Tycoon's/Social Ideas
New Inventions
Labor Unions/Workers Rights
Immigration
Political Machines
100
This man vertically integrated the steel industry by buying iron mines and means of transportation.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
100
Which two innovations in the second Industrial Revolution transformed the nature of economic activity in the United States?
What are railroads and assembly lines
100
This labor organization would have most advocated the abolition of capitalism
What is the Industrial Workers of the World
100
This was a major immigration center in New York
What is Ellis Island
100
Political machines provided economic services in exchange for these
What are votes
200
Someone who believes in this theory thinks that a laissez-faire style of government is the best
What is social darwinism
200
This was arguably the biggest effect of industrialization in the U.S. economy in the 1870s?
What is an increase in railroad construction in the West
200
This labor union with over 4 million members divided over the question of accepting unskilled members
What is the American Federation of Labor
200
Political machines would use this group of people to gain power
What are immigrants
200
This was the main strategy for political machines
What is committing electoral fraud
300
Andrew Carnegie building libraries throughout the country is an example of what
What is the Gospel of Wealth
300
This industry did not experience growth during the gilded age
What is the Automobile industry
300
Business owners disputed labor unions after this strike in 1894
What is the Pullman strike
300
The new immigrants from south and eastern Europe caused this.
What are ethnically diverse communities
300
These two factors led to the formation of political machines
What are increased immigration and corrupt officials
400
This is when a company expands its business into areas that are at different points on the same production path, like when a manufacturer owns its supplier and distributor
What is vertical integration
400
Unlike the cotton gin this is an invention of the late 1800's by Alex Graham Bell.
What is the telephone.
400
This labor union was the first to accept unskilled workers.
What is the Knights of Labor
400
Thomas Nast created these to help immigrants understand the corruption in America
What are cartoons
400
Immigrants had to deal with this because many felt they were a big part of the political corruption
What is discrimination
500
These two movements were different from each other and had conflicts because of what they stood for.
What is The Gospel of Wealth and Social Darwinism
500
The construction of skyscrapers became more practical after these two inventions
What are stronger steel frames and safety elevators
500
The Knights of Labor used this strategy to obtain their goals.
What is negotiating with employers
500
Most immigrants settled near these
What are factories and available jobs
500
This led to the decline of political machines
What are civil service reforms