Businessmen
this oilman once the richest man in the world founded his standard oil company in 1870.
who is John D. Rockefeller?
in this way of think, people that were born in the U.S. were favored.
whats is nativism?
a pot that melts things
what is a melting pot?
a labor union formed in 1886 by Samuel Gompers in order to voice the working class.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
in 1892 in Pennsylvania they protested against Carnegie steel plants and on July 2 all the sticking workers were fired.
what happened in the homestead strick?
During 1837-1913 this person was the most important banker and financer.
They helped organize the U.S steel and other major corporations.
who is J.P morgan?
Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific
What are the Railroad time zones?
1897- an electrical subway was built in Boston MA
1890- more Irish in NYC than in Dublin
what is urbanization?
someone who thinks they are better because of race or because they think they are better
what is social Darwinism?
efficient businessmen in the late nineteenth century.
these businessmen are wealthy by greedy dishonest methods.
what are robber barons?
This person was an American business magnate.
This person built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
This person was a self-made multi-millionaire and became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
a piece of land held by an owner
What is a Tenement?
giving money away to get richer
what is philanthropy?
This person was a union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
They founded the American Federation of labor and served as the organization's president.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
in 1890 the first antitrust law was placed.
this law prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace
what is the Sherman antitrust act?
In the 19th century, this person led the expansion of the American steel industry and became one of the richest Americans in history.
They became a leading philanthropist in the united states and in the British empire.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This person received the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876.
He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron
what is the Bessemer process?
This person was an Irish-born American school teacher and wher.
They became a prominent union organizer.
Who is Marry Harris Jones?
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A.
Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This person was an American socialist and political activist.
This person was one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world.
They were a five-time candidate of the socialist party of American for president of the united states.
Who is Eugene Debs?
a place where people have to work really long hours and get paid very little and in unsafe working conditions.
what is a sweatshop?
A system refers to public shared transportation
What is Mass Transit?
She is was an American settlement activist.
She was also an advocate for world peace.
She was on the frontline of the settlement house movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Who is Jane Adams?
when a business grows by acquiring a similar company in their industry at the same point of the supply chain.
What is horizontal/vertical integration?