Gilded Age
This term describes the late 1800s as a time of great wealth on the surface but serious problems underneath.
What is the Gilded Age?
This powerful political organization dominated NYC politics in the late 1800s.
What is Tammany Hall?
This term describes wealthy business leaders who helped the economy but exploited workers.
What is a Robber Baron?
What type of economy was the United States shifting towards during the Gilded Age
An industrial economy
This immigration station opened in 1892.
What is Ellis Island?
Between 1860 and 1880, New York City grew because of this major economic change.
What is industrialization?
This political boss became the symbol of corruption in New York City.
Who is Boss Tweed?
This term describes business leaders who built industries and donated money to society.
What is a Captain of Industry?
What development in 1869 opened up the American economy so that products could be shipped easily from east to west
The completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad
What other major American era was happening in the southern United States during this time period
Reconstruction
This phrase explains why the era is called “gilded” instead of “golden.”
What is wealth covering up poverty and inequality?
This cartoonist helped expose corruption through political cartoons.
Who is Thomas Nast?
These two men were major industrial leaders discussed in the packet.
Who are Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt?
How much did the American economy grow by during the Gilded Age
It doubled in size
This law was the first to exclude a specific ethnic group from immigrating.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
New York City became the nation’s center for these three things during the Gilded Age.
What are finance, industry, and culture?
Tammany Hall gained power by offering this to working-class New Yorkers.
What is help like jobs, food, housing, or legal assistance?
This business practice involved controlling every step of production to reduce competition.
What is vertical integration?
What type of shift occurred during the Gilded Age regarding the type of employment most Americans fell under
Transition from self-employment to being employed by someone else
What era of America succeeded the Gilded Age and tried to reverse many of its consequences
The Progressive era
This era earned its name because wealth and progress hid deeper social problems. Identify two inequalities that persisted in New York City despite economic growth.
What are racism, classism, sexism, lack of labor protections, or poor housing and sanitation?
Tammany Hall publicly condemned the Draft Riots while privately helping rioters. Explain why the organization responded differently in public versus private.
What is that they wanted to appear lawful and respectable while still protecting their political base of working-class voters?
Using evidence from business practices and philanthropy, explain how the same individual could be considered both a Robber Baron and a Captain of Industry.
What is that figures like Carnegie and Vanderbilt exploited workers and crushed competition, but also built industries and funded public institutions?
The government's policy of not intervening or involving itself in economic decisions
Laissez Faire capitalism
In The Bosses of the Senate, wealthy industrialists are shown towering over lawmakers. What argument is the cartoonist making about democracy in the Gilded Age?
What is that corporations and monopolies controlled the government more than the people did?