Inventors
Reformers
Big Business
Gilded Age Concepts
Immigration
100
Wizard of Menlo Park, inventor of the lightbulb
Who was Thomas Edison?
100
Believed in "vocational" training for black Americans
Who was Booker T. Washington?
100
Created a successful steel company
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
100
The man who coined the phrase "The Gilded Age".
Who was Mark (Samuel Clemens) Twain?
100
Located in NYC, this was often the 1st step for many immigrants.
What was Ellis Island?
200
Creator of the assembly line method
Who was Henry Ford?
200
Created the American Federation of Labor
Who was Samuel Gompers?
200
Creater of a world-famous milk chocolate company.
Who was Milton Hershey?
200
People moving from farms to cities often for factory jobs
What is urbanization?
200
Who was Boss Tweed?
300
The inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
300
Wrote a book about the meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair?
300
A company that controls most or all business in a particular industry.
What is a monopoly?
300
Individuals who wrote stories and took photos exposing the problems of the Gilded Age
What are muckrakers?
300
Involving immigrants, it was the worst industrial accident in NYC history, leading to many reforms
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
400
The "Bessemer Process" created this durable and strong material
What is steel?
400
Published photos of the urban poor, opening the eyes for the American public.
Who was Jacob Riis?
400
Big business leaders could often act in these two ways, depending on positive or negative behavior
What are Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
400
Believed African Americans should demand equality.
Who was W.E.B Dubois?
400
The promise of better wages and factory work in the United States during the Gilded Age.
What are "pull factors"?
500
Christopher Sholes's invention changed how information was "copied," and his tech is still in use today!
What is the typewriter?
500
Wrote a book exposing the business practices of Standard Oil
Who was Ida Tarbell?
500
The idea that big business should "give back" to society - often through philanthropic activities
What is the "Gospel of Wealth"
500
When unions negotiate as "one voice" or group
What is collective bargaining?
500
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
What are "new" immigrants?