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THIS entrepreneur was Head of the Standard Oil Company and the richest American ever.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A process whereby workers (unions) join together to have more leverage in labor disputes with employers.
What is collective bargaining?
Millions of immigrants entered America through THIS location on the east coast.
What is Ellis Island?
This Progressive Era movement taught that Christians had a duty to improve society by helping the poor and fighting injustice.
Social Gospel Movement
Newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were famous for using this style of reporting to influence public opinion.
yellow journalism
Poor Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel and became a world-famous philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Chicago event began as a labor rally for an 8-hour workday but turned deadly after a bomb exploded.
Haymarket Riot
--Came in the 1840s/50s, mainly from N & W Europe, settled in rural areas, farmed, some spoke English
--Came in the 1880s/90s, mainly from S & E Europe, settled in cities, worked in factories, different languages and religions
What are Old immigrants?
What are New immigrants?
The passage of this constitutional amendment in 1920 granted women the legal right to vote, marking a major victory for the suffrage movement.
19th Amendment
The United States adopted this approach in the late 1800s and early 1900s, acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
imperialism
This 1890 law was government's first real attempt to limit the power of monopolies (when one company controls all or most of a certain industry). It was not very effective.
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
Head of the American Federation of Labor who fought to improve conditions for mainly white, male, skilled workers.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
This act targeted a specific Asian group, suspending their immigration and preventing many already in the U.S. from becoming citizens.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Muckraker Upton Sinclair’s novel about Chicago’s meatpacking plants helped convince Congress to pass this law, protecting consumers from unsafe products.
Pure Food and Drug Act
This amendment was part of the U.S. declaration of war against Spain, assuring the world that America’s goal was Cuban independence, not annexation.
Teller Amendment
Henry Ford, this innovation drastically lowered the cost of producing automobiles by speeding up manufacturing.
assembly line
This 1911 New York factory fire killed 146 young immigrant workers and exposed unsafe working conditions in sweatshops.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This famous Chicago settlement house, founded by Jane Addams in 1889, became a model for social reform.
Hull House
Movements such as the Social Gospel, the fight against child labor, and the temperance movement aimed to improve society, reflecting this broader phenomenon.
Social Change
though it promoted “equal trade,” this U.S. policy was largely ignored by European powers and Japan, yet it became a cornerstone of American foreign policy in Asia.
Open Door Policy
Banker and railroad tycoon who bought Carnegie Steel, turning it into U.S. Steel, the first billion dollar corporation in history.
Who is J. P. Morgan?
Before Progressive Era reforms, many American children worked long hours in factories, mines, and mills—this practice is known as this.
Child labor
Political machines like Tammany Hall gained influence by offering services to immigrants in these densely populated regions.
urban centers
This famous muckraker exposed unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry in his novel The Jungle, helping lead to federal regulation.
Upton Sinclair
In his book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, Mahan encouraged the United States to build a modern navy and acquire overseas bases.
Alfred T. Mahan