People of the Gilded Age
What industry did Cornelius Vanderbilt dominate?
The Railroads
What was the port immigrants came through in New York?
Ellis Island
Who were the industrialists who used their power and industry positively?
Captain of Industry
What is an organization of workers who protect a trade or profession in their rights and interests?
Labor Union
Who was a person who searched for and tried to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics?
Muckracker
Who helped grow America's Steel Industry?
Andrew Carnegie
What port did immigrants from China go through?
Angel Island
Who were the industrialists who used their power and industry negatively?
Robber Baron
What was the first significant law restricting Chinese immigration into the United States?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What do you call the act where a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others by generously donating money to good causes like creating libraries and schools?
Philanthropy
Owner and financier banker who would buy Carnegie's company and create US Steel. Helped stabilize the American economy and was one of the richest men ever.
What were the major immigrants groups coming to America at this time
Irish, Eastern European, Italian, and Chinese
What is a market owned by one person and has no competitors?
Monopoly
What act allowed Congress to prohibit trust?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What was a single family building divided into multiple living spaces?
Tenement
Who founded the Standard Oil Company and later partook in philanthropist?
John D. Rockefeller
Nativist
What is the term for when a government body seeks to control an industry through laws and oversight?
Regulation
What strike was between Carnegie Steel Company and it's workers?
Homestead Strike
What was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel?
Bessemer Process
Who spread awareness about poverty through photography?
Jacob Riis
What caused immigrants to leave their country and what brought them to America?
Push/pull factors
What is the process of making an area more urban?
Urbanization
What is the name of the important connecting transportation which allowed for the settlement of the Western US?
The Transcontinental Railroad
What is the word you would use to describe a robber baron or political officer who abuses his power for personal gain and influence?
Corruption