| A | B |
|---|
| Assimilation | Name of plan to make Native Americans part of white culture |
| Dawes Act | Law that broke up Native American reservations |
| Wounded Knee | U.S. Massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek |
| Homestead Act | Act that offered free land to western settlers |
| Morrill Land Act | Act that helped establish agricultural colleges |
| Bonaza Farm | Large |
| Grange | Organization that fought for farmers’ rights |
| Populism | Political movement that sought advancement for farmers and laborers |
| Bimetalism | Backing money with silver and gold |
| William J. Bryan | 1896 Populist/Democratic presidential nominee |
| Bessemer Process | Technique used to make steel from iron |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor of the light bulb |
| Transcontinental RR | A railroad that crosses the entire country |
| Credit Mobilier | Name of company involved in stealing of railroad money |
| Interstate Com Act | Law granting Congress authority to regulate railroad activities |
| Andrew Carnegie | Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry |
| Social Darwinism | Theory that taught only the strong survived |
| John D. Rockefeller | Head of the Standard Oil Company |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | Law that outlawed trusts |
| Samuel Gompers | Union leader |
| Ellis Island | Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the East Coast |
| Angel Island | Inspection station for immigrants arriving in the West Coast |
| Melting Pot | A mixture of different cultures living together |
| Nativism | Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans |
| Urbanization | The growth of cities |
| Social Gospel Movement | Movement that urged people to help the poor |
| Jane Addams | Social reformer who helped the poor |
| Political Machine | A group that controlled a political party |
| Boss Tweed | Head of New York City’s powerful Democratic political machine |
| Pendleton Act | That implemented merit system in civil service hiring |
| Wright Brothers | Brothers who flew the first airplane |
| George Eastman | Inventor of the camera |
| Booker T Washington | Prominent African American educator |
| W.E.B. Dubois | First African American to receive PhD from Harvard |
| Ida B. Wells | African American reformer who tried to end lynching |
| Poll Tax | Money had to pay to vote |
| Grandfather Clause | Clause that allowed poor uneducated whites to vote |
| Segregation | Word to describe racial separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws that helped keep whites and blacks separate |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Court case that upheld the Jim Crow laws |
