Industrialization & Big Business
He led the expansion of the steel industry in the late 1800s.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled labor.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
This 1862 law gave settlers land if they improved it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
These immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe in large numbers.
Who are "new immigrants"?
These organizations controlled cities through corruption and favors.
What are political machines?
This term refers to when a company controls all stages of production.
What is vertical integration?
This 1886 Chicago protest turned violent and hurt the image of labor unions.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This 1876 battle was a rare Native victory over U.S. forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This movement helped immigrants adjust to life in the U.S.
What is the settlement house movement?
This political scandal involved railroad companies and Congress.
What is the Credit Mobilier scandal?
This term describes government’s hands-off approach to business.
What is laissez-faire?
This 1894 strike shut down rail traffic and led to federal intervention.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This 1887 law broke up tribal lands to encourage assimilation.
What is the Dawes Act?
This reformer founded Hull House in Chicago.
Who is Jane Addams?
This law created merit-based exams for government jobs.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
This act attempted to regulate monopolies but was weakly enforced.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This earlier union welcomed skilled and unskilled workers, including women and African Americans.
What is the Knights of Labor?
This 1890 massacre symbolized the end of Native armed resistance.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
These overcrowded, unsanitary buildings housed many urban poor.
What are tenements?
This 1896 case upheld racial segregation under “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He used ruthless tactics to dominate the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This belief held that wealth was a sign of virtue and divine favor.
What is the Gospel of Wealth (or Social Darwinism, depending on framing)?
This belief said the U.S. frontier shaped American democracy and culture.
What is the Turner (Frontier) Thesis?
This political cartoonist exposed corruption like Tammany Hall.
Who is Thomas Nast?
This group advocated for the rights of farmers and supported silver coinage.
What is the Populist Party (People’s Party)?