Period 6 Cheat Sheet: 1877 - 1898

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Local and national unions

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Organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests.

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International migration

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The movement of people across international borders for permanent residence.

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Ethnic conclaves

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Communities or neighborhoods where people from similar ethnic backgrounds live together.

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Americanization

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Efforts to make immigrants more American in terms of culture and values.

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Settlement houses

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Community centers in urban areas that provided services to immigrants and the poor.

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Leisure time

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Free time available for relaxation and recreation, which increased during the Gilded Age.

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Philanthropic contributions

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Donations made by wealthy individuals to charitable causes.

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Exodusters

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African Americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas.

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Gospel of Wealth

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Written by Andrew Carnegie to discuss the belief that wealthy industrialists should use their wealth to finance philanthropic endeavors

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Dawes Act (1887)

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Divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings.