Big Business
A company that has complete control over a particular field of business
Monopoly
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
The most "progressive" president, serving from 1901-1908
Teddy Roosevelt
The term referring to the right to vote
suffrage
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
A "hands off" approach to the growth of business
laissez faire
U.S. Steel
Andrew Carnegie
Civil Rights activist that believed education was the key to building wealth and self suffiency
Booker T. Washington
Law passed in 1890 to fight the power of the trusts and monopolies
Sherman Antitrust Act
muckrakers
The rapid growth of cities as a result of industrialization
urbanization
Controlled the Railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Worked with the poor of Chicago to find better housing, medical care and higher paying jobs
Jane Addams
The 17th Amendment called for the popular vote of these elected officials
US Senators
The purpose of the 18th Amendment, later overturned by the 21st
prohibition of alcohol
Money that is invested into building big business
capital
Controlled the baking industry and made loans to businesses
J.P. Morgan
Wrote the book "The Jungle" which exposed the disgusting meat packing Industry in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
The 16th Amendment instituted this, which becomes the biggest source of revenue for the federal government
Income Tax
Social Activist that fought for the right of women to control their own bodies and have access to legal contraception
Margaret Sanger
The belief that the "weak" businesses would fail and the "strong" businesses would succeed
Social Darwinism
Revolutionized the factory by using a new assembly line production system and paid workers a decent wage
Henry Ford
Civil Rights activist that founded the NAACP in order to fight inequlaity in the law
WEB Du Bois
The law that limited child labor as far as working age and amount of hours
Keating Owen Act
Name of the law passed in 1914 that gave the government the power to control companies, price fixing and from buying out other companies
Clayton Antitrust Act