Industrialization & Big Business
This man’s “Gospel of Wealth” argued that the wealthy should give back to society
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The main two reason for labor unions forming in the late 1800s
What are low wages and dangerous working conditions?
Corrupt political organizations that controlled cities were called this
What are political machines?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These crowded apartment buildings housed many poor immigrants
What are tenements?
The belief that competition and “survival of the fittest” applied to business
What is Social Darwinism?
The belief that businesses should be owned by the workers to prevent exploitation
What is socialism?
This infamous New York City political boss ran Tammany Hall.
Who is Boss Tweed?
This leader believed in gradual economic advancement over immediate political rights.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This act provided free land to settlers willing to farm it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
Most immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th century came from this region.
What is Southern and Eastern Europe?
The construction of this, completed in 1869, helped unify the country economically
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This event turned public opinion against labor unions after anarchists threw a bomb
What is the Haymarket Riot?
The Populists demanded this change in how U.S. senators were elected.
What is direct election of senators?
This organization, founded in 1909, fought for African American civil rights
What is the NAACP?
This law attempted to assimilate Native Americans by giving them individual land
What is the Dawes Act?
This organization provided social services to immigrants and the poor in cities.
What are settlement houses?
This industrialist founded Standard Oil and dominated the oil industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This union, led by Samuel Gompers, only accepted skilled workers
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
The theory that government should not regulate business, allowing the economy to run on its own.
What is laissez-faire capitalism?
The name given to African Americans who migrated to Kansas after Reconstruction.
Who are Exodusters?
The battle where U.S. forces massacred Lakota Sioux, ending major Native resistance
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This federal law banned a specific immigrant group from entering the U.S. in 1882
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This 1892 party wanted government ownership of railroads and a graduated income tax.
What is the Populist Party?
This nationwide railroad strike led to federal intervention under President Cleveland
What is the Pullman Strike?
The term for journalists exposing corruption and social issues in the late 19th century
What are muckrakers?
This leader called for immediate civil rights and co-founded the Niagara Movement
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This battle was a major Native American victory against the U.S. Army.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
The name of the movement that encouraged Christian values in addressing social issues.
What is the Social Gospel?