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Gilded Age Politics
Labor
Big Business
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
The only Democratic President elected during the Gilded Age.
Who is Grover Cleveland.
100
This was the first major, successful labor union in the United States.
What is Knights of Labor.
100
John D. Rockefeller became a billionaire after he started this company.
What is Standard Oil Co.
100
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions.
What is Strikes.
200
Tammany Hall was an example of this type of political group.
What is Political Machines.
200
Samuel Gompers was the head of this major labor union.
What is American Federation of Labor.
200
Method used to own all means of production, from resource extraction to retail sale.
What is Vertical Integration.
200
Replacement worker for laborers on strike.
What is Scab.
300
This law forced the Sioux Nation to cede their communal lands and divide them into private, individual parcels.
What is Dawes Severalty Act.
300
Method used by labor companies to negotiate contracts for their members.
What is Collective Bargaining.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the TWO processes used by Carnegie to mass produce steel.
What is Open Hearth & Bessemer Process.
300
Political tactic and Civil War reference used by the Republican Party to promote party loyalty during the Gilded Age.
What is "Waving the Bloody Shirt."
400
This Supreme Court case ruled that manufacturing was not under the jurisdiction of interstate commerce.
What is US v. EC Knight Co.
400
Labor tactic in which an employer can only hire people who become members of the union.
What is Closed Shops.
400
Gustavus Swift monopolized this industry in the United States.
What is Meat-Packing.
400
The transcontinental railroad was connected by a "golden spike" at this location.
What is Promontory Summit (or Point).
500
The Republicans split with President Arthur after he passed this groundbreaking piece of legislation.
What is Pendleton Civil Service Act.
500
Name the TWO places where most immigrants first arrived when coming to the US.
What is Ellis Island & Angel Island.
500
This famous author promoted the "myth of the self-made man."
Who is Horatio Alger.
500
Name THREE technological innovations that made farming the west possible.
What is 1.) Steel Plow 2.) Prairie Fan 3.) Barbed Wire 4.) Mechanical Reaper