STAAR Review: Gilded Age/Westward Expansion

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An act that removed Indian land from tribal possession, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families to encourage assimilation

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Dawes Act

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Written by Andrew Carnegie; called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society

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Gospel of Wealth

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Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

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Homestead Act

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Law passed to regulate railroad and other businesses that crossed state lines

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Interstate Commerce Act

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Founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless business tactics to force competitors out of business. Created a monopoly

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JD Rockefeller

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A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Corrupt bosses garnered political support (votes) of immigrants by providing social services for immigrants and patronage for their followers

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Political Machines/Bosses

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U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them

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Nativists

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Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

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Monopoly

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Charitable donation to public causes

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Philanthropy