1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt The West Industrialization & Labor Unions VocabularyImmigrantsPotpourri

2 This was responsible for closing the Open Range.

3 What is barbed wire?

4 The belief that the US should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

5 What is Manifest Destiny?

6 Two major events that led people to settle the West Coast states.

7 What are the RR and gold (& silver) mining?

8 More than anything else, the destruction of this ended the Native American way of life.

9 What is the buffalo?

10 This act of Congress encouraged mostly families to settle the West.

11 What is the Homestead Act?

12 This person was the President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

13 Who is Samuel Gompers?

14 The appearance of more and more of these led to the rise of labor unions in the late 1800s:

15 What are factories?

16 As the country’s industries expanded, the government began to ______ industry.

17 What is REGULATE?

18 The massive wealth of a few and the relative poverty of the many is called:

19 What is income inequality?

20 This act of Congress was supposed to limit the power of the big TRUSTS.

21 What is the Sherman Anti- Trust Act?

22 The Dawes Act attempted to coerce Native Americans to give up their culture and become “white”.

23 What is assimilation?

24 John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was one of these, a company that basically controls the entire industry.

25 What is a monopoly (trust)?

26 Appointing a friend to a political position.

27 What is patronage?

28 Looks great on the outside, but many flaws (such as corruption) on the inside.

29 What is “gilded”?

30 This tactic is used to benefit labor unions and bring company management to the table for contract negotiations.

31 What is collective bargaining?

32 The factory skill levels of most immigrants in the late 1800s:

33 What is unskilled?

34 Many urban immigrants relied on these people for basic services.

35 What are political bosses?

36 Believed immigration needed to stop, that the Melting Pot was NOT a good idea.

37 Who are the Nativists?

38 Preceding the Gentlemen’s Agreement (stop Japanese immigration), this act of Congress stopped Chinese immigration.

39 What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

40 Her settlement house in Chicago helped immigrants assimilate into the American culture.

41 Who is Jane Addams?

42 This person led the way in mass production and mass philanthropy.

43 Who is Andrew Carnegie?

44 This “Movement” was one answer to the extreme rich and their monopolies.

45 What is the Social Gospel Movement?

46 Because the cities grew quickly with immigrants, many immigrants ended up living in these areas of the city.

47 What is a slum?

48 This act of Congress was passed to put “patronage” to pasture.

49 What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

50 Robber Barons adhered to this term for justification of their success. It dealt with survival of the fittest and pushed for deregulation of business and industry.

51 What is Social Darwinism?