Robber Barons
This Scottish immigrant rose from poverty to dominate the steel industry, eventually giving away most of his fortune for public works projects like civic centers and libraries
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The first significant labor union in American history
What is the Knights of Labor?
Andrew Carnegie argued that the rich have a duty to be good stewards and contribute to the betterment of society in this publication
What is The Gospel of Wealth?
Democrats wanted these taxes on imports lowered or eliminated while Republicans supported them
What is a tariff?
The Scarecrow, representing the economically and politically naive American farmer need this gift from the Wizard
What is a brain?
This business model, with the first being Standard Oil, facilitated incredible wealth for the Robber Barons
What is a trust?
The call for a standardized work day and living wage by May 1, 1886, was set back as result of violence in this riot in Chicago
What is Haymarket Square?
Karl Marx considered Robber Barons to be part of this class of people
Who are the bourgeoisie?
What is the Populist (People's) Party?
The Munchkins best represent this group
Who are child workers/laborers?
This individual cornered the market on the oil industry and his name adorns a plaza in New York City to this day
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
The longest lasting labor union in U.S. history, still around today and are nicknamed the “Teamsters”
What is the American Federation of Labor (or AFL-CIO)?
English sociologist Herbert Spencer argued that the principles of the natural world of “survival of the fittest” apply to human social and economic interactions according to this ideology
What is Social Darwinism?
The main issue of the Election of 1896 was related to these specific concerns regarding the money supply
What is the gold standard versus bi-metallism (adding silver to the money supply)?
The Yellow Brick Road and the Emerald City would best represent these two things
What is the Gold Standard and the color of money (and/or Washington D.C.)?
This financier and railroad owner eventually monopolized the steel industry, and his name adorns a major national bank to this very day
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This individual was an early and important leader of the Labor Movement
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Karl Marx considered the factory workers to be part of this class of people
Who are the proletariat?
This individual campaigned in every state, giving a famous oration known as "The Cross of Gold" speech, but still lost the Election of 1896
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
Factory workers and labor union members could best be represented by this Wizard of Oz character
Who is the Tin Man?
Many historians consider him to be the FIRST "Robber Baron" getting rich from boat and railroad transportation, and his name adorns a prestigious SEC university today
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Railcar factory workers went on strike demanding a rent payment reduction that was commensurate to their reduced paychecks, which threatened to shut down the transportation system and as a result got the government involved in this labor dispute
What is the Pullman Strike?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued that a violent revolution was inevitable based on social class differences in this short book published in 1848
What is The Communist Manifesto?
Unemployed men staged the first "march on Washington" demanding a government jobs program in 1894 and became known as this
What is Coxey's Army?
In "Wicked", Elphaba is the name of the Wicked Witch of the West, but is actually a tribute to this original author of the "Wizard of Oz"
Who is L. Frank Baum?