Clashing Ideas
Belief that the rich represented the ’survival of the fittest’
Social Darwinism
He ruthlessly dominated the petroleum refining business
John Rockefeller
During the Gilded Age, it became a big spectator sport, and saw the first professional leagues organized
Baseball
His ideas transformed biology, but also social science, and continue to challenge religion
Charles Darwin
Key economic issued that divided Democrats and Whigs in the 1830s
The National Bank
Collective ownership of the means of production
Socialism
DD he was responsible for the development of Central Park in NYC
F.L. Olmstead
This law promoted universities devoted to practical scientific research
Morill Land Grant Act
“new” immigrants were from this part of Europe
southern or Eastern
Economic crisis that killed Van Buren’s re-election
Panic of 1837
Carnegie’s belief that wealth is a blessing and a responsibility to improve society
Gospel of Wealth
He was responsible for the tremendous growth of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s
T. Powderly
DD he transformed film making with close ups, fade outs, and other techniques used today
DW Griffith
Name for monopoly centered around telephone technology
Bell System
One Marshall Court case that expanded the power of the supreme court or the federal government
McCulloch, Marshall, Gibbons, Dartmouth, and others
His novels celebrated the idea of expanding opportunity, although he also understood the role of luck and chance
Horacio Alger
He popularized ‘scientific management’ or dividing a complex task into simpler steps
Frederick Taylor
Painting style that emphasized the ugly realities of life
Ashcan School
First amusement park, developed in NYC
Coney Island
Term for expanding transportation, growing banking system, and the very beginnings of industrial growth in the 1820s and 1830s
The Market Revolution
His single land tax was enormously popular in the Gilded Age, if a bit simplistic
Henry George
His book, Looking Backward, envisioned a cooperative utopia for the US
Edward Bellamy
This group was blamed for much of urban crime, but the reality did not match the perception
immigrants
Development of this allowed middle class and working class women to develop a distinctive style of dress
ready-made clothing
Jackson’s policy of requiring cash to buy government owned land
Specie Circular