TranscontinentalRailroadIncreased Westernpopulation andallowed for animprovement inthe standard ofliving.Famine andReligiousPersecutionPush Factorsthat causedIrish immigrantsto move toAmericaPoliticalBossesThe peoplewho promisedresources toimmigrants inexchange forvolts.UrbanizationGrowth anddevelopment ofcities; increasein urbanpopulationsGildedAgeEra of rapideconomicgrowth, but hadsignificant socialproblems.Settlementof theGreatPlainsLand Grantsgiventhrough theHomesteadAct to this.TenementHousingLow incomehousingimmigrantslived in whenmoving tourban areas.Push/PullFactorsFactorscausing aperson toleave theirhome.AssimilationProcess in which aminority group orculture comes toresemble asociety's majoritygroup.NativismThe policy ofprotectingnative-borncitizens againstthose ofimmigrants.PhilanthropyPromote thewelfare of others,by the generousdonation of moneyto good causes.Fear ofLosingJobsFear ofNativists; Ledto theChineseExclusion ActAndrewCarnegieSteelIndustryTycoon;PracticedPhilanthropyChineseImmigrationCame toAmerica forlabor jobs inbuilding thetranscontinentalrailroad.IrishImmigrationEscaping Famineand ReligiousPersecution;Came in throughEllis IslandLandGrants160 acresgiven toAmericans tosettle theGreat PlainsDemographicsStatistical datarelating to thepopulation andparticular groupswithin it.EmploymentOpportunitiesReasonAmericans andimmigrantsmoved to urbanareas.AngelIslandPort of Entry inSan Francisco,California whereChineseimmigrantsentered the US.Law thatbannedChineselaborers frommoving to theU.S.EllisIslandPort of Entry inNew York,Europeanimmigrantsentered theU.S.UrbanInfrastructureBasic facilitiesand services,needed for acommunity orsociety, such astransportation.DawesActNative Americantribal land dividedinto plots to breakup tribal lands andforce assimilation.AmericanizationMaking apersonAmerican incharacter ornationality.TranscontinentalRailroadIncreased Westernpopulation andallowed for animprovement inthe standard ofliving.Famine andReligiousPersecutionPush Factorsthat causedIrish immigrantsto move toAmericaPoliticalBossesThe peoplewho promisedresources toimmigrants inexchange forvolts.UrbanizationGrowth anddevelopment ofcities; increasein urbanpopulationsGildedAgeEra of rapideconomicgrowth, but hadsignificant socialproblems.Settlementof theGreatPlainsLand Grantsgiventhrough theHomesteadAct to this.TenementHousingLow incomehousingimmigrantslived in whenmoving tourban areas.Push/PullFactorsFactorscausing aperson toleave theirhome.AssimilationProcess in which aminority group orculture comes toresemble asociety's majoritygroup.NativismThe policy ofprotectingnative-borncitizens againstthose ofimmigrants.PhilanthropyPromote thewelfare of others,by the generousdonation of moneyto good causes.Fear ofLosingJobsFear ofNativists; Ledto theChineseExclusion ActAndrewCarnegieSteelIndustryTycoon;PracticedPhilanthropyChineseImmigrationCame toAmerica forlabor jobs inbuilding thetranscontinentalrailroad.IrishImmigrationEscaping Famineand ReligiousPersecution;Came in throughEllis IslandLandGrants160 acresgiven toAmericans tosettle theGreat PlainsDemographicsStatistical datarelating to thepopulation andparticular groupswithin it.EmploymentOpportunitiesReasonAmericans andimmigrantsmoved to urbanareas.AngelIslandPort of Entry inSan Francisco,California whereChineseimmigrantsentered the US.Law thatbannedChineselaborers frommoving to theU.S.EllisIslandPort of Entry inNew York,Europeanimmigrantsentered theU.S.UrbanInfrastructureBasic facilitiesand services,needed for acommunity orsociety, such astransportation.DawesActNative Americantribal land dividedinto plots to breakup tribal lands andforce assimilation.AmericanizationMaking apersonAmerican incharacter ornationality.

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