Gilded Age Flashcards

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KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

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Migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon, in northwestern Canada, in the late 1800s after gold was discovered there.

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HOMESTEAD ACT

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Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of land to any settler who would farm the land for five years.

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DAWES ACT

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

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CATTLE DRIVES

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Movement of cattle to rail stations to connect to markets.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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

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NATIVISM

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Favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

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CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

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The first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic group.

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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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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.