GIANTS of the Industry
My claim to fame was Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
What is Social Darwinism
Required federal inspection of meat and required the Agricultural Department (USDA) to set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
What is the Meat Inspection Act
Unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry was the main focus in the book The Jungle?
Who is Upton Sinclair
Woman Can Vote.
What is 19th Amendment
Trains, trains, and more trains.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
The famous Boss Tweed of New York City ran the most corrupt ______________ in history known as Tammany Hall.
Tweed’s bribes put his cronies (friends) into important political offices in city government.
What are Political Machines?
This group of risk taking journalist were most known for exposing problems in society and political corruption.
Who are the Muckrakers
Prohibition Act.
What is 18th Amendment?
Come to me for your ALL or your MONEY needs as my business is banking.
Who is J.P. Morgan
In 1848 this convention happened in support of Women's rights in society
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
An effort by President Theodore Roosevelt to calm growing tension between the two countries over the immigration of Japanese workers. A treaty with Japan in 1894 had assured free immigration, but as the number of Japanese workers in California increased, they were met with growing hostility.
In my Book I exposed the harsh living conditions for immigrants during the Industrial Revolution.
Who is Jacob Riis
How the other Half Lives
Which Amendment brought income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment.
I always say building up using my steel will help you touch the sky.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
This Act Protected union rights to bargain collectively
What is the Wagner ACT
This means keep your nose out of my business, also known as a hands off approach for government.
What is Laissez-faire
Direct election by popular vote
(the people elect the senators)
What is the 17th Amendment?
Tin Lizzy is the nickname of my car the model T, I was successful because of the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford.
Initiatives, secret ballots, recalls and referendums were all put in place to make the government more _____________.
What is Democratic?
The Folks that brought you Child Labor Laws, The Weekend, Overtime, Minimum Wage, The Right to Organize and More.
What are Labor Unions
Who established the 16th and 17th Amendments?
Who is William Howard Taft?