Gilded Age 1
It meant "hands off" and that govt would stay out of businesses.
Laissez-faire
Growth of cities, industries, and population.
Urbanization
belief that native born people should be treated better than immigrants.
Nativism
a person of a small group of individuals who starts a business in hopes of making a profit.
Entrepreneurs
Formed to improve working conditions of corporate employees
Labor Unions
Who are the 2 richest robber barons at this time and what was their industry?
Carnegie and Rockefeller
The Jungle...wanted to expose light on poor working conditions and instead shined light on unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry (food industry as a whole)
Upton Sinclair
a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics
Muckraker
exclusive control by one company over an entire industry
Monopoly
railroad that connected the East to the West.
Transcontinental Railroad
Federal law that prevented unfair practices by railroads
Interstate Commerce Act
a set of laws that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens.
Chinese Exclusion Act
federal legislation preventing monopolies from engaging in unfair business practices.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Created the assembly line and mass produced automobiles
He made so many automobiles that the price came way down, making them affordable to the middle class
Henry Ford
invention that allowed steel to be made more efficiently.
Bessemer Process
accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting families 160 acres of public land for a minimal filing fee and five years of continuous residence on that land.
Homestead Act
Passed by Chester Arthur that ended the spoils system and made most government jobs civil service jobs where based off qualifications
Pendelton Civil Service Act
Famous political boss in New York City. Was eventually arrested for his corruption
Boss Tweed
Attempted to assimilate Native Americans, however it resulted in loss of Native American land.
Dawes Act
corrupt powerful group that supported a corrupt local political party, usually the same corrupt political party that is allowing them to be powerful.
Political Machines