Industry & Invention
after Reconstruction; describes the promise & problems of the period
Gilded Age
became president because Garfield dying due to a gunshot
Chester Arthur
giving government jobs to political supporters
spoils system
cheaper to hire, faster than adults,
child labor
movement of populations to cities
urbanization
giving government jobs to political supporters
spoils system
first Democrat Party president in 28 year
1st comprehensive act passed by Congress to regulate the railroads
Federal Regulation of Commerce
advocated for an 8hr workday
Knights of Labor
increase in Eastern Europeans, increase in Chinese, knew little English, lived in culture specific neighborhoods
new immigration
controlling every aspect of production from raw material to product
vertical integration
wrote On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
1st congress to exceed a billion dollar budget
51st Congress
formed craft unions for skilled labors
American Federation of Labor
a process through which all current species have struggled and evolved
natural selection
consolidation of all of one entire segment of an industry.
horizontal integration
controlled nation's shipping
Vanderbuilt
first Democratic Party victory for president in 28 years
factory worker's riot in Chicago
Haymarket Riot of 1886
picture of simple and ordinary life
realism
self-funded the building of a railroad system
JJ Hill
most prolific inventor because invented many things
Thomas Edison
high tariffs on imported items; decreased trade and revenue; protected American inefficiencies
McKinley Tariff
supreme court case involving the railroads
Munn vs. Illinois 1877
Leader of Evangelist movement
Dwight L. Moody