Continental Railroad Flashcards
Tammany Hall
The name for a political corrupt organization that took advantage of tax payers
Melting Pot
Term used for immigration; bringing diff cultures into US to make its own culture
Political machine
Group who controls a political party, encourages corruption
Homestead act
Peace act passed by congress that granted land in the great plains and increase its population
Dawes Act
Law that moved Native Americans unless they assimilated into the US culture and leave their tribe, granted them land
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law passed for chinese to leave the US unless they were wealthy, occurred after the railroad was built
Urbanization
Growth of cities due to immigration
Tenement
Apartment building that was overcrowded with families due to many immigrants coming into the Us
Nativism
Belief only worthy people are the people who were born in the US
Mass production
Development of new ways like the assembly line to produce more products in a short period of time and made it cheaper
