Industrialization
These buildings were originally created to house low income immigrants
Tenements
What is the Gilded Age?
When everything looked good on the surface but was horrible when you looked harder.
What is the setting of the cartoon Kiefer will show you...
Congress/Capital Hill
Who was the main group of individuals who worked on the railroad?
Immigrants
When did cities begin expanding rapidly?
The late 19th century
This person owned U.S. Steel
Andrew Carnegie
What group is represented by the men sitting in the back of the room?
Robber Barons/Monopolists
What obstacle slowed the Transcontinental railroad construction down the most?
The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
This type of integration happens when a company buys out raw material producers and distributors.
Vertical Integration
What company was started by John D. Rockefeller?
Standard Oil
Who are the smaller men in the picture?
Senators
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is associated with the settlement of which region of the US?
The West
Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the:
rise of big business
Individuals who attempted to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era were known as____
Muckrakers
What is the main idea of the political cartoon?
The senate works for big business not the people.
This person wrote how the other half lives...
Jacob Riis
A person who uses ruthless business tactics to get money from customers is called a(n):
Robber Baron
The 19th amendment did what?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the purpose of this cartoon- Kiefer cartoon #2
To show the hypocrisy of how immigrants treated other immigrants
This person wrote the Jungle
Upton Sinclair