Vocabulary
A multi-story building. Usually occupied by many immigrants.
What is a tenement?
Labor union that was behind the Haymarket Square riot.
Who are the Knights of Labor?
Owned the largest oil refining company in the world.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Was known as the largest political boss that operated Tammony Hall in New York. He died in prison.
Who is William "Boss" Tweed?
Act created to stop the immigration of chines immigrants into the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
A person that travels to another country to begin a new life permanently.
What is an immigrant?
This labor union was exclusively for white people.
Who is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Owned the largest steel industry in the U.S. at the time.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Exposed Boss Tweed using political cartoons.
Who is Thomas Nast?
When the government takes a hands-off approach to government and legislation. Big business usually favors this government.
What is laissez-fair economics?
A port located on an island in New York to process the intake of immigrants.
What is Ellis Island?
Labor union that was inclusive of all races.
Who are the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
Dominated the transportation industry and made his mark by taking over the railroad aspect of the industry.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Who is Ida Tarbell?
Two acts designed to dissolve big trust companies and put an end monopolistic practices.
What is the Clayton Anti-trust Act and Sherman Anti-trust Act?
Is the process in which several steps in the production and/or distribution of a product or service are controlled by a single company
What is vertical integration?
The president of the American Federation of Laborers.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Created the first automotive assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
Exposed the living conditions of immigrants through a book.
Who is Jacob Riis?
What is the Tenement Living Act?
Is the process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing.
What is industrialization?
The founder of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
Was known for taking over the banking industry. Has been known to loan the government money.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
Name of the book written by Jacob Riis.
What is How The Other Half Lives?
Act created to select federal employees through a series of comprehensive exams.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?