Businessmen
People who became rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices.
Who is Robber Barons?
A social construct that the wealthy were meant to survive and the poor weren't.
What is Social Darwinism?
Tranportation used in largely populated areas.
What is Mass Transit?
Organized group of workers who unite to make decisions about working conditions.
What is Labor Unions?
A U.S. federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur prohibitting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
What is Chinese Exclusion Act?
He was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was also considered the wealthiest man in the world.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Rapid growth and expansions of cities.
What is Urbanization?
A 1,912 mile long railroad line constructed between 1863-69.
What is Transacontinental Railroad?
He was an American socialist, political activist, and trade unionist, and one of the founding memers of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Who is Eugene Debs?
Facory Fire that killed 145 workers na dis known as one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history.
What is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
He was an American-Scottish industrialist and philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
A metaphor describing the fusing of cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities.
What is the Melting Pot?
Time zones created to enable consistent railroad schedules.
What is Railroad Time?
He was a British-born labr union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
Who is Samule Gompers?
An industrial lockout and strike which culminated a battle between strikers and private army.
What is Homestead Strike?
He was an American business magnate who built his wealth from railroads and shipping.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The policy of protecting the interest of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
What is nativism?
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass prodection of steel.
What is Bessemer Process?
She was an Irish-born school teacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
Who is Mary Harris Jones?
A labor protest rally that turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at the police.
What Haymarket Affair?
He was an American financier and banker who dominated Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donaton of money to good causes.
What is Philanthropy?
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
She was an important leader in the history of social work and womens sufferage.
Federal law that outlaws both formal cartels and attempts to monopolize any part of commerce in the U.S.
What is Sherman Antitrust Act?