Muckrakes
He attacked urban slums with his book, How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
Consolidated a number of private railways leading to one of the great railroad monopoly
Vanderbilt
Internationally known journalist, abolitionist, and feminist
Ida B. Wells
New methods of selling were developed, such as department stores, chain stores, and mail-order houses, including Sears and Roebuck
National Market/ Mall
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
Industrialization
This causes the Meat Inspection Act to be passed
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Developer of the assembly line
Henry Ford
African American writer, teacher, sociologist and activist
W.E.B. DeBois
Robber Barons, City Growth, Factories, Corruption, Slums, Political Machines, and Sweatshops all resort from
Rapid Industrialization
is a person (or small group) who starts a business in the hope of making a profit.
Entrepreneur
Her articles raised public awareness of Rockefeller’s ruthless monopoly.
Ida Tarbell
Purchased Carnegie Steel and helped America out of debt
J.P. Morgan
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or any State on the account of gender.
19th Amendment
Many of these cities on both the west coast and east coast were heavily populated by incoming groups of people
Immigrants
An economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.
Free Enterprise
Congress passed both the Pure Food and Drugs Act and the Meat Inspection Act which is also known as
The Square Deal/ FDA
The owner of Standard Oil controlled over 90% of the refined oil flows in the United States.
John D. Rockefeller
This journalism drew attention to social problems, such as urban poverty, corruption, & big business practices
McClure's Magazine
Outlawed the buying, selling, distributing and transporting of alcohol
18th Amendment
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Monopoly
Known for breaking down political machines
Lincoln Steffens
Known as the Steel King during the Gilded Age
Andrew Carnegie
Separate but Equal court ruling
Plessy v. Ferguson
Electrical Light Bulb
Thomas A Edison
Successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical
Robber Barons