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
This broke up monopolies and prevents them from controlling industries.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Knights of Labor
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 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
Required gov. officials to have a merit system for employment.
The Pendleton Act
This word defines the Gilded Age
Corruption/broken
This terms refers to someone who is anti-immigrant
Nativist
Most immigrants did not have access to this important invention in their homes
Indoor Plumbing/ Sewer Lines / AC / Heat / Electricity
This term refers to too many people in one area
Overcrowded
People who were not native to the US and were not interested in becoming Americanized.
New Immigrants