| A | B |
|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Fate of America to expand across the continent |
| Midwest | Post-Civil War agricultural areas |
| Industrial Revolution | Occurred in Northeast for easy shipping and high population |
| Railroads | Helped industrialism grow due to easy shipping |
| Textiles | Many of these factories helped clothe America |
| Cowboys | Moved cattle before railroads |
| Mining | Job located mainly in mountainous regions |
| Steel Plow | Major advancement in farming |
| Vanderbilt | He controlled major shipping companies |
| Westinghouse | Invented the air-brake for RR |
| Carnegie | US Steel Co. |
| Pullman | RR Sleeper Cars |
| Hershey | Chocolate |
| DuPont | Chemicals and explosives |
| Alexander Bell | Telephone/Communications |
| Edison | Light bulb/labratory |
| Rockefeller | Standard Oil Co. |
| Swift & Armor | Meat-packing/processed meat |
| Ulysses S. Grant Scandals | Black Friday, Credit Mobilier, Whiskey Ring |
| Boss Tweed | Corrupt leader of Tammany Hall in late 1800s |
| Tammany Hall | Political machine lead by Boss Tweed |
| Pendleton Act | Resulted from Garfield assassination; led to civil service reform |
| Granger Laws | Helped protect rights of farmers |
| Interstate Commerce Act | Gave govt. control over shipping charges for goods |
| Dawes Act | Divided Native American land |
| Urban Living Conditions | No running water, filthy streets, overcrowding |
| Push Factors | Religious persecution, strict government, famine |
| Pull Factors | New jobs, better life, individual freedoms |
| Oldcomers | Typically from Northern & Western Europe |
| Newcomers | Typically from Southern & Eastern Europe |
| Nativism | Oldcomers are superior to Newcomers |
| Social Darwinism | Survival of the fittest culture |
| Homestead Act | Settlers received free land as long as they could live on it for 5 years |
| Booker T. Washington | Be patient and work your way up to achieve Civil Rights |
| Ellis Island | New York entrance for millions of immgrants from Europe |
| Angel Island | California entrance for immigrants from Asia |
| Mukrakers | Showed the ills of society |
| Upton Sinclair | Wrote "The Jungle" about the horrors of the meat-packing industry |
| Jane Addams | Started Hull House as a refuge for immigrants |
| Jacob Riis | Photographed the horrible living conditions of immigrants in cities |
| Indian Reorganization Act | Allowed Native Americans to establish local govts. for tribal groups |
| Sanitation | Indoor plumbing helped improve this |
