Topic 1 STAAR Review

Government land grants that provided 160 acres of land in the west to any citizen who would improve it in 5 years.

First federal law restricting immigration; due to fear of settlers in the west loosing jobs in railroad.

Growth of cities in northeast; people in search of factory work; led to severe overcrowding, disease, and pollution.

Controlled city politics and offered services to voters & businesses in exchange for political & financial support.

Invented system for producing and distributing electrical power; led to increased production in factories.

Creation of large factories to produce goods at a rapid pace. 1800s with the rise of factories in the Northeast.

Intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts.

Era where all looks shiny and pretty on the outside but ugly in the inside.

Worked his way up from poverty as a Scottish immigrant to own the steel business.

Era (time period) where the U.S. had corruption, poverty, crime, and pollution.

Leaders of political machines; often targeted immigrants with basic needs in exchange for their vote.

Big businesses with complete control over its industry’s production, wages, and prices.

Movement of the people; 1892; demanded reforms to benefit farmers and other workers.

Intended to “Americanize” the Indians; settled them on reservation land; went through a cultural assimilation.

Industrialists gave away millions of their dollars to build public libraries and universities.

Established the federal government’s right to supervise railroad activities to control unfair practices.