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Gilded Age

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882provided a ten year moratorium of the Chinese labor immigration
Knights of Laborbegan opposing strikes; their main goals were an eight hour work day, the end to child labor, and equal pay for equal work
Sherman Anti-Trust Actrequires that the U.S. Federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies, and organizations suspected of violating the act
American Federation of Laborhelped workers get eight hour work days
Captain of Industrybusiness leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country
Dawes Actprovides for the granting of landholdings
Homestead Actdesigned to grant public land to small farmers at a low cost
Interstate Commerce Actrequired that railroads charge fair rates in their customers and make those rates public
Robber BarronAmerican capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth century by ruthless means
John D. Rockefellerled the great expansion of the American steel industry, was an industrialist and a philanthropist. He worked for the rail road and made many investments
Alexander Graham Bellinvented the telephone, was one of the best scientists, and studied sound and made many theories from his studies
Americanization Movementnationwide organization effort to bring millions of recent immigrants into the American culture system

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