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100

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest people in history.

Who was Andrew Carnegie?

100

he Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history

What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

100

Wage slavery or slave wages refers to a person's dependence on wages for their livelihood, especially when wages are low, treatment and conditions are poor, and there are few chances of upward mobility.

What is the wage Slavery

100

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act

100

Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership.

What is Socialism

200

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.

Who was John D. Rockefeller?

200

 unions enable workers to negotiate for higher wages and benefits and improve conditions in the workplace.

What is the Labor Union

200

Social Darwinism refers to various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics

What is Social Darwinism

300

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware

Who was JP Morgan

300

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It was triggered after the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cut wages for the third time in a year. The strikers would not allow trains to run until the cuts were revoked.

What was The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

300
Nativism is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures


What is Nativism

400

Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping

Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt

400

The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886

What was the Haymarket Affair

500

Robber baron is a derogatory term of social criticism originally applied to certain wealthy and powerful 19th-century American businessmen

what was Robber Barons