https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h Gilded Age en-us 2020-08-06 22:28:40 UTC 2024-05-30 13:45:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d8.png eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671864048 Assimilation is the act of being absorbed into a culture through the adoption of language and social norms. 
Americanization is making a person American in character or nationality.]]> 2020-08-06 22:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671864048 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865492 Passed in 1862, during the Civil War; Act gave any citizen, or intended citizen, who NEVER raised arms against the US Government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. To keep the land, claimants were required to improve it by building a dwelling (home) and cultivating the land.]]> 2020-08-06 22:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865492 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865596 Enacted in 1887, allowed the US President to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native Americans heads of families and individuals. The Act forced Native Americans to take on a capitalist and proprietary relationship with property that did not exist before. Remaining land was considered a "surplus" and sold to the highest bidder, including non-natives.]]> 2020-08-06 22:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865596 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865717 The desire to promote the welfare, or help, others, usually by donating large amounts of money to charity causes.]]> 2020-08-06 22:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865717 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865826 An entry, or arrival, of a large number of people or things.]]> 2020-08-06 22:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865826 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865920 The process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas; it is the creation of cities. People are leaving the rural country side to move into urban cities. ]]> 2020-08-06 22:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671865920 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866165 Passed in 1882; The act prohibited, or didn't allow, immigration of Chinese laborers; First law targeting all members of an ethnic group or people from a specific nation.]]> 2020-08-06 22:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866165 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866418 A person who supports the idea of Nativism, which is the idea that people who were born in a country are more important than people who have come from other countries.]]> 2020-08-06 22:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866418 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866553 A political boss is a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments.
A political machine is a party organization headed by a single boss or small group that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state.]]> 2020-08-06 22:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866553 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866795 An economic policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interference from the government.]]> 2020-08-06 22:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866795 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866930 Refers to when a company and its product offerings dominate a sector or industry. Often used to describe a company that has total or near-total control of a market. When you play Monopoly, you want to own and control everything.]]> 2020-08-06 22:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866930 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866985 Dishonest or illegal behavior by power people, like government officials.]]> 2020-08-06 22:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671866985 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867145 An individual who create a new business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. ]]> 2020-08-06 22:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867145 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867390 An organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions. ]]> 2020-08-06 22:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867390 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867606 Worthy of attention; Important]]> 2020-08-06 22:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867606 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867750 To be against something; to disagree]]> 2020-08-06 22:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/671867750 jprater21 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/688545825 An innovation in steel production that lead to large scale manufacturing.]]> 2020-08-20 01:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/688545825 jo0383943 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/713908825 The belief that the expansion of the U.S throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.]]> 2020-09-02 04:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/713908825 jprater21 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/725431395 a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city where immigrants first arrive.]]> 2020-09-07 21:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/725431395 eedge4 https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/729075547 A culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. This includes people of color, women, children, the elderly, and immigrants, essentially anyone who is not a white male.]]> 2020-09-08 20:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eedge4/ygybl1o4bbfayw2h/wish/729075547