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Dollar Princesses
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dollar Princesses | Gilded Age and Progressive Era (roughly 1870 to 1914) who married into cash-poor titled European nobility, trading their substantial dowries for social prestige and aristocratic titles |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 30 large, publicly traded U.S. companies. It's one of the most commonly used indicators of general stock market trends in the United States.1 |
| Dumbbell Tenements | named for its narrow-waisted floor plan, which resembled an exercise dumbbell |
| Edmunds Act (1882) | U.S. federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on March 23, 1882. It made polygamy a felony and unlawful cohabitation a misdemeanor in federal territories. targeted members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Utah. |
| Eerie War | famous 19th-century financial battle fought between 1867 and 1868 over control of the Erie Railway Company |
| Election of 1884 | presidential election held on November 4, 1884, in which Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine. The election was marked by bitter mudslinging and scandalous accusations that overshadowed substantive issues |
| Election of 1896 | presidential election held on November 3, 1896, in which Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat-Populist William Jennings Bryan, central issue was the country's money supply |
| Elks v. Wilkins (1884) | Supreme Court decision ruling that Native Americans born on reservations were not U.S. citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment. |
| Ellis Island | island in Upper New York Bay, formerly the United States’ principal immigration reception centre. Often referred to as the Gateway to the New World |
| Enforcement Acts (1870-71) | The Enforcement Acts were three criminal code bills passed by the U.S. Congress between 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction Era to protect African Americans' constitutional rights |