Laws & Government
This political boss controlled Tammany Hall and was known for corruption in New York City.
Who was Boss Tweed?
This industrialist used the Bessemer Process to monopolize the steel industry.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Immigrants in the early 1900s mostly moved to states with these.
What are jobs or cities?
This president created laws to break up trusts and increase food safety.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Detective Burns developed these types of pictures to help catch criminals.
What are mugshots?
Jim Crow laws separated people based on this.
What is race?
This industrialist took over 90% of the oil industry.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Immigrants that came through the EAST coast traveled mostly from here.
What is Europe?
This president broke up the most monopolies but was viewed as a traitor by his own party.
What was Taft?
This novel by Upton Sinclair revealed unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry.
What was The Jungle?
These corrupt organizations used voter fraud to gain power and steal money.
What were Political Machines?
This industrialist became the king of the railroads.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Immigrants entering the US east coast came through this immigration station.
What is Ellis Island?
Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois both worked to gain these but in different ways.
What are Civil Rights?
This inventor changed America with the electric light bulb.
Who was Thomas Edison?
This ruling made segregation legal in America.
What was Separate But Equal?
Steel was used to improve building these three things.
What are railroads, bridges, and skyscrapers?
Immigrants entering the US west coast came through this immigration station.
What was Angel Island?
The first Act used to break up monopolies.
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
Workers began to join these to gain better hours, wages, and working conditions.
What are Labor Unions?
This tragic 1911 fire led to the workplace safety laws we have today.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
The label given to industrialists that used shady business practices and treated workers poorly.
What were Robber Barons?
Immigrants that came through the WEST coast traveled mostly from these THREE places.
What is Asia, Russia, and South America?
The goal of this Supreme Court Case was to end segregation but ended up spreading it.
What is Plessy V Ferguson?
Journalists that exposed corruption, unsafe working conditions, and social injustices.
Who were muckrakers?