This man was a Scottish immigrant who dominated the steel industry in the late 19th century
Who is Andrew Carnegie
100
Giving gifts to someone in power so they will do what you want
What is bribery
100
Laws passed by Southern governments to limit the rights of African Americans
What is black codes
100
Created when one company or person owns a majority of a market such as the steel industry, eliminating competition.
What is a monopoly
100
a discount or deal on services or merchandise to attract more business
What is a rebate
200
The son of a poor farmer, this man made his fortune in steamships and then began to dominate the railroad industry
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
200
Test given to select employees for government jobs
What is a civil service test
200
Southerner who supported the republicans during reconstruction and were viewed as traitors
What is a scalawag
200
Several corporations unit under a single board of directors and in turn form a monopoly
What is a trust
200
A piece of a company that people buy and become partial owner of the company
What is stock
300
Made his fortune investing in oil refineries after oil was discovered in Pennsylvania
Who John D. Rockefeller
300
Separation of people in public places based on race, ethnicity, or other differences.
What is segregation
300
Two tactics used by southern governments to limit who could vote. Designed to prevent African Americans from voting.
What are poll taxes and literacy tests
300
A business that is owned by many different people who have invested (put) money into the company by buying shares or stocks.
What is a corporation
300
When workers refuse to go to work until their demands are met
What is strike
400
The most powerful banker of the 1800s who bought out many corporations
Who is JP Morgan
400
A government pardon, being forgiven by a government for a crime
What is amnesty
400
Term for a farmer who farms the land of a wealthy landowner and owes a certain share of the harvest every year. This is what many African Americans became after the Civil War
What is a sharecropper
400
Payment made by a corporation to its investors or shareholders when the corporation makes a profit
What is a dividend
400
groups formed by trade workers to help negotiate with employers
What is trade union
500
This man ran for president three times and was an enemy of banks and railroads.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
500
A northerner who came to the south after the civil war to make money
What is a carpetbagger
500
Laws that regulated segregation in the South, separating whites and blacks in public places.
What is Jim Crow Laws
500
A group of companies that join together in one area to fix prices at a certain rate
What is a pool
500
Unions negotiate for workers as a whole group instead of just individuals