Tycoons
___________ made his money off steel production.
Andrew Carnegie
Poor immigrant workers often lived in _____________, empty buildings converted into multi-family homes.
tenements
Name one cause of the Second Industrial Revolution
Railroads, Bessemer steel process, and new power sources like electricity and oil
A _____________________ provided housing, food, education, childcare, cultural activities, and social connections for newly arrived immigrants.
settlement house
“This is what opened my eyes to what lynching really was: an excuse to get rid of Negroes who were acquiring wealth and property and thus keep the race terrorized.”
Journalist Ida B. Wells
John D. Rockefeller became successful in business by
buying up all his competitors.
A group or iron workers might unionize because
Name one thing visitors saw at the World's Columbian Exposition for the first time.
Visitors saw electric incubators for chicken eggs, electric chairs for executions, an electric sidewalk, an early fax machine that sent pictures over telegraph lines, electric irons, sewing machines and laundry machines, and Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, the first moving pictures
The first U.S. immigration restriction laws in 1882 excluded
the Chinese.
"... and while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."
steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie
Vertical integration is when a company
buys multiple parts of its product's supply chain.
The __________________________ was a federation of labor unions founded in 1886.
American Federation of Labor
Why is it called "The Gilded Age"?
Because "gilded" means a thin layer of gold covering something rotten underneath.
BONUS
Who coined the phrase?
Name one thing Booker T. Washington believed.
He renounced agitation and protest tactics, urged Black people to follow Jim Crow laws, and concentrate on improving job skills and usefulness through manual labor.
"A park is not simply a place to escape the hustle and bustle of the city; it is a sanctuary for the human spirit."
landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
Why might someone call Carnegie or Rockefeller a Captain of Industry?
They contributed positively to the country, found new ways to finance and organize business, created jobs, helped improve living standards with the rising economy
What caused the Pullman Strike in 1984?
The Panic of 1893 caused railroad bosses to cut wages for their workers but keep rent high
What's one example of how the federal government aligned itself with business interests in the late 1800’s?
Answers may vary.
Pres. Cleveland sending federal troops to break up the Pullman Strike
the equal protections clause of the 14th amendment
"Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life."
W.E.B. Du Bois
According to Carnegie, why would the government helping the poor through wage increases and social welfare programs interfere with Social Darwinism?
Because it was "unnatural." The poor would get lazier, not strive as much to get to the top of the "food chain."
What was a goal of the Populist movement?
help western farmers fight unjust economic practices
The Gospel of Wealth argued
it’s the responsibility of the rich to help the poor.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson, and why is it significant?
Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case. Homer Plessy sued the state of LA for removing him from an all white train car. He lost, which gave constitutional backing for Jim Crow laws.
"We will not live under these intolerable conditions. No society can stand it. We intend to change it, if we have to choke the current of the Cape Fear River with carcasses."
Alfred Moore Waddell