Gilded Age U.S. History Blitz SC

The forced assimilation of the Native Americans was a result of this policy

The belief that Americans had a divine duty to expand westward

This labor union represented skilled and unskilled workers

This man started out in banking and eventually bought out Carnegie Steel, making U.S. Steel

Invented by Alexander Graham Bell

Cramped and unsanitary quarters that many poor immigrants lived in

This process converts crude oil into kerosene and gasoline

This man founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

This act regulated the rates of the railroads and made price discrimination illegal

This is how beef got to the rail yards

He controlled about 75% of the railroads in America

The final wave of immigration of the 19th Century included mostly which group?

Thomas Edison found the right filament when he produced the first...

This act stopped Chinese immigration and denied existing Chinese immigrants citizenship

Government act that made monopolies illegal

Homestead Acts gave this to Americans at little or no cost, (usually under certain conditions)

This process sped up production of steel from 5 tons in a day, to 5 tons in 15 minutes

When workers refuse to work until conditions improve or demands are met

This connected America from "Sea to shining sea"

This wave of immigration brought Germans, Irish, and British immigrants

He formed the Standard Oil Trust Company

Founded by Samuel Gompers, this union represented skilled workers

Scottish immigrant that incorporated the Bessemer process

This organization represents workers and workers' rights

2nd wave of immigration brought almost 1 million of these immigrants due to the potato famine

Invention that replaced harvester labor, such as wheat harvesters

The U.S. Government set aside pieces of land for the Native Americans, called this

Opposite of urban, the settlement area is sparsely populated

 Leaders of American Industrialization pioneered business strategies and are referred to as:

Immigration ports are: Ellis Island, Angel Island, New Orleans, Galveston