Rise of Industry
Big Business
Railroads/Unions
Immigration/Gilded Age
Urbanization/Reform
100
Inventor of the telephone and the light bulb (Two people)
Who is Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison
100
The two types of costs businesses face
What is fixed and operating costs
100
This allowed for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (Passed by Lincoln)
What is the Pacific Railway Act
100
Survival of the fittest business strategy
What is Social Darwinism
100
The leaders of the political machines were called what
What is party bosses
200
"let people do as they choose" business philosophy
What is laissez-faire
200
An organization owned by many people but treated as if it were a single person
What is a corporation
200
This man founded communism, which was the reason for the Government being against Unions.
Who is Karl Marx
200
The place on the West coast where immigrants checked in when they arrived in America
What is Angel Island
200
the belief that some people fail at life because of circumstances they can't control
What is naturalism
300
Drilled the first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania
Who is Edwin Drake
300
a company that owns all of the different businesses on which it depends on for operation
What is vertical integration
300
These were given to the Railroad companies by the Gov't to help fund the construction of the railroads
What is Land Grants
300
The most basic and cheap accommodations for immigrants when traveling to America.
What is steerage
300
multi-family apartments people lived in during urbanization
What is tenements
400
the total number of goods and services produced by a country
What is Gross National Product (GNP)
400
The process Andrew Carnegie used to revolutionize the steel industry
What is the Bessemer Process
400
Who were the Knights of Labor?
What is the first nationwide industrial union
400
Name the 4 categories of pop culture we studied from the Gilded Age.
What is 1. Art/Literature 2. Recreational Activities/Sports 3. Drama 4. Music
400
political view where the Government controls all industries and divides the profits among its citizens equally
What is socialism
500
What was the Governments role in industrialization? What was their role in the economy? (Same answer)
What is they stayed out of the way (Free Enterprise)
500
A legal concept that allows one person to manage another persons property without owning it
What is a trust
500
The person who drove the golden spike (last spike) in the Transcontinental Railroad
Who is Leland Stanford
500
A preference for native born people, and a desire to limit immigration
What is Nativism
500
Name 3 of the main problems faced because of rapid urbanization
What is disease, pollution, poverty, crime and violence.
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