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Milligan Unit One

Term	Definition
mining	This industry found in the mountains of the western United States, helped to create many western cities that are still thriving today.
Cornelius Vanderbilt	The Industrial Capitalist made his fortune in the Railroad Industry and Shipping business.
George Westinghouse	This inventor was known for alternating current for electricity and competing with Edison in the production of electrical power plants
Andrew Carnegie	This Industrial Capitalist created an industrial giant with U.S. Steel and was known for becoming a great philanthropist.
George Pullman	He invented the railroad sleeper car and he created a company town for his employees that produced his products.
Alexander Graham Bell	He invented the telephone in 1876 which would lead to a communication miracle in the near future.
Thomas Edison	He created the first lab for the purpose of producing inventions. He would get credit for over 1,000 patents in his life time.
John Rockefeller	He created a monopoly with his company known as Standard Oil. He used horizontal integration to monopolize the kerosene and oil industries.
food processing	Swift and Armour were business partners that used refrigerated box cars and new methods of production to dominate this industry in the late 1800s.
incomes	During the Gilded Age, the greatest difference between an industrialist and a farmer would have been their ___________.
US Grant	This President's administration was plagued by political scandals such as the Credit Mobilier, Black Friday and Whiskey Ring scandals.
Boss Tweed	Thomas Nast used his drawings and newspaper articles to expose this corrupt, powerful, political leader of New York City.
Pendleton Act	Congress reacted to the assassination of President Garfield by passing this law to require Civil Service Exams for potential Federal employees.
farmers	This group of Americans were helped the most by the passage of Granger laws by the U.S. Congress.
Interstate Commerce Act	This law was passed by Congress in 1887, gave Congress jurisdiction over all goods that were shipped across state lines.
monopolies	One of the greatest controversies of the Gilded Age was the creation of ____ by Industrialists like Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller and JP Morgan.
Nativism	This political and social movement was formed to slow down or even stop immigration to America. They blamed immigrants for social problems.
Booker T Washington	This early Civil Rights leader promoted steady, slow growth by proving one's economic value to society by displaying great job skills.
Dawes Act	This law was passed to assimilate Native Americans by teaching them English and placing them on small family sized farms on reservations.
Andrew Carnegie	In the Gospel of Wealth, this famous Industrialist promoted donating money to a community only if it were given to benefit the community for many years to come.
Robber Barons	Industrial Capitalists were given this nick-name because of their incredible wealth and their excessive power and prestige within the U.S. society.
Jane Addams	She created Settlement Houses to help poor Immigrants and their children adapt to the harsh conditions of inner city America in the late 1800s.
labor unions	These organizations were first formed in the late 1800s to get safer conditions, better pay, and shorter hours for workers across America.
light bulb	This Thomas Edison invention tremendously changed the life of Americans, that lived in cities in the late 1800s,
Tammany Hall	This site was the headquarters of Boss Tweed and his circle of corrupt political leaders that controlled New York City during the Gilded Age.
Transcontinental Railroad	This project finally ended in Utah in 1869, it linked the East Coast to the West Coast and hired thousands of Immigrant workers from Ireland and China.
graft	This has taken place if corrupt political leaders have used the power of their office for personal gain, such as illegal bribes and kick-backs.
steel	Henry Bessemer's invention with this product led to a great expansion of the railroad industry, and the building of skyscrapers and bridges.
Jacob Riis	This social reformer used his pictures and books to shame America into changing the horrible living conditions that existed in America's cities.
factory jobs	These opportunities drew immigrants from all over the world, farmers from the Great Plains and farmers from the South to the Northeast section of the U.S..
New Immigrants	These Immigrants had a more difficult adjusting to American society because they were not from Western Europe and did not speak English.
Old Immigrants	These Immigrants from Western Europe, assimilated more easily to American society because of their language and similar values.
Jim Crow	Many Southern states passed _______ Laws, to ensure segregation of the races and to limit the ability of African Americans to gain social power.
Exodusters	Pap Singleton was a former slave and Tennessean that led former slaves from the South to purchase farm land in the states of the Great Plains.
Cross of Gold	William J. Bryan gave his famous _______ Speech, with the hopes of getting Congress to move to a policy of bimetallism by adding silver.
Populism	William J. Bryan, Farmers and Grangers were supporters of this political movement that wanted to give more political power to the common people in America.
Union troops	In the "Compromise of 1877" Rep. Rutherford B. Hayes promised to remove ______ from the South, ending Reconstruction, if were named President.
Garfield	The President's assassination has a direct link to the passage of the Pendleton Act and the creation of Civil Service Exams.
WEB Dubois	This early Civil Rights leader promoted equality through higher education and running for political office.
Samuel Gompers	He was the first leader of the American Federation of Labor, promoted collective bargaining and used strikes as a tactic.
Eugene Debs	He was an Union leader that believed in Socialism, he was arrested for his role in the Homestead strike and he ran for President as a socialist 3 times.
Thomas Nast	A great political cartoonist and muckraker that gets the credit for bringing down Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall with his cartoons.
Coal Creek War	Coal Miners strike in Anderson County, Tennessee. State prisoners replaced striking miners. A state was passed to STOP the work release program for prisoners.
Chinese Exclusion Act	This was the law passed to ban Chinese immigration to America.
Gentlemen's Agreement	A compromise that allowed Japanese students to attend San Francisco public schools and Japan agreed to greatly limit Japanese immigration to the U.S.
Chicago	In the late 1800s this midwestern city became known for Meatpacking and food processing.
Nikola Tesla	A genius inventor, he perfected AC electricity and the way for the first electrical power plants.
Pittsburgh	This northeastern city was Andrew Carnegie's choice for the home of his Steel Plant, which allowed this city to become America's steel producing giant
Factory	Many Western European Immigrants settled in New York City and Boston due to the many jobs in shipping and _________________ jobs.
Madame C.J. Walker	Female African American Entrepreneur. self-made millionaire, Beauty Products for Women / Civil Rights Leader / Movement to stop Lynchings

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