Unit 2 Review

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Law intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners

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Dawes Act

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Multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary

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tenement

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Group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in exchange for political support

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political machine

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A law intended to prevent the creation of monopolies

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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To absorb a group into the culture of another

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assimilate

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Provided 160 acres in the West to any citizen who would cultivate the land for five years; lead to civilization of the West

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Homestead Act

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Prohibited all Chinese except students, teachers, merchant, tourist, and government officials from entering the U.S.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Established the federal government’s right to supervise railroad activities

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Interstate Commerce Act

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The creation of the transcontinental railroad caused all of the following EXCEPT: travel time was reduced, open frontier was closed, Native Americans forced off their land, Chinese Exclusion Act

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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One result of the transcontinental railroad was...

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Americans scattering around the United States