Organized Labor
An group of workers who fight for more rights.
This is a term for a business owner who used their money for good things, such as helping their workers and investing in the community.
Captain of Industry
These are terms for reasons someone would leave or come to a country.
Push and Pull Factors
This is the trend where people move from rural to urban areas.
Urbanization
Journalists and authors who exposed problems with society during industrialization.
Muckrakers
What were some of the goals labor unions wanted to achieve? Name 3.
Shorter workdays, better working conditions, better pay.
This is a term for a business owner who did shady things with their company/money, such as employ children and take advantage of their workers.
This law restricted people from China, and sometimes Asia more broadly, from immigrating to America.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
A group of politicians who use bribes, favors and sometimes threats to stay in power.
A political machine
This muckraker focused on conditions in meatpacking plants, and wrote a book called "The Jungle".
Upton Sinclair
This is one of the tactics unions use to get what they want. It involves all the people in the union stopping work.
Strikes
When a company eliminates all competition and is the only one selling a product/providing a service, it is a _____.
Monopoly
These were the places where immigrants coming to the US were processed.
Ellis and Angel Islands
2. To make money
This muckraker used political cartoons to expose political corruption and bring down political machines.
Thomas Nast
This disaster resulted in the passage of strong labor laws in New York, satisfying some of the demands of workers.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
I amassed my fortune from the steel industry. Later as a philanthropist, I provide funds for libraries, education and scientific research. Who am I, and am I a robber baron or a captain of industry?
Andrew Carnegie, captain of industry.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, most immigrants to America came from these places? (BE SPECIFIC)
This was the political machine that controlled New York City in the late 1800s. They were famous for giving aid to new immigrants, especially the Irish, in exchange for their votes. (Hint: It was named after a building)
Tammany Hall
This muckraker wrote a book documenting urban poverty called "How the Other Half Lives".
Jacob Riis
This is the economic theory practiced by America during the industrial era. It involved the government staying out of business matters and setting few regulations for business to follow. This allowed corporations to exploit their workers.
Laissez-Faire
I amassed my fortune through the oil industry and I am still considered to be the richest man ever. My company, Standard Oil, became one of the biggest monopolies in the world through shady business practices. Who am I, and am I a robber baron or a captain of indsutry.
Fun fact, I grew up a half an hour from Binghamton!
John D. Rockefeller, robber baron.
The idea, popular during the 1800s and 1900s, that the only real Americans were people born in America. Those who followed this ideology did not like immigrants.
Nativism/Nativists
The famous head of New York's political machine, he embezzled lots of money from the city and help a firm grip on power for over 10 years before he was exposed by muckrakers and arrested.
William Tweed/Boss Tweed
This muckraker exposed the shady dealings of the Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell