Gilded Age
The TERMS that describe powerful business leaders like Rockefeller and Carneigie
Captains of Industry and Robber Barons
Belief by middle class Protestants that to honor God , people must help others and reform society
Social Gospel Movement
The policy of extending a nation's power through territory or influence
Imperialism
Steel industry leader who promoted the Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie
First Federal law to limit monopolies
Sherman Antitrust Act
The rapid growth of cities due to people moving from farm and foreign countries
Urbanization
Jounalists who exposed corruption and unsafe conditions
Muckrakers
U.S. fought in 1898 that gave the U.S. control of serveral territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam
Spanish American War
John D. Rockefeller
Law that created inspection of meat products
Meat Inspection Act
This railroad, completed in 1869, connected the East and West coasts
The Transcontinental Railroad
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
U.S. policy claiming the right to forcefully intervene in Latin American countries
Roosevelt Corollary
Photographer and reformer that documented urban poverty in his book How The Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
Plessy v Ferguson
The business practice where one company controls every step of production
Vertical Integration
President known for trust-busting and Square Deal reforms
Theodore Roosevelt
This territory was annexed by the U.S. in 1898
Hawaii
Reformer who founded Hull House
Jane Addams
Amendment allowing citizens to directly elect their Senators
17th Amendment
The 1894 strike was broken by federal troops and showed government support for big business
The Pullman Strike
These reforms allowed voters to propose laws and remove officials
Which of the territories acquired after the Spanish American War, fought the U.S. for their independence
Author of The Jungle, which led to food safety laws
Upton Sinclair
Law that required a test (civil service exam) for government jobs
Pendleton Act