Tycoons
This tycoon worked to build a railroad empire
Cornelius Vanderbilt
When voters are asked to weigh in on a particular issue in order to gauge voter interest
Referendum
Pure Food and Drug Act
This law allowed men, 21 years or older to lay claim on 140 acres of land, as long as they attempted to improve it
Homestead Act
This person headed the largest workers federation in the US
Samuel Gompers
This tycoon who was prominent in the banking world, invested in multiple industries including electricity and steel
J.P Morgan
This law created 18 national monuments throughout the United States
Antiquities Act
When voters demand that a government official runs again for his/her elected position
recall
Bureau of Indian Affairs
This muckraker focused on the food production industry and wrote a book titled "The Jungle"
This tycoon was known for his vertical integration work in the oil industry
John D Rockefeller
This is an ideology in which there is very little governmental interference in the economy
Laissez faire capitalism
This law attempted to break up trusts and monopolies but was ineffective due to poor wording that created loop holes
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act broke up reservation land and made Native Americans private land owners
Dawes Act
This man believed that Black Americans should focus on vocational skills and slowly work to achieve equality
Booker T Washington
This tycoon sold his steel company to JP Morgan, which made him the most wealthy man in the United States
Andrew Carnegie
This law created the federal income tax
16th amendment
Social Darwinism
This term relates to the stripping away of Native culture in exchange for customs that more align with the American way of like
Americanization
This person ran under the platform "New Freedom" during the election of 1912, in which he became President
Woodrow Wilson
This was used by Robber barons to provide incentives to certain companies while forcing others to go under due to the high prices they were forced to pay
Rebate system
The name of a tax placed on imports by the government
protective tariff
This law prohibited the railroad industry from using the rebate system
Elkins Act
Name given to former slaves who wanted to escape the harsh conditions of Jim Crow and segregation in the South
Name the four additional Muckrakers (Sinclair excluded) that we learned about of the course of this unit. BONUS...name the facet of US society they worked to uncover.
Ida Wells: lynching
Lincoln Steffens: politics
Ida Tarbell: monopolies
Jacob Riis: living conditions