Industrialists
This industrialist made his fortune from steel
Andrew Carnegie
Innovation that allowed people to travel more seamlessly from the East Coast to the West.
The Transcontinental Railroad
When one company is the only seller of a good or service in a particular market
Monopoly
Lynching
This industrialist formed a large trust that was highly unpopular due to its predatory strategies for expanding business
Rockefeller - Standard Oil
Invention that allowed people to communicate over long distances using Morse code
Telegraph
The idea that the rich are successful because they are simply "the fittest"
Social Darwinism
Laws that segregated blacks and whites in the south
Jim Crow Laws
This industrialist made his fortune through banking and investing in other companies
JP Morgan
Immigrants from this country worked on the railroad in the west
China
Owning every step in the production process in order to produce goods more cheaply
Vertical Integration
Name one country that immigrants came from during this time period
Italy, Russia, Hungary, Greece, Czech, Poland
This industrialist's NYC house took up an entire city block, and his railroad fortune allowed his family to build the largest privately owned residence in the US
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The US Government attempted to strip Native Americans of their culture in these places:
Indian Boarding Schools
The US Government's policy towards the economy during the Gilded Age
Laissez Faire
This Supreme Court case declared that segregation was ok, so long as it was "Separate but Equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
This industrialist used horizontal integration to grow his business
Rockefeller OR Vanderbilt
Process that made it easier for steel to be produced in a stronger, faster, and cheaper way.
Bessemer Steel Process
The idea that it is the responsibility of the rich to "help the poor help themselves."
Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
Name of reformer who wanted to call attention to the horrors of lynching
Ida B. Wells