Review

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This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

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Gilded age

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Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe

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Nativists

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In 1882, the Government passed this legislation that restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group into the United States.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Under this policy in 1887, the U.S. Government sold Native Americans land in order to farm.

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Dawes Act

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Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, museums and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder.

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philanthropy

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Who founded Hull House, a Settlement House opened in Chicago in 1889 during the Gilded Age, designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty?

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Jane Addams

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Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

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Robber Baron

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What industry did John D Rockefeller create a monopoly in?

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Oil Refineries

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During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....

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Labor Unions

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What was a city government marked by corruption and bribery called?

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political machine