Gilded Age Flashcards

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What was the Klondike Gold Rush?

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A migration of prospectors to the Yukon region in the late 1800s after gold was discovered.

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The Homestead Act, passed in 1862, gave ______ acres of land to any settler who would farm the land for five years.

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160

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What was the significance of the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

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It upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

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What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act address?

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It corrected deficiencies of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, defined unethical business practices such as monopolies, and upheld various rights of labor.

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What is the term for favoring native-born Americans over immigrants?

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Nativism

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What was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic group?

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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What is the Bessemer Process?

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A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.

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Who was Thomas Edison?

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Inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Examples: the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

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This was completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah. It opened up the American West to more rapid development.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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The belief that only the fittest survive in human, political, and economic struggles.

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Social Darwinism