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Who faced stunted physical and mental growth by working in factories.
Who are children working in factories during the late 1800s. They also faced a lack of education.
Whose goal was to form cooperatives and advocate for social reforms for workers.
Who were the Knights of Labor.
Whose goal was to focus on wages, working hours and working conditions.
Who were the American Federation of Laborers
After this event in Chicago, many people viewed Union activities with violence.
What was the Haymarket Riot.
Courts decided to side with businesses after this strike that was a nationwide strike against the railroad.
What was the Pullman Strike. Note: After some strikes became violent and disrupted commerce, courts sided with businesses which led to more businesses using the courts to stop unions and get workers back to work.
They came from Southern and Eastern Europe and settled in cities.
Who were the "new" immigrants.
This group of people were processed through Angel Island.
Who were the Chinese.
Who allowed for goods to be shipped for free or at reduced rates to rural areas and led to an increase in catalog sales.
Who was John Wanamaker.
This tried to restrain trade and keep businesses from taking control over all steps of manufacturing.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act.
This place largely looked at an immigrant's vocational skills as part of the admittance process.
What was Ellis Island.
This monitored the rates charged by the railroads.
What was the Interstate Commerce Act. This act kept railroad rates reasonable and fair.
Believed that the union's right to strike was the only way to achieve better working conditions.
Who was Samuel Gompers.
Falling crop prices, religious persecution, war are examples of what?
What is push factors.
Believed that it was the duty of the wealthy to give to the poor and philanthropic work.
Formed a trust to build his oil company.
Who was John D. Rockefeller
What is vertical integration.
This product allowed for these industries to flourish: railroads, construction, and infrastructure.
What was steel.
This was crowded, dirty, unhealthy, and dangerous.
What was a tenement neighborhood. In the city, one could see the extreme wealthy and extreme poverty.
Started the journalism industry in America.
Who was Pulitzer and Hearst.
This time period attributed the development of consumerism to help make an easier life for the Middle Class.
What was the Gilded Age. While products made some lives easier, it did come at a cost of growing industries and cities. Not everyone's life saw the benefits.
This person can be seen as shrewd, selfish, greedy. While others may see them as inventors, leaders, provider of jobs, and investors in capitalism that has made America into a mighty nation.
The first is seen by some (especially workers) as a robber barron. The second is seen as a Captain of Industry. They are the same person just a different perspective.
This place of living was owned by the business. They also owned the general store keeping workers trapped in their jobs.
What was a company town. The company owned everything and could charge higher prices. They also allowed for a worker to charge the products bought and this tactic kept some in debt.