The Gilded Age
He coined the name of this category in his critique of this period's intense change that transformed the United States from a predominantly rural nation into a modern industrial society.
Who is Mark Twain?
Free coinage of silver with a ratio of 16:1 with golf and was favored by the Populist Party
Happened due to economic opportunities, religious persecution, and lack of military conscription
An organization that encourage people to vote for the organization’s men and rewarded them for their patronage
What are political machines/bosses?
An illegal business combination, this practice of controlling ONE aspect of the production process created monopolies like Standard Oil.
What is a horizontal integration?
industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents
labor union that consisted of skilled and unskilled workers and supported the Populist Party. They met an end after the Haymarket Riot...
Who are the Knights of Labor?
This was the first outlaw to restrict immigration based on race/ethnicity
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
Most famous member of Tammany Hall and was a part of the “Tweed Ring”
type of business that owned all aspects of production
Produced in Chicago, this new invention reduced the number of humans necessary to harvest crops.
What are McCormick Harvester/Reaper?
Most famous platform for the Populist Party in which they wanted graduated income tax and direct election of senators
Founder of the Hull House, which provided housing and food for immigrants
Who is Jane Addams?
term that means using political power for a personal gain
A man who made horizontal integration popular with his Standard Oil Company?
a theory in the Gilded Age that societies evolved by a natural process through which most fit members survived and demonstrated their fitness by gathering property, wealth, and social status
Another name for Farmer's association who connected farmers to share techniques create support the Populist Party
What was the Grange?
Photo journalist who documented the new immigrants and their lives in urban areas
Who is Jacob Riis?
His pen and artistic ability helped bring down the Tammany Hall Ring with his scathing political cartoons.
Now illegal, but once legal process in which companies merge to form a monopoly on a certain industry
What are trusts/holding companies?
Charitable Christian movement in the early 20th century that deal with issues of poverty and crime, and believed the Second Coming would not happen until humans got rid of the social evils
What is Social Gospel?
Presidential nominee of the Populist Party in election of 1896...
Who is William Jennings Bryan
Having trouble assimilating due to language barriers, illiteracy, many immigrants settled in these "ethnic clusters" in urban areas.
What are "enclaves"?
This man played a key role in Tweed’s downfall which helped him to catapult to the Democratic nomination in 1876
Who is Samuel Tilden?
Carnegie's view on charity and the responsibility of the wealthy to create a better society was published in this essay
What is the Gospel of Wealth?