Vocabulary
This term describes when a company gains complete control over an industry.
Monopoly
This man controlled the steel industry and famously wrote the Gospel of Wealth.
Andrew Carnegie
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This term describes buying out competitors to control an industry.
horizontal integration
This immigration station processed millions of immigrants arriving on the East Coast.
Ellis Island
This economic idea argued that the government should not interfere in business.
laissez-faire
This reformer founded Hull House to help immigrants.
Jane Addams
This labor protest in Chicago turned deadly and worsened public opinion on labor unions.
Haymarket Affair
This term describes controlling every step of production.
vertical integration
This type of organization controlled city politics through favors and patronage.
This type of organization controlled city politics through favors and patronage.
This idea says that the wealthy should give back to society.
The Gospel of Wealth
This civil rights leader helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
W.E.B. Du Bois
This law was passed after The Jungle to ensure food safety.
Pure Food and Drug Act
These are reasons people want to leave their home countries.
push factors
This group organized strikes to improve working conditions during industrialization.
labor unions
These journalists exposed corruption and problems in society during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
This author wrote The Jungle, exposing the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
17th Amendment
This movement aimed to limit or ban alcohol consumption.
temperance
This amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol.
18th Amendment
This type of housing was overcrowded and often unsanitary in growing cities.
Tenements
This president created the Square Deal and became known as a “trust-buster.”
Theodore Roosevelt
This 1890 law was used to break up monopolies during the Progressive Era.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
These organizations helped immigrants adjust to city life by offering services like education and childcare.
Settlement houses
This idea refers to favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.
nativism