Robber Barons
Who was the industrialist that owned standard oil?
John D. Rockefeller
Who invented a better light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Who exposed the racial division by writing a book titled "Following The Color Line?"
Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946)
What was the act that was the act that prevented Chinese immigrants from getting into America
The Chinese Exclusion act
Who wrote the book "The Jungle"?
Upton Sinclair
Who was the industrialist who was the leader of the steel mill industry? He used the bessemer process to his advantage.
Andrew Carnegie
Who began to mass produce automobiles in America at this time?
Henry Ford
What did Upton Sinclair try to expose.
Immigrants Working, No rights, Poor handling and packaging care. Causing disease and death.
Where did most immigrants enter the country during the Gilded Age?
Ellis Island
What is it when a single company or entity creates an unreasonable restraint of competition in a market.
A Monopoly
Who was the corrupt leader of Tammany Hall?
Boss Tweed
Who invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
What did Lewis Hine try to prevent/expose?
Lewis Hine was trying to fight to prevent big corporations from employing children in dangerous conditions. Also, the kid's living quarters.
What is the belief that favors native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants?
Nativism
What regulations were set in place because of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
Mandatory fire drills, an increase in fire escapes, and fire alarms.
Who did Andrew Carnegie hire to deal with strikers?
Henry Clay Frick
What was the process that revolutionized the steel industry?
The Bessemer Process
What did Charlotte Perkins Gilman try to fight for?
Standing up and fighting for women's rights
What were the new immigrants from, what did they believe in?
They were from Southern and Eastern Europe. They believed in catholicism and judaism.
What organization helped clean up the streets during this time?
The White Ducks
What group was hired to deal with the strikers?
The Pinkerton National Detective Agency
What did Elisha Otis invent?
The Elevator
who exposed the corruption in the Tweed Ring?
Thomas Nast
What are Push and Pull Factors for Immigrants?
Push factors encourage people to leave their points of origin and settle elsewhere, while pull factors attract immigrants to new areas.
What happened at the Haymarket strike?
On May 4, 1886, a bomb detonates near Haymarket Square in Chicago after police arrive to break up a rally in support of striking workers.