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9876290631American Indianstribes were being dispersed onto small reservations0
9876290632Conspicuous consumptionthe rich continued to bask in their wealth spending money on things such as museums while the poor continued to suffer1
9876290633Holding companiesone company owns the majority of stock of a large number of companies2
9876290634Laissez-fairethe theory that the government should not interfere in the operations of the free market3
9876290635National parksan area for the enjoyment of the public or the preservation of wildlife4
9876290636New immigrants vs. Native-bornnew immigrants migrated from southern and eastern Europe for economic opportunities while native-born a.k.a natural-born citizens were born on U.S. soil5
9876290637People's Party (Populists)represented mostly farmers and labors and they fought for political reform6
9876290638Progressive Reformerswanted to solve the problems left behind from the Gilded Age7
9876290639Social Darwinismthe rich argued they were a result of natural selection to defend their unfair business practices8
9876290640Telegraphsallowed information to spread more quickly9
9876290641Urban Middle Classwith the growth of industrialization, it created the need for more workers that formed a new group of middle class Americans. New technologies improved the middle-class quantity of life10
9876290642XenophobiaFear of foreigners11
9876290643Chinese Exclusion Actprohibited Chinese immigration12
9876290644Dawes Actsought to assimilate Native Americans13
9876290645Gospel of WealthAccording to Carnegie it was the duty of the wealthy to donate money to the poor to help with economic inequality (philanthropy)14
9876290646Interstate Commerce Actcalled for the regulation of the railroad industry and fair business practices15
9876290647American Federation of Laborconsisted of skilled worker only and was lead by Samuel Gompers16
9876290648Knights of Laborconsisted of skilled and unskilled workers and was lead by Terrance Powderly17
9876290649National Woman Suffrage Associationadvocated for the right to vote for women18
9876290650Plessy v. Fergusonupheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the claim of "separate but equal"19
9876290651Referendumcitizens could make a direct decision on laws20
9876290652Women's Christian Temperance Unionsought to abolish saloons and alcohol (prohibition)21
9876290653Gilded Agea period in which there was social, political, and economic change during the expansion of the economy22
9876290654Ida B. Wellsadvocated for a federal anti-lynching law23
9876290655Industrializationthe process in which a society transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society to manufacturing24
9876290656Labor unionsa formation of workers that fought against unjust working conditions25
9876290657Political machinesprovided jobs, food, housing, and money in exchange for political support26
9876290658Social Gospelclaimed it was Christians duty to take care of the poor27
9876290659Settlement Houseswere created to help immigrants adjust to American life28
9876290660The Grange Movementsought to bring farmers together to promote their social and economic needs29
9876290661Capitalisma social system based on the principle of individual rights30

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