Business
"Oil Baron", Standard Oil, used horizontal integration
John D. Rockefeller
Political machine of New York City that was well-known for its corruption, led by William "Boss" Tweed
Tammany Hall
party formed in 1892 whose platform focus was on coinage of silver and gold in addition to other progressive ideas (hugely supported by farmers)
Populism or Populist Party
(1894) strike in Chicago led by Eugene Debs for railroad workers that spread nationwide. President Grover Cleveland called in federal troops to put down the strike.
Pullman Strike
A population shift from rural areas to cities and the ways in which each society adapts to the change
Urbanization
This significant Lakota leader was killed in the 1890s
Sitting Bull
The idea that America has a God given right to expand across the country
Manifest Destiny
The idea that the former Confederate states would have a new economy and political system
"New South"
Name for any gilded age investigative journalist
Muckraker
technique used by Carnegie where he combined into one organization all phases of manufacturing from mining to marketing.
Vertical Integration
Unofficial political organization that works to win elections in order to exercise power;
Rose to power in the late 1800s because of ill-equipped local governments that failed to meet the needs of growing urban populations
Political Machine
(1862) law that provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
Homestead Act
This labor protest in Chicago became associated with anarchism.
Haymarket Riot
a multi-dwelling building, often poor or overcrowded
This occurred on December 29, 1890, in South Dakota. It was the last major conflict between the U.S. Army and Native American tribes and resulted in the deaths of over 150 Lakota Sioux, mostly women and children.
Wounded Knee Massacre
What event/ thing completed the transcontinental railroad and in what year?
Golden Spike, 1869
Tuskegee Institute founder
Booker T Washington
The idea that Christians should support the poor and try to end poverty
Social Gospel
a railroad that would cross the continent and connect the East to the West in 1869
transcontinental railroad
This scandal involved railroad companies bribing Congress during Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency.
The Crédit Mobilier scandal?
Farmers wanted the dollar to be backed by this...
Silver
Name the two major labor unions of this time
Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor
Identify the two processing centers that immigrants came through
Angel Island (connecting Asia to California) and Ellis Island (connecting NY to Europe)
Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law authorized the President to break up reservation land
Dawes Act
The idea that westward expansion was the defining force in creating American democracy, individualism, and a unique national identity distinct from European influences
Court case that set the precedent that allowed segregation if facilities were "equal"
Founded a famous settlement house in Chicago- focused on helping new immigrants assimilate into American society
Jane Addams/ Hull House
Economic philosophy that stated that business and the economy would run best with no interference from the government
Laissez- Faire
What piece of legislation ended the spoils system?
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
This was a support system to promote farmers' social and economic needs.
The Grange system
creator of the American Federation of Labor and labor union leader
Samuel Gompers
Where did many of the "new" immigrants of this time period come from?
Southern and Eastern Europe
This is the primary example of the institutions that were intended to assimilate Native American children into American culture
The year the gold rush began in California
1849 (think San Francisco 49ers)
This leader advocated for african americans to quickly integrate into American society through equal rights and education
W.E.B. Du Bois
Muckraker responsible for exposing business practices of Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
(1890) a law that tried to regulate trusts. It favored businesses rather than workers and was originally used to break up labor unions.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This cartoonist drew extensively during the reconstruction and Gilded Age. He is credited with bringing down Boss Tweed – whom he regularly lampooned.
Thomas Nast
This 1896 candidate famously gave the “Cross of Gold” speech.
William Jennings Bryan
American union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW); went on to run for president
Eugene V. Debs
The first major legal restriction on immigration to the U.S. from a specific country
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This system confined Native people to designated lands (1850-1887)
Reservation system
This invention transformed ranching and farming, and ended the reign of the cowboys
Barbed wire
The proposal that Black Southerners should accept segregation and temporarily refrain from campaigning for equal rights.
Atlanta Compromise
Famous publication by Jacob Riis showing terrible living conditions of the poor
How the Other Half Lives