Entrepreneurs
He borrowed $100 from his mother to start a ferry service that grew to control much of the shipping industry.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
He was the first democrat to win a presidential election since before the civil war.
Who is Grover Cleveland
The Chicago location that was the most famous example of labor violence
What is Haymarket Square
The desire for worldly pleasure and the belief that they can bring true happiness
What is materialsm
Leading investment banker of the Gilded Age
Who is J P Morgan
He controlled every aspect of steel production from the mine to the market.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
He led the free silver campaign and was often called the “Great Commoner.”
Who is William Jennings Bryan
He founded the influential American Federation of Labor in 1881
Who is Samuel Gompers
The major reason for American industrial growth during the Gilded Age
What is immigration
President Benjamin Harrison signed this act intending to make monopolizing illegal
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act
He founded the Standard Oil Company
Who is John D Rockefeller
His presidency was short lived because he died of medical complications after being shot at a train station in Washington, D.C.
Who is James A. Garfield
This violent labor dispute between Carnegie Steel Company and union workers resulted in a battle between union members and Pinkerton men eventually leading to zero success for the workers.
This philosophy advocates government ownership or regulation of the means of production
What is socialism
America’s most prolific inventor
Who is Thomas Edison
He founded the American Tobacco Company which captured 90% of the cigarette market.
Who is James Buchanan Duke
Despite being voted out of his Senate seat, he won the Presidential election of 1896 running a successful “front porch campaign.”
Who is William McKinley
This organization formed craft unions for skilled laborers
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Who is D L Moody
Severe depression that hit the United States at the start of Grover Cleveland’s second term
What is the Panic of ‘93
Without any government influence or aid, he built a monstrous railroad company in the plains.
Despite benefitting from the Spoils System in the past, when he became President, he backed civil service reform and signed the Pendleton Act.
Who is Chester A. Arthur
He was arrested for ignoring an injunction and his role in the destructive Pullman Strike. He later led the Socialist Party.
Who is Eugene V. Debs
Art and literary movement that drew a picture of simple, ordinary life from the common man’s perspective.
Tariff nicknamed because of its mismatched, patchwork compromises that caused it to be ineffective
What is the Mongrel Tariff