history test review 1 Flashcards
Tammany hall
a powerful organization that controlled New York city and state politics
homestead act
a special act of Congress in 1862- it made public lands available to settlers without payment, usually 160 acres
Transcontinental Railroad
a railroad that linked many cities in the east cost cities to west coast
transported food, crops, raw meterials
tused for transportation and international trade
laissez faire
hands off] American system work so well bc the government did not interfere with people and business
monopolies
the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service
nativism
movement to ensure that native born Americans received better treatment than immigrants
jacob riis
published how the other half lives in 1890. he described how disease, sanitation, garbage, and hygiene issues were a constant concern for the poor in over crowded cities
interstate commerce act
first law to limit business as a response to the problems caused by the wealthy
Sherman antitrust act
1st law outlawing a combination of companies that restrained interstate trade or commerce: important to prevent Monopolies
Andrew Carnegie
industrialist who made a steel monopoly in the late 1800s as a philanthropist
assimilation
become part of another country by force
political machines
an organization group of people that controlled the activites of a political party
old immigrants
immigrants who arrived between 1820 to 1890
New immigrants
between 1870 to 1920
Bessemer process
injected air into molten iron to remove impurities and make steel-lighter, more flexible, rust resistant metal (steel production become efficient)
