Continental Railroad

Question 0

Tammany Hall

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The name for a political corrupt organization that took advantage of tax payers

Question 1

Melting Pot

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Term used for immigration; bringing diff cultures into US to make its own culture

Question 2

Political machine

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Group who controls a political party, encourages corruption

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Homestead act

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Peace act passed by congress that granted land in the great plains and increase its population

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Dawes Act

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Law that moved Native Americans unless they assimilated into the US culture and leave their tribe, granted them land

Question 5

Chinese Exclusion Act

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Law passed for chinese to leave the US unless they were wealthy, occurred after the railroad was built

Question 6

Urbanization

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Growth of cities due to immigration

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Tenement

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Apartment building that was overcrowded with families due to many immigrants coming into the Us

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Nativism

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Belief only worthy people are the people who were born in the US

Question 9

Mass production

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Development of new ways like the assembly line to produce more products in a short period of time and made it cheaper