Gilded Age
Populist
Industrial Leaders
Urbanization
Vocabulary Terms
100
responsible for exposing Tweed through cartoon illustrations
Who is Thomas Nast?
100
name the party formed by farmers
What is the Populist Party?
100
inventor of the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
persons moving from the rural areas to urban areas, caused overcrowding and job opportunities
What is urbanization?
100
union pacific railroad scandal
What is credit mobilier?
200
stole millions of dollars, big business man
Who is William "boss" Tweed?
200
this act was created to rescue farmers who were in debt
What is Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?
200
inventor of the steam engine
Who is James Watts?
200
area with low population and low population density
What is rural
200
scandal involving government, distillers and distributors
What is a Whiskey Ring?
300
most common in urban areas
What are Political Machines?
300
farmers were given ownership of these three industries
What is railroad, telephone and telegraph?
300
producing steel in large quantities
What is the Bessemer Process?
300
another name for city is....
What is urban?
300
postition in federal government that's awarded based on merit
What is the Pendleton Act?
400
this person was responsible for free silver coinage
Who is William Jennings Bryan
400
this person is most associated with the oil industry
Who is John D Rockerfeller?
400
brought British textile to America
Who is Samuel Slater
500
the interstate commerce law was used to regulate which industry
What is the railroad industry?
500
this person was responsible for the creation of the Gold Standard
Who is William McKinley?
500
Thomas Edison invented this...
What is the light bulb?
500
made his fortune in the steel industry
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
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