The big 3
This allowed inventors to make money off of their inventions and encouraged new technology
Patent
When you control all stages of production in order to keep prices low, this is known as...
Vertical Integration
A _________ factor makes people leave a country, while a __________ factor makes people move to a country
Push (ie no jobs, religious persecution)
Pull (ie many jobs, religious freedom)
This economic system encourages competition and a "hands off" government approach.
Capitalism (Laissez-faire)
This workplace disaster showed how many problems were left to be addressed after the Gilded Age.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
The creation and spread of this technology allowed people and markets to connect throughout the country
Railroads
When you acquire multiple factories that produce the same thing (to reduce competititon), this is known as...
Horizontal Integration
When people of a home country fear that immigrants are bringing in "strange" cultures, this is known as
Nativism
Name one government action that specifically targeted immigrants of a certain ethnic background
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentleman's Agreement
Owner of the Hull House and activist during the Gilded Age
Jane Adams
What 3 factors created the perfect environment for an industrialized America?
Labor / Immigrants / workers
New Technology / Inventions
Natural Resources
Andrew Carnegie wrote this book to argue that the rich should spread their wealth to help society
The Gospel of Wealth
This organization provided jobs training, educational opportunities, and child care for many immigrants
Hull House
Common during the Gilded Age, many people gained political power by helping campaign for others. This is known as
Patronage
The APA often targeted immigrants of this religious faith
Catholic
When you use the Bessemer Process, you get steel from iron. When you refine ______, you get kerosene (used for lighting and power).
Oil
List 2 reasons why someone might consider a wealthy businessman a "Captain of Industry"
Donations / Philanthropy
Provide Jobs
increase country wealth / growth (infrastructure)
Although these provided living spaces close to work for immigrants, they were also usually cramp, unsafe, and unhygenic
Tenements
Name one strike that showed the need for government to step in during labor disputes
Homestead Strike (PA Guard)
Pullman Strike (National Gaurd)
The organization led by Boss Tweed in New York, helped immigrants but also stole money from public projects.
Tammany Hall
This inventor did not patent his invention for the oil drill and ended up dying in poverty.
Edwin Drake
List 2 reasons why someone might consider a wealthy businessman a "Robber Baron"
Poor Wages
Poor Working Conditions
Pollution
"Anti Labor"
In order to adopt to new American culture and ways of life, many Immigrants go through a process known as
Assimilation
This act was used to try to stop monopolies, but failed to do so by the end of the Gilded Age.
Sherman Anti-trust act
a biological theory of evolution developed by English naturalist Charles ____________________ stating that all species develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that help individuals compete, survive, and reproduce.
Darwin / Darwinism