People
Who was the wealthiest man in the steel industry in the late 1800's?
Carnegie
Illegally using political influence for your own personal gain is called what?
Graft
Where was the main immigration processing station in New York?
Ellis Island
What is it called when you have total control over an entire industry?
monopoly
Explain the process of collective bargaining.
Management and labor negotiating a new contract
John Rockefeller
Boss Tweed was the head of Tammany Hall in what city?
New York
Where was the main immigration processing station in San Francisco?
Angel Island
What was the nickname labor unions gave to replacement workers hired by factory owners during a strike?
Scabs
The Great Strike of 1877 took place in what industry?
Railroads
What was the name of the lady who led the children's march in Washington?
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
What is an example of the patronage?
Hiring a friend to a political or government position.
What was the name of the law that severely limited immigration from Japan?
Gentleman's Agreement
What law banned trusts that interfered with free trade?
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Where did 146 female workers die in a fire?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York
Who was the leader of the American Railway Union and Industrial Workers of the World?
Eugene V. Debs
What did the Pendleton Act require people to do?
Prove they were qualified for a government job by passing a test
Define nativism
Supporting laws that favored native born Americans
What is it called when a business person buys out all raw materials and producers in order to "cut out the middle man"?
Vertical integration
What was the name of the largest labor union that only included skilled workers? They often used strikes as a tactic to get better pay, hours and working conditions?
American Federation of Labor
Pauline Newman
What cartoonist constantly targeted Boss Tweed?
Thomas Nast
What part of Europe did most immigrants come from between 1870 and 1920?
Southern and Eastern Europe (places like Italy and Poland)
Horizontal integration is another word for a what?
merger
What is the term describing the idea that it was perfectly acceptable for big powerful businesses to drive out smaller weaker ones?
Social Darwinism