Capital Gains, Labor Pains
This business arrangement occurs when one company controls an entire industry or market and faces little or no competition.
What is a monopoly?
These immigrants primarily came from Northern and Western Europe and arrived in large numbers before the Civil War.
What are "Old" Immigrants?
This Not-So-Famous 1882 law prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This oil industrialist built the Standard Oil empire and became one of the wealthiest men in American history.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
This monetary system, supported by the Populist movement, called for using both gold and silver as the basis for currency.
What is bimetallism?
This economic philosophy argues that the government should have minimal interference in business and the economy.
What is Laissez-Faire Capitalism?
These immigrants primarily came from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
What are "New" Immigrants?
This Famous 1862 law offered public land to settlers who agreed to live on and improve it, encouraging westward expansion.
What is the Homestead Act?
This New York City political boss used the Tammany Hall political machine to maintain power and became infamous for corruption.
Who was Boss Tweed?
These African Americans migrated from the South to Kansas in large numbers in 1879 and sought greater freedom and economic opportunities.
Who were the Exodusters?
This 1894 strike began when workers at a company town protested wage cuts while their rent remained unchanged.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This belief favored native-born Americans over immigrants and often led to discrimination against newcomers.
What is Nativism?
This Not-So-Famous 1887 law divided Native American tribal lands into individual allotments as part of an effort to promote assimilation.
What is the Dawes Act?
This Populist and Democratic politician supported free silver and opposed the gold standard during the late 1800s.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
This business strategy involves a company controlling multiple stages of production, from raw materials to the finished product.
What is vertical integration?
This ideology applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to society and was used to justify economic inequality and the success of wealthy business leaders.
What is Social Darwinism?
These city organizations gained political power by providing jobs and assistance to immigrant communities in exchange for political support.
This Could-Have-Been-Famous 1890 law was intended to combat trusts and monopolies, but its early enforcement had limited success.
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
This labor leader helped establish the American Federation of Labor, which focused on improving wages and working conditions for skilled workers.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
This business strategy involves a company gaining control of or merging with competing businesses in the same industry to reduce competition.
What is horizontal integration?
This labor union focused on winning higher wages, shorter workdays, and better working conditions for skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
This process caused American cities to grow rapidly during the Gilded Age as industrialization attracted workers and immigrants seeking employment.
What is Urbanization?
This Famous 1862 law provided federal support for constructing the transcontinental railroad which contributed to massive economic growth and the development of the West.
What is the Pacific Railway Act?
This socialist labor leader helped lead the American Railway Union's boycott during the Pullman Strike of 1894.
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
This 1890 event in South Dakota resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Lakota people and marked the end of the Indian Wars.
What was the Wounded Knee Massacre?