Gilded Age and Westward Expansion Test Review 2025

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What is the Homestead Act?

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Gives settlers 160 acres for free as long as they cultivate it for 5 years.

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What did the Dawes Act do?

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Gave Native Americans 160 acres per family to cultivate. Trying to assimilate Native Americans to American culture.

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Who is a philanthropist?

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A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others through monetary donations. Examples: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller.

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What are political machines?

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A person that provided essential services to immigrants in exchange for votes.

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What is the Bessemer process?

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Made the production of steel cheaper and more efficient

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Who is a nativist?

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A person who feels native-born Americans should be most important. They would be anti-immigrant.

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What does Laissez-Faire mean?

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Government's hands off approach to business.

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What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

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Barred Chinese immigrant workers from entering the US for 10 years.

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What is a monopoly?

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Exclusion control over the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

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What is assimilation?

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Becoming a part of a new culture.