Westward Expansion
Immigration and Urbanization
The Industrial Revolution
Corporate Power and Labor
Politics and Reform
100
This railroad connected the east and west coasts of the country.
The Transcontinental Railroad
100
This was the main entryway for immigrants in the eastern United States.
Ellis Island
100
The millionaires of the Gilded age had two names, "Captain of Industry" to their fans and THIS to their critics
Robber Barrons
100
What era followed the Civil War, often described as a period of rapid economic growth masking underlying social problems?
The Gilded Age
100
Name one labor union from the Gilded Age
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Knights of Labor
200
Name one of the economic incentives for settling out west after the Civil War.
Gold/Silver
Beef
200
Many Americans expressed this feeling that viewed immigrants with a sense of fear, suspicion, and hostility
Nativism
200
Name 4 inventions from the Gilded Age
Lightbulb
Phonograph
Typewriter
Telephone
Cash Register
ETC ETC
200
Ulysses S. Grant (former general during the Civil War) was the most important president of the Gilded Age, but had this problem.
Scandals
Corruption200
What is a Union?
When workers unite and negotiate (collectively bargain) for better wages, working conditions, and hours at their place of work.
300
Nativism led Congress to pass this law in 1882, which ended Chinese immigration
The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
If cities are urban areas, the areas pictured here in green and pink are known as this.
What are the Suburbs?
300
The IndustRial RevOlution waS fuEled by four industries
Railroad
Oil
Steel
Electricity
300
The most notorious urban politician was this man of New York’s Tammany Hall. He has a head made of money!
Boss Tweed
300
Describe a strike.
When workers refuse to work and refuse to let replacement workers enter their place of work. It is a tactic to achieve the goals of the union.
400
This invention ended the open range of the west, and limited ranchers who wanted to let their cattle roam the plains. Ouch!
What is Barbed Wire?
400
Groups like the one in the image are groupings of immigrants with similar ethnicites together into little neighborhoods called THIS.
Enclaves
400
Corporations in the Gilded Age used mergers to increase profits, which led to these two different types of integration for monopolies. EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE.
Horizontal - Buy all of one Industry
Vertical - Buy out supply chain, distribution, shipping, etc etc.
400
Because machine-backed politicians controlled access to city jobs, business licenses, and building projects, they tended to be this; meaning to work for yourself instead of the people you represent.
Corrupt
400
What was a problem farmers faced in the Gilded Age
Inflation
Over Production
High Interest Rates
500
These two groups of immigrants made up large parts of the labor force that built the Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese
Irish
500
This lung disease was common in the Gilded Age, killing about 60% of immigrant babies before their first birthday.
Tuberculosis
500
Using this new process of making quality steel, Carnegie was able to out-produce his competition, offering better quality steel at lower prices
Bessemer Process
500
Many city governments were run by these, shady organizations who bribed networks of politicians.
Political Machine
500
This political party was meant to represent the people; or what was popular among the nation's rural poor. They even win a few states in the 1892 presidential election!
The Populists
600
This battle was the most decisive victory for the Indians against the invading Americans.
Little Bighorn
600
Name two ways that steel impacted what you see in this image.
Long Bridges
Tall Buildings
600
This man created the Standard Oil Company
John Rockefeller
600
Congress passed this law in 1883 that created merit-based exams for most civil service jobs in the federal government
Pendleton Act
600
Railroad workers led a national strike when the Pullman Palace Company did what?
Cut wages by 50%
700
This tribe and their chief Sitting Bull triumphed against General Custer at "Custer's Last Stand"
The Sioux
700
What type of building is pictured here?
Dumbell Tenement
700
Name one of the ways that monopolists justified their wealth
Gospel of Wealth
Social Darwinism
Laissez-Faire Economics
700
Name one of the two major scandals of the Grant administration.
Whiskey Ring
Credit Mobilier
700
Many populists called for an end to this government policy, French for "Hands Off".
Laissez-faire economics