Gilded Age

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Cities populations grew in the West, expand in communication and commerce, and growth in settlers are due to-
Options: The Transcontinental Railroad, The Klondike Gold Rush, The Chinese Exclusion Act, The Telegraph

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The Transcontinental Railroad

Front

Agricultural products were in high demand because of: Population growth, lack of jobs in the cities, Westward Expansion, The Great Migration

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Population growth

Front

Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S?

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Gilded Age

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Native Americans were removed from their land and sent to reservations to-

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make land available for settlers

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Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land

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The Homestead Act

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Who gained power by providing immigrants with services?

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Political Machines

Front

What established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation? Options: Pendleton Act, Homestead Act, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act

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Pendleton Act

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The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters without any political experience.

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The Spoils System

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The process by which a company gains the ability to raise prices or exclude competitors.

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monopolies

Front

Who were culprits of beginning monopolies (trusts) during the Gilded Age?

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Big Business