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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Moving WestRailroads Immigration Industrialism The Gilded Age Vocabulary

6. This industry was big in Florida before it moved to Texas. A 100

7. What is Cattle Ranching? A 100

8. This group of Native Americans who had been promised payment for living on a reservation were cheated out of their money, which caused them to rise up against American traders. A 200

9. Who are the Dakota Sioux? A 200

10. This Act allotted 160 acres of land for farming to each head of a Native American household in an effort to assimilate them into American culture. A 300

11. What is the Dawes Act? A 300

12. Many people called the Great Plains this, before they knew the land was fertile. A 400

13. What is the Great American Desert? A 400

14. This discovery (specific name) caused the mining industry to explode in Nevada. A 500

15. What is the Comstock Lode? A 500

16. This railroad was constructed to link the unconnected railroads across the entire country. B 100

17. What is the Transcontinental Railroad? B 100

18. In this system, the federal government gave property to railroad companies who would sell the land to settlers, real estate companies, and other businesses to raise the money they needed to build the railroad. B 200

19. What is the land grant system. B 200

20. In this scandal, the Vice President of the United States received shares of stock in a company as a bribe. B 300

21. What is the Crédit Mobilier Scandal? B 300

22. These people made their fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, bribing government officials, and cheating on their contracts and debts. B 400

23. Who were Robber Barons? B 400

24. These two companies were hired to build the Transcontinental Railroad. B 500

25. What were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific? B 500

26. One of the reasons that immigrants came to the United States. C 100

27. Answers will vary. C 100

28. This is the island where most immigrants passed through in order to be processed and allowed to stay in the United States. C 200

29. What is Ellis Island? C 200

30. Congress passed this Act to bar Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevent Chinese people already in the US from becoming citizens. C 300

31. What is the Chinese Exclusion Act? C 300

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33. This is an extreme dislike for immigrants and desire to limit immigration. C 400

34. What is nativism? C 400

35. Jews from one of these two countries moved to America to avoid religious persecution. C 500

36. What is Poland or Russia? C 500

37. The American people were afraid of these because they worried that they would cause prices to be uncontrollable. D 100

38. What are monopolies? D 100

39. This man, who wintered in Florida, is famous for improving the light bulb and the electric generator. D 200

40. Who was Thomas Edison? D 200

41. Originally, these groups were not well accepted by business owners because of their demands and their ways of operating. D 300

42. What are unions? D 300

43. This type of integration happens when a company buys other companies like it to form one large company. D 400

44. What is horizontal integration? D 400

45. This man is famous for his “rags-to-riches” story and his success in the steel industry. D 500

46. Who is Andrew Carnegie? D 500

47. The Gilded Age was given its name by this author. E 100

48. Who was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)? E 100

49. This theory stated that society has evolved to the point that the people with the most earning power and determination will be successful in life. E 200

50. What is Social Darwinism? E 200

51. In this book, Andrew Carnegie argues that people who have become wealthy should give back to society. E 300

52. What is the Gospel of Wealth? E 300

53. This is one of the first amusement parks developed to entertain families for little money. E 400

54. What is Coney Island? E 400

55. One of the sports that became popular during the Gilded Age. E 500

56. What is football, baseball, tennis, boxing, croquet or golf? E 500

57. This is the system that separated the races. F 100

58. What is segregation? F 100

59. This is a person who starts his own company with his own money. F 200

60. What is an entrepreneur? F 200

61. This is an informal political group designed to gain and keep power. F 300

62. What is a political machine? F 300

63. This is a company that controls the entire market for a product. F 400

64. What is a monopoly? F 400

65. This is an idea that literally means “let it be” regarding government involvement in the economy. F 500

66. What is laissez-faire? F 500

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68. These were created as a direct result of issues with train scheduling and safety. Click on screen to continue

69. What are Time Zones? Click on screen to continue

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