INDUSTRIALIZATION & CITIES
This process caused cities to grow rapidly after 1865.
What is industrialization?
This group controlled most wealth during the Gilded Age.
Who were industrialists/corporations?
Factory workers often faced these working conditions.
What are long hours and low wages?
This movement sought to fix problems caused by industrialization.
What is the Progressive Movement?
This modern labor system mirrors unstable Gilded Age jobs.
What is the gig economy?
This city became a major center for meatpacking, railroads, and factories.
What is Chicago?
This term describes businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller.
What are captains of industry or robber barons?
This group was especially vulnerable in the workforce.
Who were women and immigrants?
This president supported trust-busting and moderate reform.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This problem still affects workers today.
What is wage stagnation?
This drew millions of Americans from rural areas to cities.
What is the search for industrial jobs?
This law attempted to limit monopolies in 1890.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This event exposed tensions between labor and corporations in 1894.
What is the Pullman Strike?
This type of reform aimed to improve working conditions.
What are labor protections?
This modern movement demands higher wages.
What is the Fight for $15?
These crowded urban neighborhoods housed factory workers.
What are tenements?
This Supreme Court era often sided with business over labor regulation.
What is the Lochner Era?
Workers used this action to demand better wages.
What is striking?
This government weakness allowed corporations to dominate.
What is limited regulation?
This modern issue reflects Gilded Age wealth concentration.
What is income inequality?
This economic change created both massive wealth and extreme poverty.
What is rapid industrial growth?
This concept explains why wealth stayed concentrated at the top.
What is lack of regulation?
This organization represented skilled workers but excluded many others.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This reform goal focused on reducing inequality without ending capitalism.
What is regulation and reform?
This is the shared goal of reformers then and now.
What is economic fairness?