Gilded Age Terms
The name of this age which means thinly painted in gold but rough on the interior.
Gilded Age
When Rockefeller owns all of the oil refining it is called this.
Monopoly
With more people from Europe and Asia living in cities the United States became a mix of people from different nationalities blending together to make a single culture called this.
Melting Pot
This person is known for being an inventor, creating the light bulb and direct current.
Thomas Edison
Immigrants tended to live in these places, like New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
Urban
Some immigrants would go to these places in the United States to farm, like Nebraska and Iowa.
Rural
A wealthy man who treats his workers fairly, uses fair business practices, and donates lots of money to charity. Ex. Henry Ford paid his workers a minimum wage and gave them a 5 day work week
Captain of Industry
This act prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
A wealthy man who uses unfair business practices, treats his employees/workers unfairly, and rarely give money to charity. Ex. J.P. Morgan worrying about making more money over how his workers are treated.
Robber Baron
The quieter perimeter of the city is called this
Suburb
Low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible.
Tenements
This person started out working with Tom Scott at a railroad company but eventually owned the largest steel company and would become one of the richest men in the world
Andrew Carnegie
Learning to speak English and adopt American dress and diet often referred to as this
Americanization
This person was a banker, investor, owner of General Electric and US Steel.
J.P. Morgan
A place where people worked countless hours with thousands of people in a small, hot, dark, and dirty workhouse
Sweatshop
This term is when a singular company owning two or more parts of the production chain. Ex. Rockefeller owning pipelines, refining, drilling, etc.
Vertical Integration
Although not the wealthiest man in the Gilded Age, this person started with Steamboats and then sold them all for a railroad company
Vanderbilt
Many American born people believed they were superior to immigrants and had a tendency towards preferring native-born white Americans over new immigrants is known as this
Nativism
This person worked with Edison and created Alternating Current
Nikola Tesla
Someone who donates their wealth to multiple charities or uses their wealth to aid society as a whole
Philanthropy/Philanthropist
This process shortened the production of steel from 2 weeks to 15 minutes, helping Carnegie produce steel for skyscrapers much faster
Bessemer Process
This was the name Rockefeller gave his company
Standard Oil
A very dangerous illness that reached epidemic proportions several times in the United States in the 1800’s and killed thousands. It spread easily in tenements.
Cholera
This way of using electricity gave Edison, not Tesla, a bad reputation even though he used AC, not DC.
Electric Chair
This term is when a singular company all of one production line. Ex. Owning every refinery.
Horizontal Integration