Gilded Age

moving from one's homeland to live in another place

• urbanization

• immigration

• industrialization

• nativism

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

• urbanization

• nativism

• industrialization

• immigration

the process of developing machine production of goods

• political machine

• urbanization

• industrialization

• free enterprise system

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

• immigration

• Dawes Act

• trusts

• nativism

adopting the culture of a nation or group

• nativism

• assimilate

• Laissez faire

• monopolies

1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor

• Gilded Age

• Roaring 20's

• Progressive Era

• New nationalism

1887 law which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up schools to make Native American children more like other Americans

• homestead act

• assimilate

• Dawe's Act

• immigration Act

a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

• social gospel movement

• philanthropist

• entrepreneur

• temperance movement

A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity

• political bosses

• Boss Tweed

• Tamany Hall

• political machine

set the standard for new steel mills was an advocate of Social Darwinism and believed that unrestricted competition would eliminate weak businesses.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Jane Addams

• JP Morgan