Populists
This was the person the populists nominated for President
William Jennings Brian
This book describes the conditions of a meat packing plant in Chicago Also what was the name of the Act that was passed to prevent these conditions from happening ever again
the Jungle by Upton Sinclair
the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
He made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. His name can be found on this university, located in Nashville, Tennessee.
Vanderbilt
This term is applied to owners who exploited workers, corrupted the government and unfair business practices
Robber Barons
federal law to regulate railroad business practices
Interstate Commerce Act
This book showed pictures of housing in New York City, and what law was passed as a result of this
Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives, and Building Codes
The act of "walking out" on your job to fight for better working conditions or a pay increase
strike
This group of immigrants came through Angel Island and had a law passed excluding them from America
Chinese
This term is applied to owners who created jobs, increased production, and gave money back to the community
Captains of Industry
Who did the populists and progressives believe should be the person who should be fixing the problems of society
the government
Problems people faced in their living conditions when they lived in cities during the IR?
disease, overcrowding, limited education, no police protection.
Goals of the Labor Unions
better pay and better working conditions
This Act placed a ban on Chinese Immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act
Oil tycoon who made a fortune by creating a horizontally integrated trust that controlled over 90% of the oil industry
John D Rockafeller
Why did food prices fall?
Where was the place where over 150 women burned to death? Name three things we have as a result of the above answer today
the Triangle Shirtwaist Company and We have fire exits, overhead sprinklers, doors opening outward
Who can be part of the Knights of Labor?
skilled and Unskilled workers
This invention helped build cities, primarily buildings, and resulted in large profits for the inventor.
Who was the person who had a vertically integrated company that dominated this industry?
Bessemer process to mass produce steel
Andrew Carnegie
Who are the three monopolists
Oil -
Steel-
Banking-
Rockefeller
Carnegie
JP Morgan
List 5 goals of the populists that were achieved today
THe government owns the money supply
We have silver and gold
Graduated Income Tax
Shorter workweek for laborers
Political Machines- Secret Ballot
African American Rights- Ending Jim Crowe Laws
Name 5 problems the progressives wanted to solve and what the government solution to them was
Women's rights- women's suffrage 19th amendment
Nasty Food- Pure food and drug act, Meat inspection Act
Child Labor- Keating Owens Act
Monopolies- Sherman Anti Trust, Interstate Commerce Act
Tenement Housing- Building Codes
Unsafe Working Conditions- Sprinklers, Doors Opening Outward, Fire Drills, Unions
Alcohol Abuse/Abuse of Women- 18th amendment prohibition
This Act banned Child Labor
the Keating Owens Act
Made a fortune developing and selling hair care and domestic products for African American women
Madam C.J. Walker
What act broke up monopolies? And what Act stopped the railroads from overcharging the farmers?
Sherman Anti Trust Act and Interstate Commerce Act