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a business leader whose fortunes contributed positively to the country in some way.
when something is golden/beautiful on the surface but is really cheap/worthless underneath
gilded
invention of the telephone, revolutionized communication
Alexander Graham Bell
inventor of the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera,
Thomas Edison
immigration station of the East Coast
Ellis Island
Immigration station for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from Asian countries, on the West Coast
Angel Island
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices
Robber Baron
Period when corruption existed in society but was overshadowed by the wealth of the period.
The Gilded Age
Shipping and railroad tycoon
Cornelius Vanderbilt
the growth of cities
Urbanization
Below are descriptions were what for immigrants? Economic migration, Social migration, Political migration, Environmental
PUSH Factors
Below are descriptions were what for immigrants? higher wages, better employment opportunities, a higher standard of living, educational opportunities
PULL Factors
giving government jobs to loyal party workers or friends
spoils system
City Boss of Tammany Hall, a Democratic Political Machine in New York City
philanthropists, charitable donator, steel empire who built the physical infrastructure of the United States
Andrew Carnegie
organizing businesses to make them more profitable and stable, a powerful railroad magnate
J.P. Morgan
gathering of various populations based on ethnicity, economics, or religion
ethnic clusters
a NEGATIVE reaction against immigrants
nativism
political cartoonist who was critical of machines and Tweed
Thomas Nast
an organized group of people that controlled the activities of a political party
Political Bosses
first great American business trust, controlled ninety percent of all oil in the United States through the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
designing the alternating-current (AC) electric system
Nikola Tesla
She opened the Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in North America, that provided child care, practical and cultural training and education, and other services to the largely immigrants
Jane Addams
publicized the crises in housing, education, and poverty at the height of immigration in his book How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work.
Pendleton Act
law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
Interstate Commerce Act
developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively
Henry Bessemer
first black millionairess, and she invented the world's first hair-straightening formula and/or the hot comb
Madam CJ Walker
the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigration and Japan would not allow further emigration to the United States
Gentlemen's Agreement