"Isms" of the Gilded Age
Captain or Robber?
Coming to America
More Money, More Problems
Grab Bag
Power to the People
Raking the Muck
100
This "ism" became popular among Americans who believed immigrants were destroying the culture of America.
What is Nativism
100
"He has devoted himself to the study of the steam navigation of his country - not with the object of extending its development, but the purpose of (making money and ruining his competitors)."
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt as a Robber Baron
100
The term to describe the area of a steamship in which most immigrants traveled to America?
What is steerage
100
Jacob Riis wrote about rapid urbanization. He describes the housing conditions in New York City. What were these urban dwellings called?
What are tenements
100
The four factors of production
What are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurism
100
An organization that helps workers organize and demand higher wages, better conditions, and shorter hours.
What is a union
100
The nickname given to people who expose problems in society.
What is a muckraker
200
This "ism" used the concept of "survival of the fittest" and applied it to human beings.
What is Social Darwinism
200
"He is one of the greatest and most successful financiers, not only in our country but also in the world, as many well-informed businessmen will bear witness. I believe he would give the very last cent of his many millions to save the United States from disaster."
Who is J.P. Morgan as a captain of industry
200
Most "new immigrants" that arrived in the U.S. after 1880 were from what two regions of Europe?
What are eastern and southern Europe
200
The photographer who captured the deplorable working conditions for child labor in the U.S.
Who was Lewis Hine
200
The author who coined the phrase, "The Gilded Age"
Who is Mark Twain
200
When workers stop work and refuse to go back until the bosses meet their demands.
What is a strike.
200
Muckraker who exposed the corruption of Boss Tweed.
Who is Thomas Nast
300
This "ism" can be seen in the work ethic and determination of Andrew Carnegie who started with nothing and became the leader of the U.S. steel industry.
What is Rugged Individualism
300
"If I get a barrel of oil out of Buffalo...“I have to sneak it out. There are no public docks; the railroads control most of them, and they won’t let me out if they can help it. If I want to ship a car-load they won’t take it if they can help it. They are all afraid of offending the Standard Oil Company."
Who is J.D. Rockefeller as a robber baron
300
What anti-immigration law is this cartoon referencing?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
300
When one business or individual controls an entire industry.
What is a monopoly
300
What can be found on the walls at Angel Island
What are poems
300
This man was the leader of the American Federation of Labor.
Who is Samuel Gompers
300
Muckraker who exposed the dangers of the tenements.
Who is Jacob Riis
400
This is the belief that Americans should adopt the cultural identity of their new nation.
What is assimilation
400
Who is J.D. Rockefeller as a robber baron
400
The poem, "The New Colossus" is most closely tied to what policy of U.S. immigration?
What is the open door policy
400
Three common problems in urban factories (the three D's of working conditions)
What is dark, dirty and dangerous
400
This type of organization does everything possible to keep power in a city for one political party.
What is a political machine
400
This strike preceded the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
What is the Uprising of 20,000
400
Muckrakers who exposed child labor
Who are Lewis Hine and Mother Jones
500
This "ism" is a hands-off approach to the economy. It enabled business owners to run their companies unchecked by the federal government.
What is laissez-faire capitalism
500
Who is Andrew Carnegie as a captain of industry
500
Which two ideas about immigration encourage immigrants to give up their culture to fit in with their new country?
What are the melting pot theory and assimilation
500
The method used by Andrew Carnegie in which he owned each step of a manufacturing process.
What is vertical integration
500
The process of converting iron into steel
What is the Bessemer process
500
This strike occurred at the Carnegie Steel plant.
What is the Homestead Strike
500
Name of the novel that exposed the Meatpacking industry.
What is "The Jungle"