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| 9872842893 | "New Immigrants" | immigrants from southern and eastern Europe such as Poland, Italy, etc. that arrived in the US during & after the 1880s | 0 | |
| 9872842894 | Chinese Exclusion Act | First law limiting immigration based on race; effectively stopped immigration from China through the end of WWII. |  | 1 |
| 9872842895 | Tammany Hall | Political machine of New York City that was well-known for its corruption Lead by William Boss Tweed |  | 2 |
| 9872842896 | Sherman Antitrust Act | Outlawed monopolistic business practices not effective initially without a strong progressive federal government that would enforce it. | 3 | |
| 9872842897 | Grange Movement and Farmers Alliance | Grassroots movements that attempted to address the plight of farmers in the late 1800s; attempted to regulate railroads and enlarge opportunity for credit evolved into Populist movement. | 4 | |
| 9872842898 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic presidential hopeful that was a member of the Populist Party free silver advocate "Do not crucify mankind on a cross of gold". |  | 5 |
| 9872842899 | Interstate Commerce Act | 1887 Created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate railroads to be fairer to farmers First legislation to regulate corporations Ineffective because government failed to enforce it. | 6 | |
| 9872842900 | Andrew Carnegie | A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry. Great philanthropist |  | 7 |
| 9872842901 | Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that would cross the continent and connect the East to the West Opened new markets and helped spur the Industrial Revolution Completed in 1869 at Promontory, UT |  | 8 |
| 9872842902 | Standard Oil | John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the world petroleum market with the practice of trusts and swift elimination of competition. By 1890, owned 90% of the US oil market |  | 9 |
| 9872842903 | John D. Rockefeller | Wealthy owner of Standard Oil Company. Considered to be a robber baron who used ruthless tactics to eliminate other businesses. Built trusts and used money to influence government. | 10 | |
| 9872842904 | "old immigrants" | Immigrants who had come to the US before the 1880s Mainly from England and Northern Europe | 11 | |
| 9872842905 | Battle of Little Bighorn | 1876- Indian leaders Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse defeated Gen. Custer & his troops | 12 | |
| 9872842906 | Great Railway Strike of 1877 | RR workers initiated a strike in 1877 when they were told there would be a pay cut | 13 | |
| 9872842907 | JP Morgan | Banker that controlled 2/3 of RRs and eventually merged with Carnegie's steel company Formed US Steel Considered a robber baron | 14 | |
| 9872842908 | Captains of Industry | Owners & mangers of large industrial enterprises who wielded great political & economic power More positive term in contrast to "robber barons" | 15 | |
| 9872842909 | Robber Barons | Refers to industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying employees low wages Drove competition out of business by selling goods much cheaper | 16 | |
| 9872842910 | Jacob Riis | Danish immigrant Report who pointed out terrible conditions of tenement houses Author of How the Other Half Lives (1890) | 17 | |
| 9872842911 | Wounded Knee | 1890 Last Native American battle 300 Native killed by US military | 18 | |
| 9872842912 | Homestead Act | Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived on the land for 6 months and cultivated crops | 19 |
