Robber Barons
Robber Baron of Banks, a man who was the inspiration for the monopoly man and his bank today operates under the name "Chase"
Who is JP Morgan
Muckraker known for his iconic images of poor working class immigrants in the 1890's titled "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is Jacob Riis
Famous Strike that led to the creation of Labor Day.
What is the Pullman Strike
Leader of the Niagara Movement, A civil rights leader who's main rival was Booker T. Washington
Who is W.E.B DuBois
The invention created by Alexander Graham Bell that allowed for fast communication over long distances
What is the telephone/telegraph
Name of Andrew Carnegie's Company that later merged with JP Morgan's company to create the Trust known as U.S. Steel
What is Carnegie Steel
Book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the meatpacking industry and led to the creation of the FDA
What is The Jungle
Tactic used by Labor Unions to disrupt business and give leverage to workers in bargaining for better wages, conditions, or treatment.
The name of the movement where the main goal was to restrict the consumption of alcohol, which culminated with the 18th amendment being passed
What is The Temperance Movement
The industry that boomed during the Gilded Age that led to hour current timezones
What are Railroads
Type of integration practiced by Rockefeller, which involved buying out competition and owning all of the companies in one level of a business (i.e owning all the gas stations)
What is Horizontal Integration
Type of Journalism that the muckrakers practiced
What is Investigative journalism
Labor Union that was known for its non-violent protests and workers cooperatives (Worker-owned companies)
What is the Knights of Labor
Member of the Temperance Movement, known for smashing liquor bottles with her hatchet
Who is Carry A. Nation
The method for creating steel invented by an English inventor
What is The Bessemer Process
Name of University located in Palo Alto that was founded by a California Robber Baron.
What is Stanford University
Name of the company (Owned by John Rockefeller) that was exposed by Ida Tarbell in her famous muckraking book "The History of ____"
What is Standard Oil
Object that was thrown into the crowd during the Haymarket Square Protest that led to it becoming the Haymarket Square Riot
The first settlement house in America, founded in Chicago by reformer Jane Addams
What is Hull House
The man based out of Menlo Park who patented over a thousand inventions during his lifetime, including the lightbulb
Who is Thomas Edison
Name of the sports team based in Pennsylvania that got its name from the industry that Andrew Carnegie built his fortune from.
The overall goal of muckrakers
What is to expose corruption/exploitation/wrongdoing
What is graduated income tax
The project that started in the 1860's which connected the West Coast to the East Coast where much immigrant labor was used to build
What is the Transcontinental Railroad