US History - Western Expa...

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Test review for Western Expansion & the Gilded Age

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

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