Immigration
A belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers?
What is nativism?
Tammany Hall was an example of this type of political group.
What is Political Machines.
John D. Rockefeller became a billionaire after he started this company.
What is Standard Oil Co.
Written by Carnegie; the belief that those entrusted with societys riches had to prove themselves morally responsible
The Gospel of Wealth
Established the doctrine of "separate but equal;" upheld Jim Crow laws in the South; led to increased discrimination against African Americans; later overturned by Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
This act prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions.
What is Strikes
He was a banker who financed the reorganization of railroads, insurance companies, and banks. He bought out Carnegie and in 1901 he started the United States Steel Corporation.
J.P. Morgan
William Tweed, head of Tammany Hall, NYC's powerful democratic political machine in 1868. Between 1868 and 1869, he led the Tweed Ring, a group of corrupt politicians, in defrauding the city of millions of dollars.
Boss Tweed
First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting; however, it was initially misused against labor unions
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Point of entry into the U.S. for Asian immigrants. Took weeks or month to be process.
What is the Angel Island?
Political party formed in 1891 to advocate a large money supply and other economic reforms?
The Populist Party
Name the one of the processes used by Carnegie to mass produce steel.
Bessemer Process.
An economic tool devised late in the 1800s; it was pioneered by men such as Andrew Carnegie of the steel industry and John Rockefeller of the oil industry; purpose of it is to eliminate competition in business; one powerful company will have control of the stocks of many smaller companies in the same line of business, creating a monopoly; monopoly allows price-fixing and benefits all companies involved; outlawed in the early 1900s
Trust
1892 steelworker strike near Pittsburgh against the Carnegie Steel Company; ten workers were killed in a riot when "scab" labor was brought in to force an end to the strike
Homestead Strike
The growth of cities due to the influx of people?
What is Urbanization?
Law that created a civil service system for the federal government in an attempt to hire employees on a merit system rather than on a spoils system.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Who wrote the gospel of wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages; they also drove their competitors out of business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it????
Robber Baron
Created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry
Interstate Commerce Act
What president approved the Chinese Exclusion Act?
President Chester A. Arthur
Well-organized political parties that dominated city and state governments in the 1800s usually ethnic groups.
What are Political machines?
Method used to own all means of production, from resource extraction to retail sale.
What is Vertical Integration.
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Capitalism
Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
The Homestead Act,