People
Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public
Who is a Muckraker?
The founder of the Standard Oil Company attempted to monopolize the oil industry by eliminating his competition...
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
One tactic used by Unions to get their demands met...
What are strikes, boycotts, and collective bargaining?
The term that means the growth of cities
What is Urbanization
The reason most immigrants settled in major cities...
What are JOBS?
Author of "The Jungle": exposed the problems with the food industry
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The Scottish-American industrialist became one of the richest men in American history by utilized a new process to make steel...
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The two most popular Unions during the Gilded Age...
Bonus: Which one is still around today?
When one person/business controllers all the availability of a particular product or service...
What is a Monopoly?
People who mostly came from Eastern Europe and Asia...
Who were the NEW immigrants?
Bonus: Name one country that these NEW immigrants came from?
Author of "How the Other Half Live": Showed the horrible living conditions in the urban slums
Who is Jacob Riis?
The robber baron who made his fortune consolidating the railroad industry...
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The three things most Unions during the Gilded Age fought for...
What was better pay, fewer hours, safer working conditions?
An economic system based on private ownership and profit
What is Capitalism?
The belief that only people born in a country should benefit and prosper, rather than immigrants...
What is Nativism?
Bonus: Who was one group that believed strongly in Nativism?
The artist who used his political cartoons to expose corruption in the NYC political establishment...
Who is Thomas Nast?
Prominent African-American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society. Author of "Up from Slavery"
Who is Booker T Washington?
One tactic used by management/owners to reduce the power of Unions...
What are Blacklists, Yellow-Dog Contracts, and Lockouts?
A big business leader who tried to maximize profits by exploiting their workers...
Who are Robber Barons?
Bonus: What is the term for a wealthy person who gives back a large amount of their wealth to help society?
Name one PUSH factor that led to an increase in immigration to the United States
War, famine, poverty, oppression
A photographer who exposed the horrors of child labor
Who is Lewis Hine?
Prominent African-American who encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, along with social mobility through higher learning (college). Author of "Souls of Black Folk"
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Haymarket Riot
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Ludlow Massacre
The reason big business forms trusts and monopolies
What is to eliminate competition and increase profits?
The term that means to blend into the dominant culture...
What is Assimilation?