Gilded Age and Westward Expansion Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Anti-immigrant movement showing favoritism to native born Americans. Sought to end immigration
  2. 6. Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited Chinese civil rights, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese immigrants already in the US.
  3. 8. 160 acres of FREE LAND given by the government to anyone will in meet certain requirements. Land was owned after 5 years.
  4. 11. Victorious politicians used government jobs as rewards for loyal party members
  5. 12. Continuous RR line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the eastern U.S.to West Coast. Accelerated western settlement, economic growth and the destruction of Native American society.
Down
  1. 1. Attempt alleviate government corruption by creating the Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service Exam.
  2. 2. Entrepreneur who acquires wealth through innovation, hard work and honorable tactics
  3. 4. large financial acts of charitable giving
  4. 5. Business owner or executive who acquires wealth through ethically questionable tactics
  5. 7. Native Americans were assigned 160 acres of land to farm, traditional Native American practices were banned, Native American children were sent to boarding schools
  6. 9. organizations designed to keep one political party in power in a city. These organizations were often run by a single, powerful “boss”, and were usually completely corrupt.
  7. 10. Adoption of your new homes customs such as language, dress and diet.