Names
This person created Standard Oil in 1870
John D. Rockefeller
This system helped connect the East and West and made transportation more efficient
Transcontinental Railroad
First act to try to break up monopolies or trusts
Sherman Anti-trust Act
A trust is the name thing as a:
Monopoly
This kind of factory developed clothing, rugs, and curtains
Textile
Owned the first Billion dollar company in America with U.S. Steel
JP Morgan
This company had a monopoly over a new fuel source that helped make transportation and factory life easier
Standard Oil
We call these organizations that look out for the rights of workers
Labor unions
What was a nick name Teddy Roosevelt had based on his future party "Progressive Party"?
Bull Moose
Why did most children go to work in factories?
To provide more money for their families
Wrote "The Jungle" criticizing the meat and food industry in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
This was the first Steel company in the United States and helped with the development of cities and railroads
Carnegie Steel
Name of type of journalists who try to expose corruption in society
Muckraker
What was the first monopoly taken down by Teddy?
Railroads owned by JP Morgan
Who was responsible for building the railroads?
Veterans and Chinese Immigrants
Wrote "How the Other Half Lives", exposing poverty living in New York City
Jacob Riis
This company helped connect New York to the Midwest through Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
This time helped inspire better morals: what movement later on would ban the consumption of alcohol?
Prohibition
What was the famous quote by Teddy that we talked about?
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Name of poorly built houses in cramped cities
Tenements
This person created the "Hull House" to help teach English and take care of the poor.
Jane Addams
The man that owned this company was able to help the economy to stay out of recessions or crashes
JP Morgan with U.S. Steel
"The Jungle" helped inspire these TWO acts to be passed
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
What president would go on to take down Standard Oil?
William Taft
Massive movement from rural areas to cities.
Urbanization