Journalism
This type of journalism is a style of exaggerated news designed to attract readers
What is yellow journalism
These political groups gained power by trading social services and jobs to poor immigrants in exchange for voter loyalty
What are political machines
This is a business strategy where a company owns or multiple stages of its supply chain
What is vertical integration
This group of people disliked immigrants and wanted to restrict immigration and to favor the interests of native born citizens
Who are nativists
These groups wanted higher wages, shorter work hours, and safer working conditions
What are labor unions
This journalist and photographer exposed the truth of the tenement housing in New York City
Who is Jacob Riis
This is the settlement house in which Jane Addams worked in
What is the Hull-House
This market structure is where a single company is the only provider of a specific good or service
What is a monopoly
These buildings is where immigrants often lived and they were overcrowded, disease ridden and in the poorest section in the city
What are tenement housing
This business leader founded the Standard Oil Company and dominated the oil industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller
This event was pushed by yellow journalism and caused the Spanish-American War
This system rewarded loyal supporters with government jobs, regardless of qualifications
What is the spoils system
This person got a massive fortune by consolidating early railroad networks and shipping lines
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
These community based centers provided immigrants and the working class with essential services like healthcare, English classes, childcare, and recreational programs
What are settlement houses
This labor union did not accept unskilled workers, African Americans, women, and most Asian immigrants
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This book and author caused the passing of the the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
What is The Jungle and Upton Sinclair
This president’s administration was connected to scandals like Crédit Mobilier and the Whiskey Ring.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This essay and author argued that wealthy people have a responsibility to use their fortunes for the public good and not to pass large amounts of their money to their heirs
What is the Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie
This act was the first federal law to heavily restrict immigration to the U.S. and the first to ban a specific ethnic group
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This was a strike was a nationwide railroad boycott that was broken by federal troops
What is the Pullman Strike of 1894
This African American journalist faced death threats and was forced to move locations for going against lynching in the south
Who is Ida B Wells
This is the most infamous political boss who used bribery, and rigged elections to withhold money from New York City of over $200 million before his conviction
Who is William "Boss" Tweed
This act passed in 1890 was the first federal legislation aimed at curbing monopolistic practices and restoring market competition by outlawing monopolies and unfair business agreements that restrict trade
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
This New York harbor facility opened in 1892, served as the primary processing center for millions of European immigrants entering the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?
This group wanted to a graduated income tax, strict government regulation of railroads, direct election of senators and more
What is the Populist Party