Innovations
I invented the light bulb, who am I?
Thomas Edison
I was the most powerful Robber Baron in America with my company called Standard Oil. Who am I?
John Rockefeller
Another term for anti-immigrant sentiment, often used in the 19th century.
Nativism
The ________________________ railroad was the first railroad to span the continent, connecting the east to the west. (1869)
Transcontinental
I invented the telephone, who am I?
Alexander Graham Bell
I was the leading banker in America, responsible for financing much of the industrial expansion and consolidation of the Gilded Age. Who am I?
J.P. Morgan
The _____________ Exclusion Act of 1882 banned all immigrants from this country.
Chinese
The _____________ Act gave free land to white settlers willing to move west.
Homestead Act
Corporations began forming ____________ during this time, where they began colluding with their competitors rather than competing against them.
Trusts
Carnegie Steele buying up a shipping containers or railroads to move its products would be an example of _________________ integration.
Vertical
Political _________, like Tweed in NYC, were able to control the politics in American cities through corruption, gaining enormous wealth in the process.
Bosses (I will also accept machines)
Many Native American children were forced to attend _________________ schools in the east where they had to reject their culture and adopt white customs.
boarding
The _____________ Process would allow iron to be made into steel much faster and efficiently.
Bessemer
The ______________ Movement sought to protect the interest of farmers who were losing their land to railroads and banks.
Populist
Identify three characteristics of the "New Immigrants" coming to America during this time.
Catholic, Jewish, Easter/Southern European, less likely to know English or quickly assimilate. Many from Asia. More likely to live in ethnic clusters. Darker skin tone.
The Battle of _______________ in 1876 was a victory for Native Americans led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, as they were able to defeat Custer and his men of the 7th Cavalry.
This law was passed in 1890 and would later be used by President Theodore Roosevelt to break up trusts and monopolies.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Identify the two most prominent labor leaders during the Gilded Age.
Eugene Debs and Samuel Gompers
The Populist Movement and a faction of the Democratic Party began advocating for bimetallism during this time, wanting to add __________ as a form of currency.
Silver
The U.S. broke the Fort Laramie Treaty with Native Americans after they discovered _________ in the Black Hills.
Gold