Vocabulary
Westward Expansion
Corruption
Industrialization
People
100
assimilation
adopting the culture of a dominant group - making something similar too
example - taking the American Indians culture away and trying to "Americanize" them
100
This law gave 160 acres to anyone who settled and cultivated, or farmed, the land.
Homestead Act
100
Cartoon such as this one during the Gilded Age took the position that industry's role in Congress was
The cartoon shows the major U.S. industries as huge, oversized figures, the "power behind" the US Congress, and therefore having control over it
100
What characteristics best describe labor conditions during the Gilded Age?
risked injury, worked long shifts, earned low pay ($1 day)
100
Big Business/Robber Baron of the Oil Industry - Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
200
political machine
tightly run political organization that allows the head - called the boss- to control elections and government contracts within a state or city
Example: Boss Tweed in New York would give immigrants jobs for their votes
200
This connected the east to the west for the first time. It boosted national economy and help grow settlements across the country. Farmers, Ranchers and other companies depended on this to transport products.
Transcontinental Railroad
200
Controlled government in many cities and states. They used their power to control voting by offering jobs and demanded bribes in exchange for award of pubic work contracts.
Political Machines
200
Characteristics best describe the Gilded Age
Government officials were corrupt and took bribes, Businesses grew into large corporations, Labor Unions form to fight for better treatment of employees
200
Steel Industry Robber Baron that also wrote the Gospel Of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie
300
immigration
the relocation of people from one country to another; this reached very high levels in the late 180ss and early 1900s
300
This drew people to the Northwest regions in hopes of striking it rich.
Mining: Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska/Canada and Gold strikes in Colorado and South Dakota
300
Corruption in government by giving jobs using the spoils system was addressed with this passage of this Act that was a major step in civil service reform by requiring a test showing skill "merit system".
Pendleton Act
300
This new technology introduced a new method for manufacturing steel. This process allowed for the mass production of cheaper and stronger steel product. Steel became the dominant construction material of bridges, railroads and skyscrapers.
Bessemer steel process
300
New York Political Tammany Hall - boss known for his corruption and control
William "Boss" Tweed
400
urbanization
the concentration of people in cities
Example: great migration from south to the north for jobs during the industrialization causing massive growth in cities like New York
400
List some of the examples how the American Indians were impacted by the spread of white settlements in the Great Plains.
Buffalo hunters destroyed the Plains Indians way of life by killing the buffalo.
Plains Wars - broken treaties led to wars with Indians over the land
Dawes Act - boarding schools for Indians to strip away their culture and divided up Indian land
400
This led to widespread corruption during the Gilded Age because the policy encouraged the government to have a minimal role in the economy. With the government not regulating businesses, large corporations were able to buy out their competition along with smaller, similar companies, which created monopolies.
Laissez-faire
400
What effect did the light bulb have on businesses?
Employees worked longer hours and produced more good.
400
Pioneer of the railroad and shipping industry who built one of the largest fortunes
Cornelius Vanderbilt
500
philanthropy
donating money for social or cultural improvement or enrichment
500
African Americans who fled the south migrated to the settle in the Plains were known as
Exodusters
500
Is this political cartoon for or against monopolies? Explain
Against monopolies, the octopus face looks mean, and it is overpowering government and individuals by wrapping tentacles around them. Government and person seem helpless.
500
How did the invention of the telephone change comunication?
Long distance was no longer a barrier. Enabling instantaneous, voice-based communication, which replaced slow, written correspondence. It accelerated decision-making, allowed for immediate coordination with suppliers, agents, and banks, fostered the expansion of regional markets into national ones
500
Powerful investment banker who heavily influenced the U.S. industrial economy.
JP Morgan