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Gilded Age Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Standard Oil Company | An American oil producing,transporting,refining,marketing company and monopoly |
| Monopoly | The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service |
| Trust | Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something |
| Social Darwinism | Any of various theories of society which emerged in america during the 1870's, claiming to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. |
| Nativism | The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants |
| Old Immigration | Settlers who came to america in the mid 1800's |
| New Immigration | Mostly european's who came to america to work |
| Labor Unions | An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests |
| Homestead | An area of public land in the West given to US citizens willing to settle on and farm the land for at least five years |
| Ellis Island | An island in New York that immigrant's lived on. |
| Statue of liberty | A statue gifted from the French during the american revolution, symbolizing freedom and hope |
| Tenements | A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments |
| Cholera | An infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies |
| Political Machines | A group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers |