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US History - Western Expansion & Gilded Age
Test review for Western Expansion & the Gilded Age
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What is a monopoly?
When one company controls most of an industry
List some problems of Urbanization.
crime, tenements, overcrowding, poverty, disease.
Why were children hired to work in factories?
they were cheap and small
Why did most immigrants in the late 1800s settle in cities?
jobs in factories
What were the goals of Americanization?
To assimilate or get natives to "act" more like Americans.
Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?
Nativists wanted to stop Chinese Immigration
How did the transcontinental railroads affect the growth of cities?
places were settled that had not been so goods could make it back to cities.
How did political machines get support from immigrants?
money for votes
What did early settlers on the Great Plain make their homes out of?
mud/sod
What invention ended the open range?
barbed wire
What did immigrants in the late 1800s do for a living and where did they live?
mostly factory work; in cities - tenements
What is the Pendleton Act?
stopped patronage; had to pass exams
Who favored passage of Chinese Exclusion Act?
nativists
What are contributions of third parties to the election process?
ideas are picked up by other parties
How did immigrants from Europe feel as they saw Lady Liberty in the distance?
hopeful - opportunities
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act and Shurman AntiTrust Act?
breakup monopolies and regulate big buisness
What structures did most immigrants live in in the cities?
tenements
List everything that the social gospel movement did for the poor?
education and social services
What is philanthropy?
a person that gives money to charities
How did big business treat competition during the Gilded Age?
extremely harshly
Who were the Grange angry with and why were they upset?
farmers; railroads for unfair charges
What were the platforms ideas for the Populist Party?
direct election of senators, 40 hrs. work week, graduated income tax
What were the goals of labor unions? (be specific)
better pay, better working conditions, better benefits
What did political machines do in the cities during the Gilded Ages?
stole tax money to keep themselves in power
How did the railroads make the US an economic powerhouse?
all industries depended on the RR to grow
How did the government & settlers feel about Native Americans?
didn't like them much; fearful