1. Gilded Age Test Review

2. Transcontinental Railroad Government awarded land grants to private companies to build the railroad

3. Government Regulation of Business Unfair Business practices led to Government regulations during the Guilded Age

4. Immigration The Port of entry in the late 1800’s was New York Rapid expansion of Urban areas was a major result of immigration Political Machines provided immigrants with Jobs Immigration laws discriminated most against Asian immigrants Late 1890’s most immigrants came from Southern and Eastern European Countries Political Machines came to power because they provided Jobs for immigrant

5. Urbanization The U.S. became more urban in the late 1880’s because farm machines and factory goods reduced the need for farm labor Slums and Tenements best describe Urban areas by the early 1900’s A widening gap between rich and poor resulted from rapid urbanization

6. Thomas Nast Popularized the Republican Elephant and Democratic Donkey He portrayed Political Machines as Overbearing, corrupt, and oppressive titans

7. Nativist Their main objective was to restrict immigration

8. Post Reconstruction Era Was marked by corruption in business and Government

9. Plessy v. Ferguson Established the Separate but equal doctrine which upheld segregation It allowed segregation to continue legally Validated the Jim Crow practices already taking shape in the south and provided a legal precedent for their expansion

10. W.E.B Dubois Argued that African Americans should educate themselves so they could provide leadership in the fight for Civil Rights Encouraged students to seek liberal arts education in school

11. Popular amusements of the Late 1800’s They were inexpensive and readily available to large numbers of people

12. Booker T. Washington Told his students to focus on economic security

13. NAACP Stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Was founded to fight discrimination through courts

14. Women in the Workforce Worked in education, healthcare and Social Work