Big Business
This businessman created the Standard Oil Company.
John D. Rockefeller
This inventor created the light bulb and many other inventions.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Many immigrants entered the United States through this New York location.
Ellis Island
The Gilded Age was known for widespread political ________.
corruption
Workers formed these groups to improve pay and working conditions.
labor unions
This industry made Andrew Carnegie rich.
What is the steel industry?
This invention allowed people to talk over long distances.
telephone
Crowded apartment buildings in cities were called these.
tenements
This term described powerful business leaders who used unfair practices.
robber barons
This union welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers.
Knights of Labor
Big companies that controlled entire industries were called these.
Monopolies
The expansion of these tracks helped connect the nation for trade and travel.
What are railroads?
Many immigrants came to America searching for these two things.
jobs and opportunity
Government jobs given as rewards to supporters were part of this system.
spoils system
This major strike involved railroad workers in 1894.
Pullman Strike
Rockefeller used this business practice to lower prices and beat competitors.
horizontal integration
This inventor is credited with creating the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Political machines often exchanged favors for these.
votes
This law tried to limit railroad monopolies.
Interstate Commerce Act
Workers often demanded shorter hours, safer workplaces, and higher ________.
wages
Carnegie used this strategy by controlling all parts of steel production.
vertical integration
Factories became more efficient because of this system of producing goods quickly.
mass production?
This famous political machine controlled much of New York City politics.
Tammany Hall
This act attempted to stop monopolies and trusts in business.
Sherman Antitrust Act
This labor leader founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Samuel Gompers