Notable People
Exposed the Meat Packing Industry
Upton Sinclair
Define Tenement
Poor housing, bad construction, meant to pack in the people, unclean
Developed the light bulb
Edison
Dude who founded Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Major general of the Union
Grant
Define sharecropping
Multiple answers accepted
Whats a labor union
collection of workers to protect the rights of workers
Enslaved individual who argued for citizenship/ was denied
Dred Scot
Define Nativism
favored native born americans over immigrants
Developed the Bessemer Process
Bessemer
Captain of Industry who controlled Steel
Carnegie
Major general of the Confederacy
Lee
Where was the surrender that ended the Civil War?
Appomattox Courthouse
which act excluded immigration from eastern asia
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Founded Hull House
Jane Addams
Define Radical Republicans
Wanted to punish the south following the war
Developed the Telephone
Graham Bell
Define "Captain of Industry"
A corporate leader who contributed to society by providing jobs and invigorating the economy
First state to secede
S. Carolina
14th amendment
Citizenship
Define steerage as it relates to immigration
poor area of the ship; poor hygiene
Gave the "Aint I a Woman" speech
Sojourner Truth
Define Carpetbagger
a person from the north that went south to profit from reconstruction
Define Bessemer Process
Dude over Banking industry
JP Morgan
Known for his March to the Sea
Sherman
Leader of the Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
Outcome of Plessy V Ferguson
Separate but Equal
Wrote How the Other Half Lives which exposed tenement housing
Jacob Riis
Define social darwinism
survival of the fittest as connected to social classes
Developed the Safety Elevator
Elisha Otis
What was the Gospel of Wealth?
Written by Carnegie; right of the rich to make money but the responsibility to give it back
What was peoples reaction to the battle of bunker hill?
Gathered to spectate; didn't take it seriously
What was the military reconstruction act? (2 THINGS!!)
divided the south into militarized zones and established guidelines to readmit to the union
Define Laissez Faire policies
Basically staying out of it; allowing it to run its course naturally
CoFounded of the Industrial Workers of the World
Eugene Debs
Define popular sovereignty
individual states have the right to choose laws and decisions (in our context, having to do with slavery)
Developed a way to transport electricity over distance
Westinghouse
Define Robber Baron
(same as captain of Industry but negative)
Responsible for corruption, poor labor expectations and regulations
Importance of the Battle of Antietam?
Led to the emancipation; single bloodiest DAY
What was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction
Pardens, focus on reconciliation, contrasts with radical republicans
Why was Wyoming important during the Gilded Age?