Gilded Age

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A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes

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Philanthropists

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In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society. Options: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, JP Morgan.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Who gave awareness to the increase in difference between poor and rich in the country? Options: Populist Party, Big Business, Labor Unions, Political Bosses

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Populist Party

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Cities populations grew in the West, expand in communication and commerce, and growth in settlers are due to-
Options: The Transcontinental Railroad, The Klondike Gold Rush, The Chinese Exclusion Act, The Telegraph

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The Transcontinental Railroad

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Agricultural products were in high demand because of:
- Population growth
- Lack of jobs in the cities
- Westward Expansion
- The Great Migration

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Population growth

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Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S?

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Gilded Age

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Native Americans were removed from their land and sent to reservations to-

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make land available for settlers

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Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land

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The Homestead Act

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Economic, political, and social events within a period of time is a-

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Historical Era

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Who gained power by providing immigrants with services?

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Political Machines