Define urbanization
People moving from small villages to the towns and cities; growing of cities
What was the industrial revolution?
Transition of making goods by hand to using machines ; economy goes from farming to industry; lots of factories and big cities, etc
Define nativism
Not liking people who aren't from your country; Favoring people from your country
If a government is "hands off" you would say they are...
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
When the government gave Native American land to Settlers, what did the US government do with the Native Americans?
They passed the Dawes Severalty Act (gave Native Americans plots of land
What was the goal of the Political Machines in New York with Immigrants?
To gain votes and support in exchange for aid and jobs
What does "Social Darwinism" mean? How does this picture symbolize social dariwnism?
"Survival of the fittest"; rich vs poor; explains why rich were rich and poor were poor; lion symbolizes rich, rat symbolizes poor
The message of this cartoon is...
The Robber Barons control the government/senate
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act?
Why did the exodusters move west to Kansas? What pushed them out of the south?
Racism, segregation, Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, sharecropping, discrimination, prejudice, etc.
What is collective bargaining?
Negotiations between workers and management to gain rights and pay for the workers.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
banned Chinese immigration for 10 years
What are laissez-faire economic policy?
What act made monopolies illegal?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What laws were set up in the South that made exodusters want to leave?
Jim Crow Laws
What term came out of the court case "Plessy v Ferguson"?
"Separate but Equal"
What 3 things allowed the Industrial Revolution to happen?
Natural Resources, Growing workforce, Science and Technology
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
Citizens of the United States could claim land out west.
Who were robber barons?
Who were Captains of Industry?
Monopolists
RB- Ruthless business men
COI- Philanthropist
What did the US government do when workers went on Strike?
Troops were sent in, violence occurred
What business vocab term is this cartoon referencing?
Monopolies
Describe the class structure of the Gilded Age by naming the class and a job associated with each
Upper Class: Business Families
Upper Middle Class: Lawyers, Doctors, etc.
Lower Middle Class: Office workers, shop owners, teachers, farmers
Bottom Class: Factory Workers
Describe the working conditions for the lower class (factory workers)... be specific...
Long Hours (12-16), Low Pay (Less than 50 cents per week on abg), Dangerous working conditions (Mary story)
Describe what this political cartoon is saying. Also, based on this cartoon, what do you think the popular opinion on the rich was at the time of the Gilded Age...
Working class does all of the work, rich gets all the benefits; overall negative viewpoint
Name the 3 Titans of Industry and what industry they had a monopoly in...
Rockefeller, Oil; Carnegie, Steel; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Railroads