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William M. "Boss" Tweed
William Magyar Tweed – often erroneously referred to as "William Marcy Tweed", and widely known as "Boss" Tweed – was an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a significant role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State -
Immigration
During the Gilded Age, approximately 20 million immigrants came to the United States in what is known as the new immigration. Many were poor peasants looking for the American Dream in unskilled manual labor in mills, mines, and factories. -
Chines Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Building on the 1875 Page Act, which banned Chinese women from immigrating to the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals, transferring
