APUSH TP6 - Part 1

Front

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

Back

America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

Front

The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:

Back

Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.

Front

Which was NOT a cause of westward expansion? The Homestead Act of 1862, mining gold and other natural resources, the transcontinental railroad

Back

assimilation of American Indians

Front

This was a major factor in the success of the Wheat Belt in the late 1800's: mechanization, mining, genetic engineering

Back

mechanization

Front

The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:

Back

assimilation

Front

The Dawes Act was about:

Back

assimilation of the American Indians

Front

Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:

Back

union

Front

Americans who grew angry and resentful at the increased Immigrant migration into the country, especially those from Asia, Mexico, Southern and Eastern Europe

Back

Nativists

Front

completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California

Back

Transcontinental Railroad

Front

Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?

Back

Homestead Act