Industrialization
Vocabulary
Politics
New Immigration
Progressive Era
100
The time period between the 1870's - 1890's that got its name from being coated in a thin layer of gold, with falseness or instability underneath the surface.
What is the Gilded Age?
100

What is a business that is controlled by a large number of people--investors?

What is a trust?

100
The 1st "Progressive" President.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
100

The wave of "new immigrants" to America after 1880 came from this region.

What is southern/eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Russia) and/or China?

100

This was the name of investigative journalists in the Progressive Era that exposed problems in society.

Who are muckrakers?

200

When a one person or group of people maximize their profits by eliminating the competition in their industry. 

What is monopoly?

200

Poorly constructed apartment buildings that were overcrowded and unsanitary, as landlords sought to maximize living space and profit.  

What is a dumbbell tenement?

200

He created the 8 hour work day and continued breaking up trusts, like the President before him had done.

Who is Taft?

200

The first major law in U.S. history to prevent immigration from a specific country and banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States for 10 years.

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? 

200

This was the founder of Hull House and a major leader in the settlement house movement to aid the urban poor.

Who is Jane Addams?

300

This muckraker photographed the tenements of New York City, showing the world the reality of poor urban living.

Who is Jacob Riis?

300

The idea that the wealthy and the people with high social status would do their duty to give back and help the less fortunate.

What is the Gospel of Wealth?

300

The political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th-century New York City and State.

Who is Boss Tweed?

300

Secretive anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic political party that rose during the Gilded Age.

Who is the Know-Nothing Party?

300

Which amendment banned alcohol? 

What is the 18th amendment?

400

This process involves owning all means of production, from resource extraction to distribution & sale. (Ex: Carnegie steel)

What is vertical integration?

400

This is the philosophy of government having a “hands off” approach to the economy and trade between individuals and society.

What is laissez faire?

400

This political party supported bimetallism and was fueled by farmers' discontent with tariffs. 

What is the Populist party?

400

Chinese and Irish immigrant laborers worked on this industrial project connecting New York to San Francisco, cutting travel time from six weeks down to six days! 

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

400

This was the name of the publication that exposed the horrid conditions in meatpacking facilities in the late 1800s.

What is "The Jungle?"

500

He owned 90% of the oil industry. 

Who is Rockefeller?

500

Economic idea for companies to rise up and become so prominent, it relied on the sacrifices of the smaller companies. 

What is the American Beauty Rose?

500
The President who was shot and killed in 1901.
Who is William McKinley?
500

A political and social attitude that favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants, and a belief that some races are superior to others. 

What is nativism?

500

Which amendment provides for the direct election of senators?

What is the 17th amendment?

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