Gilded Age Terms
It meant "hands off" and that govt would stay out of businesses.
Laissez-faire
This man ran Tamany Hall in NY and took many bribes.
Willaim "Boss" Tweed
This invention extended the working hours.
The Lightbulb
These were terrible apartment buildings
Tenements
Formed to improve working conditions of corporate employees
Labor Unions
The movement of rural farms to cities.
Urbanization
This man ran the steel industry and was known to give donations to many people.
Andrew Carnegie
This man invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
These kinds of workers were exploited during the Giled Age
Child Laborers
This president fought to create anti-trust laws
Teddy Roosevelt
This term is the plural version of "Monopoly"
Trust
This man ran the banking industry in the Gilded Age
J.P. Morgan
This allowed communication through the use of morse code
immigrants who came from Europe arrived at-
Ellis Island
This was the first anti-immigrant Law
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This word defines the Gilded Age
Corruption/broken
This terms refers to someone who is anti-immigrant
Nativist
Famous political boss in New York City. Was eventually arrested for his corruption
Boss Tweed
This term refers to too many people in one area
Overcrowded
These were journalists who exposed corruption
Muckrakers
This term refers to the resurgence of factories and inventions in the Gilded Age
Industrial Revolution
This man ran the railroad and shipping industry and created a university named after himself.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This invention allowed for easier/faster creation of steel
Bessemer Steel Process
This term refers to dirty living and working conditions-
Unsanitary
This was created to protect food and medicine consumption
The Pure Food and Drug Act