Unit 1 Terms part 2; Gilded Age

later 1800's, came in larger numbers at a shorter span of time, from various parts of Europe and even Asia, comprised of a vast array of different religious groups and cultures

• old immigrants
• new immigrants

the growth of cities and the trend of the American workforce becoming more aligned with factory / manufacturing work as opposed to farming

• agrarianism
• urbanization

happened in 1882 and was designed to keep people from "lesser" nations out of the US, very similar to Mr. Trump's "extreme vetting" in terms of its racist and nationalist implications

• native acts
• Japanese Exclusion Act
• Chinese Exclusion Act

...was a lady of great significance because of her heart of gold and quest to help immigrants assimilate to the ways and workings of American Society in the late 1800's... she opened the famous Hull House in Chicago as a safe place of education for the poor, immigrant, working class

• Jane Addams
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Alice Paul
• Betsy Ross

most of the time these were corrupt organizations that took advantage of certain groups of people in order to hold large political sway / power... in spite of their corruption, they did provide affordable housing, food, etc. to the immigrants in large cities

• political parties
• political biases
• political machines
• political candidates

famous political cartoonist who sent powerful messages through his art; he depicted the corrupt practices of both business leaders and politicians as well as other conditions that needed awareness in the Gilded Age

• Fred L. Olmstead
• Thomas Nast
• William Tweed

United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation

• Sherman Anti-trust Act
• Homestead Act
• Pendleton Act

The meeting of the two great lines, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, the act that spurred their growth was signed by President Lincoln in 1862, it spurred the growth of the steel industry and many others

• Pullman Railroad Strike
• Pendleton Act
• Transcontinental Railroad

signed into law in 1887 by President Cleveland, it was an attempt to assimilate Indians into the mainstream of American society, to "make them white" by giving them land to settle on their own, and, also to take away their ancient lands and allow whites to make money off of its use. 

• Dawes Act
• Pendleton Act
• Homestead Act

... a non-fiction book by Helen Hunt Jackson first published in 1881 that chronicled the experiences of Native Americans in the United States, focusing on injustices.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Little House On The Prairie
• A Century Of Dishonor