Robber Barons or Nah?
What industry did Vanderbilt dominate?
Railroads
What labor union was open to all workers, regardless of skill or background?
Knights of Labor
What law gave free land to farmers in the West?
Homestead Act
What country’s immigrants were banned by the specifically by an act during this period?
China (Chinese Exclusion Act)
What act regulated railroad prices to stop unfair practices?
Interstate Commerce Act
What term describes when a business buys out competitors? (Rockefeller’s strategy)
Horizontal Integration
What union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What political party represented farmers and workers fighting big business?
Populist Party
This belief centered around American's who felt jobs, property and opportunity were being taken by new immigrants to this country
Nativism
What act tried to limit monopolies, but wasn’t effective at first?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What philosophy argued that the strongest businesses deserve to survive?
Social Darwinism
Name one major problem workers faced in factories during the Gilded Age.
Unsafe conditions, low pay, long hours, child labor (any one)
What does Populism try to do for "ordinary people"?
Give more power to ordinary people, challenge the wealthy elite
Name two challenges immigrants faced living in cities.
Overcrowded housing, unsafe jobs, discrimination (any two)
What act started to reform government jobs by requiring ability (merit) over favoritism?
Pendleton Act
In 1893, a historian argued that the closing of the American frontier marked a major turning point in U.S. identity, democracy, and expansion.
Name the thesis and for bonus points (200) name the historian
Frontier Thesis
and
Fredrick Jackson Turner
What is the name of Carnegie’s belief that the rich should give back to society?
Gospel of Wealth
What is the name of the violent strike at Carnegie’s steel plant in 1892?
Homestead Strike
What group did Populists believe had too much power over railroads and banks?
Big businesses like banks and railroads
What were the push and pull factors in immigration? (Define both)
Push factors = reasons to leave a country
Pull factors = reasons to come to a new country
What does "regulate" mean when talking about government and business?
To make rules or laws to control business practices
Which banking leader helped create U.S. Steel, America’s first billion-dollar company?
J.P. Morgan
Who often sided with business owners during worker strikes—the government or the workers?
The government (sided with business owners)
Name one reason why farmers felt left out during the Gilded Age.
Unfair prices from railroads, falling crop prices, debt (any one)
What is the term for overcrowded and unsafe housing in cities?
Tenement housing
Why did the government start to regulate big business during the Gilded Age?
To protect people from unfair business practices and limit the power of monopolies