Vocabulary
The US Government; Not State but ____________.
Federal
This group were often employed because business owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likely to strike.
Children
Separated Seeds from Cotton
The Cotton Gin
Exposed the horrible conditions of the meatpacking industry and wrote The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
A group of workers demanding better conditions at their workplace
A labor union
the names given to journalists who attempted to expose government corruption
Muckrakers
Crowded urban dwellings where most immigrants lived in during the Gilded Age
Tenement
During the Industrial Revolution there was a change from ___________ to ________________
Farming to Factory(Industry)
This president supported the idea of conserving our land and started the National Park system.
Gave women their suffrage
The 19th Amendment
The era that brought many changes and reforms to American society
progressive era
Time period where it seemed shiny on the outside but ugly on the inside
The Gilded Age
This machine spun threads at a much faster rate
The Spinning Jenny
A person who wants to use the government to solve issues is known as a...
A progressive
Another word for "the right to vote"
Suffrage
Individuals own and control their own businesses for profit
Capitalism
Chemical used to clean to beef before selling it
Borax
Popularized by Henry Ford, this invention allows workers to put together products much faster and efficiently
The Assembly Line
Wealthy Steel Monopolist who treated his workers terribly and sent armed Pinkertons in to break strikes
Andrew Carnigie
These types of laws had the government "break-up" Monopolies
Trust busting
This "man-made river" connected the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean for the transportation of goods.
The Panama Canal
This job had a worker clean outhouses near tenement housing
Nightsoil Men
The Process of moving into cities
Urbanization
Journalists and Photographer that Exposed the truth about People living in City Slums
Jacob Riis
System popularized by Karl Marx, meaning public (government) or worker owned production facilities
Socialism