When someone is described as being selfish with their monopoly and money, but also does not treat their workers fairly
Robber Baron
This person faked having amnesia to gain admittance to an asylum and expose inhuman practices there
Nellie Bly
A belief that people born in a country are superior to immigrants
Nativism
"J.P. Morgan earned the respect of others by financially helping the American economy navigate a financial crisis." This describes J.P. Morgan as a __________
Captain of Industry
Who sought to expose Rockefeller's monopoly: the Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
Chinese Exclusion Act
What was Rockefeller's primary industry and source of wealth
Oil
John Spargo was concerned with what issue specifically?
Child Labor
Immigrants entering the United States from Europe primarily came through this place?
Ellis Island
Strike, (Homestead Strike of 1892)
Who helped create awareness for sanitary food and helped inspire the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Upton Sinclair
What might be a pull factor for Chinese to enter the United States?
Job opportunities, Gold Rush, Railroad work, new living arrangements and opportunities for education
What is one piece of evidence to suggest that Vanderbilt was a Robber Baron?
Money-driven - "Obsessed with the idea of money-making"
Not Empathetic - sent family members to an asylum
Controlling - eliminated all competition or accepted bribes
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives, photographing American tenement life for immigrants
Jacob Riis
This was the island on the West Coast where immigrants from Asia and the Oceania entered during the Gilded Age
Angel Island