Inventions
Gilded Age
Vocabulary
People
Events/Laws
100
The was invented by Thomas Edison in 1878; It lengthened workers shifts.
The Lightbulb
100
This was the most prominent building during the Gilded age known for the political corruption taken place.
Tammany Hall
100
accounts of events created at a later date and by someone who was not present at the event
Secondary Source
100
powerful industrialist in the Gilded Age whose companies manufactured steel and built railroads
Andrew Carnegie
100
a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation in 1868
Jim Crow laws
200
This discovery by Alexander Fleming in 1928 led to the introduction of antibiotics that greatly reduced the number of deaths from infection
Penicillin
200
Era of U.S. history characterized by the expansion of big business, the rise of labor unions, and increasing industrialization, immigration and urbanization
What is the Gilded Age?
200
comparing different sources in order to 1) gain a more accurate account of the past, 2) evaluate the validity of a source, and/or 3) consider multiple perspectives
corroboration
200
powerful industrialist in the Gilded Age who owned the Standard Oil Company
J.D Rockefeller
200
A large strike of railway workers against working conditions within the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago. 1894
Pullman Strike of 1894
300
This new type of transportation system had a significant impact on the economic, cultural, and social development of the Western United States?
What is the (Transcontinental) Railroad?
300
the growth of businesses that manufacture products through the use of machinery
what is industrialization?
300
the migration of people to live in cities
urbanization
300
Invented the first internal-combustion engine fueled by gasoline in 1823.
Samuel Brown
300
Was an armed conflict in the United States which occurred between Native Americans and the United States government from 1890 until 1891.
Ghost Dance Wars (1890-1891)
400
This new process made the production of steel more economical
What is the Bessemer Process?
The process that allowed for the mass production of steel, a turning point in history that set the stage for mass development and growth.
Steel became a dominant construction material solely because of this invention. In England, the cost of steel dropped from £40 GBP to £6-7 GBP per long ton.
400
American Policies Targeting Native Americans (name at least 2)
Policies included destroying buffalo populations, stationing federal troops in the region, attempts at forced assimilation, removal of Native American from tribal lands to reservations
400
adopting the culture of a nation or group by force
assimilation
400
Wealthy Industrialist during the Gilded age who had and owned railroad monopiles
Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
Homestead Act of 1862
500
This invention revolutionized or enhanced communications during the Gilded Age.
The telegraph/telephone
500
Name at least 3 goals of the Knights Of Labor Party
500
term used to refer to wealthy U.S. industrialists from the late nineteenth century who exploited resources to amass wealth
robber baron
500
American Historian
"The Closing of the Frontier" phrase
“The Turner Thesis”- Land was now settled in the Western U.S and there was now connections with all of the U.S (North, East, South, and West,)
Frederick Turner
500
This act ended the practice of “patronage” or showing favoritism and instituted an exam system for government jobs
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883