Industrialization
A negative term given to the leaders of industry like Carnegie or Rockefeller who were to be greedy and manipulative
Robber Barons
Name an example of a pull factor and a push factor
Pull: Jobs, promise of better life etc
Push: war, famine, disease, etc
A period of social activism and legal reform aimed at addressing the issues of the Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
What President was a champion of Conservation and created the National Forest Service as well as many National Forests, Parks, and Wildlife Preserves.
Teddy Roosevelt
What is the difference between a robber baron and a captain of industry?
Robber barons are what people critical of the ultra rich called industrialists, captains of industry is what people who admired them called them.
Name a territory the United States gained in the Spanish American war.
Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa
Newspapers in the early 1900s that wrote sensational and not always true stories were refered to as what?
Yellow Journalism
the exclusive control of one company over an entire industry
Monopoly
Where were the "New Immigrants" from?
Southern and Eastern Europe
The man who monopolized the oil industry
Rockefeller
The President who lead the United States during the Spanish American war.
William McKinley
What is significant about the Anthracite coal strike?
The government sided with workers for the first time.
What country did the United States help Panama gain independence from?
Columbia
The ________________. __________________ to the Monroe Doctrine said U.S. has the right to intervene in Latin American affairs to stabilize the region
Roosevelt Corollary
The gilded age saw an increase in ___________ businesses.
Manufacturing
Immigrant who rose from poverty to monopolize the steel industry and then became a leading philanthropist and built 2,800 libraries and a university.
Carnegie
Name a muckraker of this time and how they worked to solve an issue of the progressive era
Jacob Riis (Slums)
Upton Sinclair (The Jungle)
Ida Tarbell (Wrote about Rockefeller)
This President passed many progressive reforms, such as banning child labor in factories, but also segregated the federal work force.
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt became more famous for leading the "Rough Riders" at this battle.
Battle of San Juan Hill
What is one country that Woodrow Wilson occupied during his Presidency
Haiti, Dominican Republic
What did Teddy Roosevelt win for helping end the Russo-Japanese war?
THe Nobel Peace Prize
Name two problems for workers were caused by Industrialization
Long hours,
Low pay
Child Labor
Dangerous Work
Where were the "Old Immigrants" from?
Northern and Western Europe. (Ireland, England, Germany, Scandanvia).
What did the Pure Food and Drug Act do?
Prohibit the sale of misbranded or spoiled food and drugs. Required ingredient labeling.
This President ran for a third term as a Progressive Party candidate, under the nickname Bull Moose Party.
Teddy Roosevelt
Why was the period of 1870 - 1900 called the Gilded Age?
Things looked great, nice and shiny on the outside, but underneath, things weren’t great
Where did the United States Build a canal?
Panama
What New Tax passed during Woodrow Wilson's Presidency?
Income Tax
The industrialists needed __________________ to have enough workers.
Immigrants
Nativism is defined as American resentment because of increased immigrant migration to this country.
Name an example of Nativism in the Gilded Age
Chinese Exclusion Act
This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era
Theodore Roosevelt
This man became the youngest ever President when William McKinley was assassinated.
Theodore Roosevelt
What were 3 major problems of the Gilded Age?
Overcrowded cities
Bad sanitation
Monopolies
Robber barons - Inequality
Dangerous working conditions
child labor
What war started during Woodrow Wilson's first term?
WW1
This law allows the President to create National Monuments
Antiquities Act of 1906