Key Figures
This author coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe a society that looked prosperous on the outside but was plagued with problems underneath.
Who is Mark Twain?
This inventor created the phonograph and the light bulb, revolutionizing American industry and entertainment.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This term describes a collective refusal to work, often organized by unions to demand fair wages and conditions.
What is a strike?
This law, supported by President Roosevelt, provieded for federal inspection of meat and other food products.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
The 19th Amendment guaranteed this group the right to vote.
Who are women?
He founded Standard Oil and created a monopoly in the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Completed in 1869, this transportation project connected the eastern U.S. to the West Coast and spurred economic growth.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This strike took place after wages were reduced, but rent and costs remained high in the company town, nearly halting railway traffic.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This amendment, known as Prohibition, made the production and sale of alcohol illegal in the U.S. HINT: Remember, you got a 1 in 27 shot of getting it right ;)
What is the 18th amendment?
This influential book by Upton Sinclair exposed the poor sanitation practices in the meat-packing industry.
What is The Jungle?
A steel tycoon who controlled 80% of U.S. steel production and was later bought out by J.P. Morgan.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This process, developed by Henry Bessemer, made steel production faster and more affordable.
What is the Bessemer process?
This strike involved the Carnegie Steel Company, resulting in violence between workers and Pinkerton agents.
What is the Homestead Strike?
This 1890 law made it illegal for companies to form monopolies that restricted free trade.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This civil rights leader led the Niagara Movement, which demanded equal rights, equal employment, and an end to segregation immediately.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This African American leader was invited to the White House by Theodore Roosevelt and believed education was key for civil rights.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This banker and financier purchased Carnegie's steel empire and helped create U.S. Steel.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This labor union was formed in 1866 and was one of the first to unite local unions across the nation.
What is the National Labor Union?
This 1913 law created a central banking system that allowed Congress to print paper money and regulate the economy.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
He exposed the terrible conditions in New York immigrant slums in his book How the Other Half Lives. HINT: He may share a first name with yours truly...
Who is Jacob Riis?
The founder of the American Federation of Labor, who fought for better wages and working conditions for workers.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
These wealthy industrialists were criticized for exploiting workers and crushing competition.
What are robber barons?
The American Federation of Labor, founded by Samuel Gompers, promoted this type of bargaining where representatives negotiate on behalf of all workers.
What is collective bargaining?
This amendment created a federal income tax to reduce inequality in society. HINT: Remember you got a 1 in 27 shot of getting it right ;)
What is the 16th Amendment?
She was a muckraker and journalist who wrote about racial violence in the South and was a founding member of the NAACP.
Who is Ida Wells?