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Urbanization
Vocab
Gilded Politics & Economics
Gilded Society
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
Skyscrapers began construction in the late 19th century largely due to the cheap availability of this material.
What is Steel.
100
Economic system in which individuals control & regulate business
What is Free Enterprise.
100
Political Machines provided city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police protection in exchange for
What are votes.
100
The number of distinct social boundaries in Gilded Age Society
3
100
.Name of housing buildings for America's urban poor, housing hundreds of families.
What is Tenement Housing
200
This European country gave America the Statue of Liberty to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.
What is France.
200
A person who starts his/her own business to make a profit.
What is an entrepreneur?
200
This man introduced the bessemer process to America, making steel cheap and abundant for the first time in human history.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
200
This group wanted immigrants to assimilate into American society or to stay away all together
Nativists
200
Most famous Party Boss in the corrupt political machine of Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
300
Name two modes of mass transportation developed in the cites during the Gilded Age.
What are subways, trolley cars, & cable cars.
300
The Exclusion Act of 1882 targeted this ethnic group by specifically forbidding their continued immigration.
What is Chinese.
300
This guy made his fortune by monopolizing the Oil industry.
Who is John Rockefeller?
300
Name two groups were often not allowed to join unions.
Women, Immigrants, African-Americans
300
People who used their $$ to help society
What is Philanthropists
400
Name three reasons why some farmer's moved to the cities during the Gilded Age?
higher pay, electricity, running water
400
When an organization controls an entire industry, thus controlling the prices, it is called a
What is a monopoly.
400
Laissez-faire relies on _______________________ to regulate prices & wages.
supply & demand
400
What part of cities did the wealthiest people live?
In the heart of the city, next to the working class
400
Island through which all Asian immigrants were processed
Angel Island
500
Final Jeopary!!! Who coined the phrase -- Gilded Age? What does the phrase mean in relation to history?
Mark Twain
500
These were created by the railroad to regulate train travel & communication across the country.
What are time zones
500
Many Labor Unions would not admit Immigrants because
they felt that immigrants would lower wages or steal jobs from Americans
500
The name of the first nationwide industrial union.
What the Knights of Labor
500
Act that attempted to make monopolies illegal
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act