Famine andReligiousPersecutionPush Factorsthat causedIrish immigrantsto move toAmericaAngelIslandPort of Entry inSan Francisco,California whereChineseimmigrantsentered the US.ChineseImmigrationCame toAmerica forlabor jobs inbuilding thetranscontinentalrailroad.IrishImmigrationEscaping Famineand ReligiousPersecution;Came in throughEllis IslandPush/PullFactorsFactorscausing aperson toleave theirhome.Law thatbannedChineselaborers frommoving to theU.S.EllisIslandPort of Entry inNew York,Europeanimmigrantsentered theU.S.TenementHousingLow incomehousingimmigrantslived in whenmoving tourban areas.DawesActNative Americantribal land dividedinto plots to breakup tribal lands andforce assimilation.PoliticalBossesThe peoplewho promisedresources toimmigrants inexchange forvolts.AmericanizationMaking apersonAmerican incharacter ornationality.UrbanInfrastructureBasic facilitiesand services,needed for acommunity orsociety, such astransportation.EmploymentOpportunitiesReasonAmericans andimmigrantsmoved to urbanareas.GildedAgeEra of rapideconomicgrowth, but hadsignificant socialproblems.UrbanizationGrowth anddevelopment ofcities; increasein urbanpopulationsPhilanthropyPromote thewelfare of others,by the generousdonation of moneyto good causes.AssimilationProcess in which aminority group orculture comes toresemble asociety's majoritygroup.TranscontinentalRailroadIncreased Westernpopulation andallowed for animprovement inthe standard ofliving.DemographicsStatistical datarelating to thepopulation andparticular groupswithin it.NativismThe policy ofprotectingnative-borncitizens againstthose ofimmigrants.Settlementof theGreatPlainsLand Grantsgiventhrough theHomesteadAct to this.LandGrants160 acresgiven toAmericans tosettle theGreat PlainsAndrewCarnegieSteelIndustryTycoon;PracticedPhilanthropyFear ofLosingJobsFear ofNativists; Ledto theChineseExclusion ActFamine andReligiousPersecutionPush Factorsthat causedIrish immigrantsto move toAmericaAngelIslandPort of Entry inSan Francisco,California whereChineseimmigrantsentered the US.ChineseImmigrationCame toAmerica forlabor jobs inbuilding thetranscontinentalrailroad.IrishImmigrationEscaping Famineand ReligiousPersecution;Came in throughEllis IslandPush/PullFactorsFactorscausing aperson toleave theirhome.Law thatbannedChineselaborers frommoving to theU.S.EllisIslandPort of Entry inNew York,Europeanimmigrantsentered theU.S.TenementHousingLow incomehousingimmigrantslived in whenmoving tourban areas.DawesActNative Americantribal land dividedinto plots to breakup tribal lands andforce assimilation.PoliticalBossesThe peoplewho promisedresources toimmigrants inexchange forvolts.AmericanizationMaking apersonAmerican incharacter ornationality.UrbanInfrastructureBasic facilitiesand services,needed for acommunity orsociety, such astransportation.EmploymentOpportunitiesReasonAmericans andimmigrantsmoved to urbanareas.GildedAgeEra of rapideconomicgrowth, but hadsignificant socialproblems.UrbanizationGrowth anddevelopment ofcities; increasein urbanpopulationsPhilanthropyPromote thewelfare of others,by the generousdonation of moneyto good causes.AssimilationProcess in which aminority group orculture comes toresemble asociety's majoritygroup.TranscontinentalRailroadIncreased Westernpopulation andallowed for animprovement inthe standard ofliving.DemographicsStatistical datarelating to thepopulation andparticular groupswithin it.NativismThe policy ofprotectingnative-borncitizens againstthose ofimmigrants.Settlementof theGreatPlainsLand Grantsgiventhrough theHomesteadAct to this.LandGrants160 acresgiven toAmericans tosettle theGreat PlainsAndrewCarnegieSteelIndustryTycoon;PracticedPhilanthropyFear ofLosingJobsFear ofNativists; Ledto theChineseExclusion Act

Social Issues of the Gilded Age - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Push Factors that caused Irish immigrants to move to America
    Famine and Religious Persecution
  2. Port of Entry in San Francisco, California where Chinese immigrants entered the US.
    Angel Island
  3. Came to America for labor jobs in building the transcontinental railroad.
    Chinese Immigration
  4. Escaping Famine and Religious Persecution; Came in through Ellis Island
    Irish Immigration
  5. Factors causing a person to leave their home.
    Push/Pull Factors
  6. Law that banned Chinese laborers from moving to the U.S.
  7. Port of Entry in New York, European immigrants entered the U.S.
    Ellis Island
  8. Low income housing immigrants lived in when moving to urban areas.
    Tenement Housing
  9. Native American tribal land divided into plots to break up tribal lands and force assimilation.
    Dawes Act
  10. The people who promised resources to immigrants in exchange for volts.
    Political Bosses
  11. Making a person American in character or nationality.
    Americanization
  12. Basic facilities and services, needed for a community or society, such as transportation.
    Urban Infrastructure
  13. Reason Americans and immigrants moved to urban areas.
    Employment Opportunities
  14. Era of rapid economic growth, but had significant social problems.
    Gilded Age
  15. Growth and development of cities; increase in urban populations
    Urbanization
  16. Promote the welfare of others, by the generous donation of money to good causes.
    Philanthropy
  17. Process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group.
    Assimilation
  18. Increased Western population and allowed for an improvement in the standard of living.
    Transcontinental Railroad
  19. Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
    Demographics
  20. The policy of protecting native-born citizens against those of immigrants.
    Nativism
  21. Land Grants given through the Homestead Act to this.
    Settlement of the Great Plains
  22. 160 acres given to Americans to settle the Great Plains
    Land Grants
  23. Steel Industry Tycoon; Practiced Philanthropy
    Andrew Carnegie
  24. Fear of Nativists; Led to the Chinese Exclusion Act
    Fear of Losing Jobs