Name______Period_____ Date______
The Gilded Age Vocabulary
1. ______ – Wrote “How The Other Half Lives” describing the deplorable conditions of the cities
2. ______ –area of the country settled by farmers brought to the area from the east by the Trans. RR
3. ______– line between areas of settlement and those areas dominated by nature and Native Americans
4. ______– in 1896 miners were attracted to the area by discovery of precious metals
5. ______–made all Indians citizens of the United States .
6. ______ – corrupt city government officials promising to provided services and jobs in exchange for votes .
7. ______ – primary reason for the growth in US cities by the early 1900’s doubling the number of US cities with population in excess of 500,000
8. ______– vast government center in New York City where most immigrants were processed into the US
9. ______ -movement by cowboys of cattle to rail stations in the north to connect to markets in the east .
10. ______ - neighborhoods made up of people of similar nationality, language and cultural characteristics
11. ______– mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe; mostly Catholic and Jewish
12. ______– first federal law restricting Asian immigration to the United States
13. ______– war, famine, drought, economic opportunity, education,
14. ______– Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek Massacre
15. ______ –divided reservation into individual plots, each family received 160 acres to farm hoping to establish pride in ownership
16. ______ –unofficial city organization designed to keep a party in power usually led by single boss
17. ______ –process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
18. ______ –1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens who met certain requirements and paid a small fee
19. ______ –growth of large cities
20. ______ –most notorious political machine designed to keep Democrats in control of New York City
21. ______ – learning to dress, speak and act like other Americans
22. ______ – manipulated New York City politics for his own benefit
23. ______ – favoring native born Americans over immigrants