Gilded Age We The People PPT DOL

This offered 160 acres of land to any citizen or intended citizen that would cultivate the land for 5 years.

• The Morrill Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Platt Amendment

Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life to become a part of white culture. This was through a series of efforts by the United States known as:

• Assimilation

• Communism

• Imperialism

• Rationalization

The building of this opened up the American West to more rapid development in 1869. It connected two American coasts.

• Panama Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Chisholm Trail

• Route 66

Predominantly made up of angry farmers, this "People's Party" advocated for a wide range of economic and political legislation in the 19th century.

• United Citizens Party

• Socialist Party

• Green Party

• Populist Party

The Dawes Act broke up__________ and gave_________of land to Native Americans.

• reservations; allotments

• pueblos; parcels

• tribes; allotments

What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

• Railroads

• Telephone

• Dry farming

• Sewing machine

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe

• Nativists

• Populists

• Philanthropists

• Social Workers

This period, during 1877 to 1900, is known for the rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Roaring Twenties

By the 1890's, a new political party emerged. This party was made up largely of farmers and workers.

• Green Party

• Populist Party

• Labor Party