Big Business
Monopolized oil Industry
John D Rockefeller
Chicago labor strike in 1894 that halted the nations railroads
Pullman Strike
led a movement to educate and house poor immigrants in Chicago
Jane adams
Monopolized the railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Leader of the american Socialist party after the Pullman Strike
Eugene Debs
Monopolized the Steel Industry
Andrew carnegie
Chicago labor event in 1886 that eventually demonizes the labor movement
Haymarket affair
Southern response to predatory Ag policies
The Alliance
this group was recruited to work on railroads out west
Chinese
Third party formed for election of 1896
Populist Party
Monoplized the Finance industry
JP Morgan
First major labor union formed, included non-skilled workers
Knights of Labor
Western response to predatory Ag policies
The Grange
this group was recruited to work on the railroads on the east side of the Rocky Mountians
Irish
Andrew Carnegie's book that was his answer to the growing economic and social inequality of the day
Gospel of Wealth
This person coined the phrase the "Gilded Age" to highlight the inequities caused bu Big Business
Mark twain
Labor union formed in middle of 1880's, only included skilled labor
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This agency was formed in late 1880's to help consumers get a fair deal from the railroads, but it actually helped the railroads make more money
Interstate Commerce Comission
This court case legalized segregation
Plessy v Ferguson
theory that was used to determine rich and poor
social darwinsim
Carnegie's right hand man, he ran the steel company
Henry Frick
Major steel plant strike in Pennsylvania in 1892, strikers are killed by the Pinkertons
Homestead Strike
This law was passed in 1883 to combat political corruption in washington Dc
Civil Service Act - Pendleton Act
Political organization of Democrats in New York
Tammany Hall
This fable was commonly used by the rich to justify their wealth
The Horatio Algers story