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The Gilded Age
Mrs. Brown's The Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Between 1865 and 1900, A time that seemed to be a golden age, but was full of corruption | The Gilded Age |
| The Scottish Immigrant who became a Robber Baron owner of the US Steel Corporation, and later became a Philanthropist | Andrew Carnegie |
| He became the richest man in the world by controlling the oil industry in America. | John D. Rockefeller |
| He was banking Robber Baron who became so rich, he lent money to the government. | J.P. Morgan |
| He was the Robber Baron who controlled the Railroads. | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Reasons why a person would leave a place. | Push Factors |
| Reasons why a person would move to a place. | Pull Factors |
| Living in the country. | Rural |
| Living in the city. | Urban |
| Movement of people from the country to the city. | Urbanization |
| Businessmen known for their positive contribution to modern industry. | Captains of Industry |
| This is what Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie were known as due to their ruthless business tactics to control an industry. | Robber Barons |
| When a wealthy person donates money to society. | Philanthropy |
| Theory that the rich were obligated to help communities by giving back in the form of libraries, schools, etc, but not giving to individuals - written by Andrew Carnegie | Gospel of Wealth |
| When one corporation controls an entire industry with no competition. | Monopoly |
| A big business that is recognized as a separate "person", people buy shares of this company, making them part owners. | Corporation |
| Connected the East US with the West US and created a national market | Transcontinental Railroad |
| The government policy of letting businesses do what they want with no government interference - "Hands Off" | Laissez Faire |
| When a person moves from one place to another, usually within a country. | Migration |
| When a person moves from one country to another, they can be legal or illegal. | Immigration |
| A new way of producing steel cheaply. | Bessemer Process |
| When someone becomes more like Americans. | Assimilation |
| Belief that the rich were rich because they were superior human beings. | Social Darwinism |
| Prohibited unfair practices by railroads, such as charging higher rates for shorter trips. | Interstate Commerce Act |
| Ethnic neighborhood in the city where immigrants lived near others with the same nationality. | Ghetto |
| Someone who hates immigrants. | Nativist |
| The man who invented the lightbulb. | Thomas Edison |
| The man who invented the telephone. | Alexander Graham Bell |
| The man who created the first labor union. | Samuel Gompers |
| These were the first labor unions. | AFL/Knights of Labor |
| This was passed to automatically make all Native Americans citizens of the United States. | American Indian Citizenship Act |
| Gave Native Americans land & citizenship and the right to vote if they would become farmers. Also tried to destroy their culture. | Dawes Act |
| Gave people 160 acres on the frontier, if they would live on it and develop it . | Homestead Act |
| Basic structures & facilities (i.e. buildings, roads, etc.) Political Machines often took care of these. | Infrastructure |
| Worked long hours for low pay at a young age. | Child Labor |
| Powerful politicians who gave support in exchange for votes. | Political Machines |
| The most famous Political Machine, located in New York. | Tammany Hall |
| He was the most famous Political Boss. | Boss Tweed |
| Put into law in 1882 - restricted immigration from China. | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Names of people who caused trouble and shouldn't be hired. | Blacklist |
| When workers refuse to work until their demands are met. | Strike |
| This made monopolies illegal. | Sherman Antitrust Act |
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