STAAR Gilded Age Review

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

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Gospel of Wealth

Written by Andrew Carnegie; called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Gospel of Wealth

Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Gospel of Wealth

Founder of Standard Oil, used ruthless business tactics to force competitors out of business. Created a monopoly

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

Corrupt bosses garnered political support (votes) of immigrants by providing social services for immigrants and patronage for their followers

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they were suspicious of immigrants and feared losing jobs to them

• Nativists

• Political Machines/Bosses

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• the railroad

• suffrage

• slavery

• political machines

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Automobile

• Airplane

• Telephone

• Transcontinental Railroad