Robber Barons/Big Business men
invented the Walker system. changed the hair industry for Black women
Madame C.J. Walker
What is one advantage of moving West?
answers may vary
What was the main objective of Nativists during the Gilded AGe?
ban and restrict immigration
Name an example of VERTICAL integration.
Railroad industry
What is the term for when a company, maintains complete control over an industry and has no competitor?
Monopoly
"God gave me riches"/ Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Which area of the USA did the settlement begin after the railroad is being built?
The West
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
racial segregation was constitutional (separate but equal)
Apprentice to Edison/ created the AC system
nikola Tesla
What is the term: proposed dividing reservation land into allotments to be distributed to individual Native Americans who would use the land to farm or ranch and have a chance to become American citizens.
Dawes Act
This person is responsible for creating the mass production of steel.
Andrew Carnegie
What are two advantages of moving to the West?
answers may vary
The Chinese Exclusion Act barred Chinese immigrants from becoming citizens for ________ years and prevented them from becoming citizens in the USA.
10
John D. Rockefeller gained control over much of the oil industry by managing a trust made up of _________________ and allied companies.
Standard Oil
invented the Phonograph and lightbulb
Thomas Edison
Responsible for monopolies over the railroad and steel industry/Wealthy banker
J. P. Morgan
What did the Homestead Act allow?
claim land cheaply and within 3-5 years
________ _____________ sought out to maximize their profits by eliminating competition by exploiting workers.
Robber Barons
What is one of the Jim Crow Laws?
separate schools for blacks and whites, poll tax, grandfather clause, etc.
What is one of the reasons the United States expanded its economy with manufacturing?
Railroad tycoon using the steamboat business/ worth $100 million when he died
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What are two disadvantages of moving West?
high temps, prarie fires, grasshoppes that destroyed crops, blizzards, scarcity of trees
What is one example of a vertical integration monopoly that exists today?
Amazon, Apple, netflix
Why did the Haymarket Riot, Pullman Strike, and the Great Railroad strike start?
As a result of the The harsh working conditions, little pay, and long hours forced by the “Big Business” industry
The Interstate Commerce Commision/Act was created to do what?
Monitor interstate railroad operations and thereby help protect consumers