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vocabulary of the Gilded Age era

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Transcontinental Railroad   show
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Alexander Graham Bell   show
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show Allowed people to communicate across great distances through electrical wires  
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show Produce the first effective light bulb in 1879  
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Free Enterprise System   show
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National Market   show
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show A company chartered by a state and recognized in law as a separate "person" issuing stocks to shareholders  
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show A person who starts a business hoping to make a profit  
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show The period from 1865 to 1900 when many entrepreneurs reaped huge profits, created immense wealth for themselves and lived lavish lifestyles  
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show Entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age like Carnegie and Rockerfeller are sometimes referred to this way because they forged the modern industrial economy  
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show Entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age are sometimes referred to this way because of the ruthless tactics they used to destroy competition and keep their workers' wages low  
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Andrew Carnegie   show
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show Concern for humanity usually expressed through a donation of money or time  
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John D. Rockerfeller   show
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Monopoly   show
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Interstate Commerce Act   show
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Sherman Anti-trust Act   show
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Child Labor   show
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show The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market  
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show An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests  
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show The first national labor union joining together all skilled and unskilled workers. It ultimately failed due to a lack of organization and a lack of unity among the skilled and unskilled workers  
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show American Federation of Labor (1881) Consisted of separate unions of skilled workers which joined together into a federation. Membership was limited to skilled, specialized for workers  
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Samuel Gompers   show
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Urbanization   show
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show The study of population  
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Bessemer Process   show
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show single-room apartments, often without heat or lighting. Frequently, many families shared a single toilet  
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Political Machine   show
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Political "Bosses"   show
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Immigration   show
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show Reasons immigrants choose to leave their home and home country, can include oppression, poverty, religious discrimination, or ethnic persecution  
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Pull Factors   show
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show Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880, who spoke no English  
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show A neighborhood where people of similar background and culture live  
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Nativists   show
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Americanization   show
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show 1882 first federal law to restrict immigration. Chinese immigrants banned for 10 years  
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Frontier   show
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Great Plains   show
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Klondike Gold Rush   show
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show 1862. Gave 160 acres of government land to any citizen who "improved" the land for five years by building a house and growing crops. After five years, the homesteaders would own land  
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Indian Wars   show
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show Areas of land given to Native American Tribes by the US government. Often undesirable land and smaller than the area the tribes had previously occupied  
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Dawes Act   show
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