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The Gilded Age

TermDefinition
Alexander Graham Bell person who was first to patent the telephone
Andrew Carnegie person who was America’s most important manufacturer of steel
capitalism an economic system in which the people own the country’s goods and businesses
corporation a business that is owned by many people; investors or stockholders
social Darwinism the idea that only the fittest people can survive in society
the Gilded Age name for the time of prosperity in the United States during the 1800s
Thomas Edison person who experimented with the light bulb and invented the phonograph
labor union organized group of workers that unite to go on strike to force their employers to make changes
philanthropist person who gives large sums of money to help public causes
John D. Rockefeller person who led America’s oil industry
Christopher Sholes inventor of the typewriter that first used the QWERTY keyboard
trust combination of several smaller companies into one gigantic corporation
Herbert Spencer evolutionist who promoted the idea that only the fittest survive in society
During the Gilded Age American cities grew because people from rural areas moved to the cities
Sherman Antitrust Act sought to limit the power a corporation could have
Popular cities where many immigrants settled Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco
B. B. Warfield wrote articles encouraging Christians to take the Bible at its word
realism in works of literature during the Gilded Age life was portrayed just as it was
Jane Addams’s Hull-House offered immigrant women childcare and medical care
James J. Hill built the Great Northern Railway and later bought several other lines, earning him the nickname “Empire Builder”
Cornelius Vanderbilt first person to make millions in the transportation industry
problems that resulted from the growth of cities in America Cities were more crowded and harder to keep clean. Providing housing for everyone was difficult. Many children from poor families worked to help support their families.
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