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30 Cards in this Set
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Who Invented the Type Writer?
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Christopher Sholes
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Who Successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from the Earth's surface?
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Edwin Drake
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Who ran the American Railway Union and Later ran for President?
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Eugene V. Debs
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The Scottish Immigrant who made a fortune in steal?
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Andrew Carnegie
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Who organized coal miners, their wives, and their children to fight for better working conditions?
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Mother Jones (Marry Harris)
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Who created trusts and was critisized as a robber barron while serving as head of the standard oil company?
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John D. Rockefeller
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Who perfected the incandescent light bulb, and electrical power systen and power plants?
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Thomas Edison
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Who developed a cheap and effective manufactoring process for making steal?
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Bessemer
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Who opened the way for communications with the invention of the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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What railroad car mogul built a town for his workers?
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Pullman
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What was the name of the main processing station for immigrants in San Fransisco?
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Angel Island
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What was the main goal of the Chinease Exclusion Act?
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Decrease the number of Chinease, except students, teachers, ect.
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What was the main goal of the Americanization Movement?
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Assimilate People
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In the big cities, what was the name of the housing that most immigrants lived in?
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Tenements
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What group founded settlement houses in the late 1800's?
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Social Reformers
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What is it called when you use political influence illegally for personal gain?
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The Graft
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What is Tamany Hall the name of?
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New York City Political Machine
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What is appointing a friend to a political position an example of?
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Patronage
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What were the Stallwarts strong supporters of?
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The Spoils System
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What did the pendalton civil service act require?
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Anybody who applied to work for the government had to pass an examination
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What is name of the act that congress proposed restricting immigration?
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The Chinease Exclusion Act
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Which idea lead to arise in anti-immigrant groups in a demand for restrictions?
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Nativism
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Which term refers to the mixture of diverse cultures?
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Melting pot-toss salad
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Where did people on the East Coast Pass through before gaining access to America?
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Ellis Island
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What group supported Rosco Conkling?
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The Stallwarts
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What act authorized an independent civil service commission?
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The Pendalton Act
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Which President became a reformer and persuaded congress to reform civil service?
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Chester A. Arthur
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Which President supported civil service from the beginning, and cleaned up customs houses?
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Rutherford B. Hays
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Any type of unethical or illegal use of political influence for personal gain?
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The Graft
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Organized groups that controlled the activities of a political party in a city?
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Political Machineries
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