Gilded Age EOC Vocab Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| _____ CREATED THE LIGHTBULB. | Thomas Edison |
| ______WAS A POLITICAL BOSS WHO CONTROLLED NEW YORK CITY POLITICS AND USED BRIBES TO GET VOTES. | Boss Tweed |
| ANOTHER WORD FOR A BIG BSINESS THAT CONTROLS THE MARKET IS A ________. | Monopoly |
| THE _________ OFFERED PEOPLE FREE OR CHEAP LAND OUT WEST AND LED TO THE RAPID SETTLEMENT OF THE GREAT PLAINS IN THE 1800S. | Homestead Act |
| MANY IMMIGRANTS MIGRATED TO ESCAPE POLITICAL PERSECUTION, FAMINE, AND TO HAVE A _______________. | Better Life |
| AFTER THOMAS EDISON CREATED THE LIGHTBULB, BUSINESSES COULD _______. | Extend Working Hours |
| SOMEONE WHO DISLIKES FOREIGNERS/IMMIGRANTS IS TYPICALLY REFERRED TO AS A ________. | Nativist |
| DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY, PEOPLE MOVED FROM __________(Farm to Cities). | Rural to Urban |
| ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT IMMIGRANTS FROM CUBA SETTLE IN FLORIDA IS BECAUSE OF THEIR __________ (CLOSENESS TO FLORIDA). | Geogrpahic Proximity |
| THE WORD THAT OFTEN DESCRIBED THE GILDED AGE IS: __________. | Corruption |
| POLITICAL BOSSES OFTEN GOT VOTES FROM ____________ IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING THEM WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. | Immigrants |
| ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MONOPOLIES CONTROLLED THE MARKET WAS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT RARELY INTERFERED WHICH IS CALLED “______” | Laissez Faire |
| THE IMMIGRANT GROUP THAT CAME TO AMERICA ESCAPING FAMINE AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN THE LATE 1800S WERE THE ________. | Irish |
| THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE ______ WAS TO ASSIMILATE AMERICAN INDIANS. | Dawes Act |
| ANDREW CARNEGIE WAS SOMEONE WHO GAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO CHARITY; OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A ____________. | Philanthropist |
| NEW IMMIGRANTS PRIMARILY CAME FROM________ EUROPE | Southern & Eastern |
| THE ______ TRIED TO KEEP CHINESE FROM ENTERING THE U.S. BECAUSE AMERICANS FEARED THEY WOULD LOSE JOBS. | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| ____________ WAS A PHILANTHROPIST WHO PAID HIS WORKERS LOW WAGES AND OWNED CARNEGIE STEEL. | Andrew Carnegie |
| ____________ INVENTED THE TELEPHONE WHICH ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS LONG DISTANCES. | Alexander Graham Bell |
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