Immigration
Name 2 requirements for becoming a U.S Citizen
Healthy, No criminal record, family in USA already, Have at least $25 dollars, Can demonstrate you could work, Proper Paperwork
Term for using political influence for one's own personal advantage.
Graft
Oil Tycoon of Gilded Age
Rockefeller
These people had the most dangerous jobs and were paid less
The factors of production
Land, Labor and Capital
Point of Entry in the USA for Asian Immigrants. More harsh than Ellis Island.
Angel Island
These were formed to help fight political and workplace corruption.
Labor Unions
Steel Tycoon of Gilded Age
Carnegie
Two characteristics of the Gilded Age
Cramped, Dirty, Unsanitary, Wealth Gap, Fighting, Opulence, Grandeur, Modernization, Fashion, Parties
When making or producing a product, this type of integration means you are self sufficient and can provide all you need to make the product.
Vertical
These are Pull Factors for Immigrating to the USA
Economic Opportunity, Religious Freedom, Political Freedom, A better life
This act awarded government jobs based on qualifications and merit than favoritism.
Civil Service Act
Railroad Tycoon of Gilded Age
Vanderbilt
To help with tenement houses and poverty during the Gilded Age, the Social Gospel Movement created these to provide clothes, shelter and food.
Settlement houses
The Philosophical idea of free enterprise and capitalism where government cannot interfere with an individual's business.
Laissez Faire
The idea or philosophy that natural born citizens are superior to those from other countries. Anti Immigration
Nativism
Supreme Court Case that ruled manufacturing monopolies were exempt from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
United States V.S E.C Knight
Banking Tycoon of Gilded Age
J.P Morgan
A prime example of disasters that could happen as a result of poor, cramped working conditions. Largest workplace disaster until 9/11
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
The Principle where goods and services are directed by the supply and demand of a product.
Market Economy