Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
He built Standard Oil into a monopoly that controlled 90% of American oil production.
Who is Rockefeller?
The 1886 Haymarket Square riot demonstrated the growing unrest over poor working conditions, after this explosive weapon was used for the first time in an act of terrorism.
What is Dynamite?
“There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust… and the workers would gather it up and dump it into the hoppers… There was no place for the men to wash their hands… they would be smeared with blood and filth.”
These words by Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions of America's meatpacking industry in his most famous work.
What is the Jungle?
In response to growing dissatisfaction over the corruption and ineffectiveness of Gilded Age politics, this measure was adopted by states to give their voters a greater say in government.
What it the initiative/referendum?
The Spanish-American War (1898) began after this ship exploded off the coast of Havana, Cuba, leading to the famous couplet, "To hell with Spain, remember the ____".
What is the (USS) Maine?
Andrew Carnegie built U.S. Steel into a monopoly by controlling every production stage from raw material extraction to transportation and distribution, otherwise known as this form of integration.
What is vertical integration?
This 1894 railroad strike led by Eugene V. Debs disrupted rail traffic nationwide.
What is the Pullman Strike?
Her History of Standard Oil exposed the ruthless business practices that built the Standard Oil Company, such as in the following quote:
“Mr. Rockefeller has systematically played with loaded dice, and it is doubtful if there has ever been a time since 1872 when he has run a race with a competitor and started fair.”
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This amendment was added to the Constitution in 1913 to give voters a greater say in Congress by allowing voters to directly elect Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
Future president Theodore Roosevelt led this famous cavalry group to victory against the Spanish at San Juan Hill, Cuba.
Who are the Rough Riders?
Cornelius Vanderbilt is perhaps the first major captain of industry of the Gilded Age, building a massive empire on controlling this continent-wide transportation technology vital for America's industrial economy.
What are railroads?
Immigrants from Eastern in Southern Europe came to the United States in steamships by the millions from 1890-1920, and arrived at this famous location in New York City to be processed for entry.
What is Ellis Island?
This book by Jacob Riis used photography to expose poverty in New York City tenements.
What is How the Other Half Lives?
The amendment whose text reads, “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”
The American public supported war with Spain after American media companies exaggerated Spanish atrocities in Cuba. This practice of sensationalizing the news to sell outrage was known as this form of journalism.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Despite donating nearly half of his wealth to charity, Steel mogul Andrew Carnegie was notorious for slashing the wages of his workers in 1892, leading to a bloody clash between striking workers and Pinkertons at this Pennsylvania town.
What is Homestead?
Immigrants from this country were banned from immigrating to the United States in 1883, becoming the first ethnic group to be barred from entry.
What is China?
The unsanitary conditions written in The Jungle led to the passage of this 1905 law that established safety and quality standards in the food industry.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act or Meat Inspection Act?
This Progressive president's legislative agenda established graduated income taxes, tariff reductions, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Reserve Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Who is Wilson?
With Hawaii annexed and Spain defeated in 1898, the United States became a global empire, especially after the Treaty of Paris granted America new colonies, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and this archipelago near China.
What is the Philippines?
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This infamous political machine dominated New York City's Democratic Party politics during the Gilded Age, until its leader William "Boss" Tweed was imprisoned in the 1870s.
What is Tammany Hall?
Photographs by Jacob Riis captured the poor quality of life of the urban poor who lived in these crowded housing units.
What are tenements?
The Keating Act ended this controversial labor practice in 1916, only for the Supreme Court to overturn it in 1918 by the Supreme Court in Hammer v. Dagenhart. It was only until 1937 with the Fair Labor Standards Act that it was permanently banned.
What is Child Labor?
This military historian argued that a strong navy, island colonies, and the construction of canals was necessary to make America into a global power with access to international markets.
Who is Mahan?