Gilded Age to Progressive Era Review

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Which invention allowed Andrew Carnegie to expand the steel industry in the 19th century?

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Bessemer Process

Front

Journalists who exposed some of societies worst problems.

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Muckraker

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Which of the following was true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
1st significant law banning immigration in USA
10 yr ban on Chinese immigration starting 1882
Competition for jobs on the West Coast due to Panic
All are true

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All are true

Front

What was the Knights of Labor?

Back

Union that supported the 8 hour work day

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What was the goal of the Populist Political Party?

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Fight for farmers' rights against monopolies

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What was the Dawes Act?

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Broke up reservation lands into small plots

Front

The violence at the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago led to:

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Distrust in unions and shutdown of Knights of Labor

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What were Indian Reservations meant to accomplish?

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Kept Natives off land that white settlers wanted

Front

How are the living conditions for Robber Barons compared to living conditions for big city laborers?

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Wealthy lived in huge homes, laborers lived in tenements

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Financial crises like the Panic of 1873 caused the prices of agricultural products to fall leading to:

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Farmers and sharecroppers organizing activist groups