US History 1865 - 1898

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1. What term describes the rapid growth of large businesses and the consolidation of industries under single powerful owners during the Gilded Age?
2. The Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, linked the eastern United States to the West Coast at Promontory Summit in which state?
3. The Homestead Act of 1862 granted free land in the American West to settlers who agreed to live on and farm the land for at least five years.
4. Which political party was founded in 1892 to represent the interests of farmers and advocate for policies such as the free coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads?
5. The Dawes Act of 1887 was primarily designed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by breaking up tribal lands into individual allotments.
6. Which industrialist was known as the 'Steel King' and dominated the American steel industry during the late 19th century?
7. The term 'Gilded Age,' used to describe the period of rapid industrialization from the 1870s to the 1890s, was coined by which American author?
8. The Knights of Labor, one of the first major labor unions in the United States, accepted both skilled and unskilled workers as members regardless of race or gender.
9. Which U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1896 established the 'separate but equal' doctrine, legally permitting racial segregation?
10. John D. Rockefeller founded which company in 1870 that came to dominate the American oil industry through the use of horizontal integration?

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