Industrialists
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Tool used by all unions to negotiate with companies. Where workers work together.
Collective Bargaining
State with the most dues paying Socialists in the United States.
Oklahoma
Demand for this product would drive the demand for oil.
Kerosene
Number of people that pass through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
12 million
Founder of Standard Oil. Creates the first true monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller
First successful union that spread across the US.
Knights of Labor
County with the most socialists in South Dakota.
Lawrence
First person to use refrigerated rail cars to transport meat. Mr. Olson's family also claims to be a relation to him.
Gustavus Adolphus Swift
Hostility shown towards immigrants by native-born peoples.
Nativism
The man behind making steel production more efficient. Famous for his philanthropy.
Andrew Carnegie
Detective agency that becomes the opposition to unions. Also described as mercenaries.
The Pinkertons
War that initially boosted the popularity of the Socialist Party.
World War I or the Great War
Economic policy of the United States that drives industrialism.
Laissez-faire
Law that prevented Chinese immigrants from entering the US for 10 years.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Andrew Carnegie's partner. Gives his company a ruthless edge needed to compete.
Henry Frick
Ideology that is closely associated with unions. Focuses on uniting the working classes.
Marxism/Socialism/Communism
The fate of the people that petitioned the governor and president to leave the war.
Imprisonment
Belief that only the strongest survive. Applied to both society and businesses.
Social Darwinism
The idea that kept immigrants to keep coming to the US.
"the land of opportunity"
Revolutionizes banking and drives investment banking. Also creates the largest steel company in the US through these methods.
J.P. Morgan
"the most dangerous women in America"
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Small town in eastern South Dakota that built a Socialist Hall.
Oldham
Andrew Carnegie's belief about how the wealthy should give money to improve society.
Gospel of Wealth
Where the majority of immigrants came from in the first wave after the Civil War.
North and Western Europe