Gilded Age Bizz
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Vocabulary
100

a company that dominates its industry or geography, and has little or no competition

monopoly 

100

His novel, 'The Jungle,' was intended to expose the exploitation of labor in the meatpacking industry but instead led to major food safety reforms.

Upton Sinclair 

100

the notoriously corrupt political boss of New York City's Tammany Hall in the 1860s and 1870s, who used his power to steal millions of dollars from taxpayers through widespread graft and fraud.

William "Boss" Tweed 

100

 people who worked to make American society a better and safer place in which to live

Progressive 

100

person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics

muckraker 

200

A wealthy industrialist who used dishonest and exploitative practices to get rich

Robber Baron


200

How The Other Half Lives (By Jacob Riis) sought to bring ____________ to the nation's attention 

urban poor living conditions 

200

came from Southern and Eastern Europe, were often Catholic or Jewish, and settled in cities.

New Immigrants 

200

Progressives for women's suffrage achieved one of their main goals with the passage of which amendment?

19th 

200

process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population come to live in the city

urbanization 

300

 business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributes positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy.


Captain of Industry 


300

Ida Tarbell's book, The History of Standard Oil, was focused on exposing ______________, for which Standard Oil was later found guilty of

monopolies 

300

During most, if not all, labor union strikes, the government sided with... 

business 

300

often considered the most successful Progressive Era President due to his impactful reforms, including the "Square Deal"

Theodore Roosevelt 

300

The period of time (late 1800's) that was prosperous on the surface but had many social problems underneath.

Gilded Age 

400

Known as the founder of the Standard Oil Company, this industrialist built a near-monopoly in the oil refining industry.

John D. Rockefeller 

400

The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens highlighted widespread...

government corruption 

400

the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.

Nativism 

400

The Sherman Antitrust Act was the first federal law passed to break up 

monopolies / trusts 

400

Crowded, dirty, and unsafe apartment buildings for the poor.

tenements 

500

After building a massive fortune in the STEEL industry, this industrialist became a prominent philanthropist and wrote 'The Gospel of Wealth,' arguing that the wealthy had a moral obligation to use their fortunes to improve society.

Andrew Carnegie 

500

Upton Sinclair's work helped with the passage of which two laws? (ONLY NEED ONE FOR FULL POINTS)

Meat Inspection Act OR Pure Food and Drug Act 
500

a mid-19th-century American political party that opposed immigration, particularly by Irish Catholics, and advocated for stricter naturalization laws.

Know Nothing Party 

500

The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed to combat which issue?

Spoils System / Patronage System 

500

the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water

conservation