Westward Expansion
These were placed along railroad lines to increase communication across the country.
Telegraph Lines
The "New" South's economy was still largely based on these two forms of labor.
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming
Inventor of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Controlling all steps of the production process, from raw materials to transportation of goods
Vertical Integration
During the Gilded Age, technology and a growing labor force led to more efficient production. This affected the price of goods how?
Decreased prices
Name one example of conflict arising between Native Americans and American settlers in western territory.
Sand Creek Massacre/Battle of Little Bighorn/Wounded Knee Massacre
This 1896 Supreme Court case ruled that rail car segregation did not violate the 14th amendment thanks to the "separate but equal" clause.
Plessy v Fergusson
Company that designed and built elevators in America
Otis
First American billionaire; made his fortune in the oil industry
John D Rockafeller
These buildings were constructed to pack as many people into them as possible, they became common in cities across the country.
Tenements (Dumbell Tenements)
This group was created to protect farmer's profits from price gauging and railroad companies overcharging on transportation costs.
The Grange (The National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry)
This civil rights leader thought that education was the key to equality for African Americans
W.E.B. DuBois
The two rival types of electric current; Also a pretty awesome rock band
Alternating Current and Direct Current (AC/DC)
Horizontal Integration
This incident in Chicago led to the decline in popularity of The Knights of Labor in 1886
Haymarket Affair
Act of Congress which reapportioned Native Land to Native households as well as white settlers and railroad companies.
The Dawes Severalty Act
Justice John Marshal Harlan
This process turns iron ore into steel
Bessemer Process
When a member of a company's board of directors serves as a director for another company
Interlocking Directorates
This is a tool utilized by the labor force in which groups of employees would negotiate for higher wages or better working conditions
Collective Bargaining
This city in Nevada became a boomtown because of its huge silver deposits
Comstock
This civil rights leader published a collection of data on the lynching of African Americans in the 1800s
Ida B Wells
This mail order catalog revolutionized marketing, allowing for people to purchase items to be delivered by rail to them.
Sears-Roebuck
This Robber Baron made his fortune through speculating and inflating stocks as well as bribery and fraud.
Jay Gould
This Author wrote about the plight of the urban working poor in his book "How the Other Half Lives"
Jacob Riis