Rise of the City
Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives?"
Jacob Riis
An unofficial government policy in the mid 1800s led this group to the midwest to collect and sell hides of animals.
Buffalo Hunters
In this essay Andrew Carnegie that encourages wealthy people to give back to society.
The Gospel of Wealth
Pinkertons killed at least 10 people during this event at a Carnegie steel mill.
Homestead Strike
This was used by cowboys to transport cattle between Texas and Kansas.
Chisholm Trail
Intake station for millions of immigrants to the United States in NYC.
Ellis Island
U.S. Army troops killed a large number of Lakota Sioux, mostly women and children, in a South Dakota camp when a gun went off while disarming the Sioux.
Wounded Knee Massacre
This was used to break up the Standard Oil Company in 1911.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Originally a trade union for just skilled workers. Started by Samuel Gompers.
The American Federation of Labor
Boss Tweed was the leader of this group.
Tammany Hall
This is the name of large buildings that provided cheap housing in the cities during the Gilded Age.
Tenements
America was angered by the news of this incident near the centennial celebration of America's independence. This lead to series of wars to get Natives onto reservations.
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Buy out all competition or merging companies that are on the same production stage.
Horizontal Integration
(1894) strike in Chicago led by Eugene Debs for railroad workers that spread nationwide.
Pullman Strike
Annie Oakley was one of the stars of this show.
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Who wrote the "Jungle" about the Chicago meat industry?
Upton Sinclair
To connect the country Abraham Lincoln gave these two companies the contract to build the railroad that would connect the east to the west.
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Controlling all the means of production for a specific business/industry.
Vertical Integration
What events led to the demise of the Knights of Labor?
Haymarket Riot
This case was brought forth when a 1/8th black man was sold a white ticket on a train and was then asked to leave his seat.
Plessy v. Ferguson
She helped provide services in order to help immigrants transition to life in America.
Jane Adams
Name of the group of African Americans that took advantage of the Homestead Act.
Exodusters
Economic philosophy that stated that business and the economy would run best with no interference from the government
Laissez- Faire
Group of unemployed men who marched on Washington, D.C. in 1894 and 1914 to demanded that Congress create jobs for the unemployed through public works projects
Coxey's Army
This book was written in an attempt to change government ideas and policy toward Native Americans.
A Century of Dishonor