Industrialization
What event lead to the mass industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th century?
Second Industrial Revolution
What was a robber baron?
A businessman who amassed wealth through questionable practices
What is a progressive?
A person who wants society to change for the better.
What is a political machine?
A political party that holds control through corruption.
Why did crop prices fall during the Gilded Age?
Overproduction and deflation
Which famous inventor invented the lightbulb and phonograph during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Thomas Edison
Who monopolized the oil industry?
John Rockefeller
Who were progressive journalists that exposed corruption?
Muckrakers
How did political machines gain power?
They traded resources and aid to the poor in exchange for votes.
What political party evolved out of the Farmers' Alliance?
Populist Party
How did the availability of resources help cause the Second Industrial Revolution?
Newly acquired natural resources provided the raw materials needed to increase industrial production.
What was the difference between a robber baron and a captain of industry?
They were the same people. People who liked them called them captains of industry; people you didn't called them robber barons.
Which muckraker wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
What factor of the Second Industrial Revolution allowed political machines to come to power?
Mass urbanization and overpopulation
What was the first group to fight for farmers' rights by taking on the railroads?
Grange Movement
What was the breaking up of production into small tasks that was used to increase production?
Division of Labor
Who monopolized the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Who was the first of the progressive presidents?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the most famous political machine of the Gilded Age
Tammany Hall
What was the speech that Bryan made in favor of Free Silver?
The Cross of Gold
Explain how new technologies changed the US.
Many possible answers
Who monopolized the railroad industry?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Name at least 3 reforms that progressives used to increase political participation.
Secret ballot, direct primaries, initiative, referendum, recall
Who was in charge of New York's main political machine?
Boss Tweed
How would Free Silver help farmers?
It would cause inflation which would counteract deflation and give the farmers more money to pay off their loans