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USHistory:Late1800's
US History: Study Guide for the Test on the late 1800's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | When people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family. |
| Melting Plot | When many different people and religions come together in one area and mix altogether. |
| Tossed Salad | When many different people and religions come together in one area but do not mix together. |
| Homestead | People who settled in the west as a result of the homestead act of 1862. People could get free land from the government if they farmed there for 6 years. |
| Reservation | Land government gave to the Indians to live on. |
| Laissez-Faire | Government decided to let business do whatever they wanted. |
| Monopoly | One when one company controls all of the market for a good or servos. There is no competition between these companies. |
| Muckrakers | American journalists/novelists/critics in the early 20th cent. Attempted to expose the abuses of business and corruption in politics. |
| Philanthropist | Someone who donates to charity. |
| Tenement | A building or house that is leased to a number of families living independently on their own. |
| Horizontal Consolidation | means; the process when one business buys other oil companies to eliminate competition among other big industries. |
| Vertical Consolidation | is when; one business buys railroad companies and iron miles. When they own everything they can reduces cost and produce cheaper steel. |
| Gilded Age | A time of apparent prosperity, most people are not doing well. |
| Robber Barons | An American industrialist of financial magnates of the late 19th century who became wealthy by robbing travelers passing the area where he lived. |
| The Long Drive | Where Cowboys herded cattle threw Texas to Eastern Cities in rain or shine. |
| Corruption | Politicians are more influenced by money and power than by the will of the people. |
| Stew | When new people in a country keep some of their characteristics. |
| Tossed Salad | When new people in a country each keep their own personal identify; that contributes to the salad (aka the diverse country). |
| Naturalization | The process by which a foreign national applies for and obtains U.S. citizenship. |
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