Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Limited the number of Chinese immigrants allowed in the United States.
Dawes Act
Am. Indians were effectively forced to own individual sections of the reservation lands, impacted Indians by threatening their communal lifestyles
American Indian cultural assimilation
Goal of organizations like the Carlisle Indians school was
Barbed wire
Ended open range
Farmers to organize to challenge abuses by the RRs
Populist mvt. Inspired
Joining w/ the populists
Late 19th century, farmers responded to falling grain prices by
Increase the money supply by coining silver
One of the main goals of the populist party
National Grange origanization
Helped farmers unite and establish cooperative. Through these farmers could store grain cheaply pool, money for purchasing & buying their tools wholesale
Expansion of industrialization in US
Settlement of the GO did not contribute significantly to the
Gilded age
Period known b/c business growth led to an increase in lavish spending by the wealthy
Robber Baron
The industrialists of gilded age were derisively referred to as
Development of steel 19th century
Helped change Am. Society by increasing the growth of big business
Example of laissez-faire
Would be the federal gov allowing companies to join into trusts
find employment
Mid 19th century, large #'s of Chinese immigrants came to Am. West coast to
Europe
Prior to 1930s, vast majority of immigrants to the US cade from
push factor
Poverty in home nations of immigrants would be considered a ? In immigration to the US in early 1900s.
Pull factors
Landowners, economic opportunity, and religious freedom were ? For immigration to the US
Medical evaluations
When immigrants arrived @ Ellis island they had
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Strengthened Sherman's Act, prevented the formation of new business monopolies
Industrialization in the US
the growth of cities was an effect of
Encouraging the construction of tenements
One way the industrialization in early 20th century brought significant change to the US cities by
Purpose of Sherman Antitrust Act
Oppose monopolies business practice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public outcry against the RRs shipping rates/prices discrimination was primarily responsible for the establishment of the
US urbanization in the late 19th century
Ongoing improvement of agricultural technology was one of the most significant causes of
Jane Addams
Helped address the plight of Chicago's poor by establishing settlement houses the offered social and educational services
Nativists
Prejudice against immigrants was a motivation of the ? In the US in 19th century
Rise of Labor Unions
Regarded as a threat by some business b/c it gave workers much greater negotiating strength
Locking out their union workers and hiring non-union workers
Business leaders most frequently responded to work stoppages by
Fired by anti-union businesses if exposed as members
Early members of the knights of labor had secret meetings because they would he
Often sided with business owners
A main reason the AFL negotiated collective agreements w/businesses was to strengthen workers' rights once the AFL's leaders saw that gov
Pres. teddy roosevelt
Pushed legislation to regulate the meat packing industry in response to the public outcry over "the jungle"-sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Wrote investigative reports that eventually brought about the gov- imposed breakup of standard oil company in early 20th century
16th Amendment
The progressive Mvt.'s goal of taxation reform resulted in the
Meat Inspection Act
Uptown Sinclair's "the jungle" aided the Progressive cause by leading to the passage of the 1906 ?
Labeled accurately
A major goal of the pure food and drug act on 1906 was to ensure that products were ?
racial minorities
The progressive mvt. Was least successful on the issue of civil rights for ?
Hunger Strikes
Helped the cause of the suffrage mvt. By bringing international attention to the fight for equal rights
Enjoyment of future generations
TR believed it was important to set aside public land b/c he wanted it left unchanged for ?
Imperialism
America's desire to dismantle the British empire wasn't a factor contributing to the development of US ? In 19th century
Annexation
The ? I'd Hawaii furthered US involvement in international affairs because it gave the US a mid-pacific port for trade and military purposes
Imperalism
The US policy of acquiring territories is best described as
US Open Door Policy
Effected US relations with the eastern hemisphere by improving trade with the US and China