Big Business and Industry
This industry was dominated by Andrew Carnegie
What is Steel
This law gave settlers 160 acres of land for free
What is the Homestead Act
This system traded jobs for political support
What is the "spoils" system
Workers who protest unfair conditions may do this
What is STRIKE!
He created Standard Oil
Who was John D. Rockefeller
Term meaning unfair control of a market by one company
What is monopoly
Which law helped regulate railroad rates, thereby helping farmers?
What is
Interstate Commerce Act
What innovation made steel production faster and cheaper?
What is the Bessemer Process
Name one reason settlers moved West
What is:
Land
Gold
Opportunity
Rail Roads
This act required competitive exams for Government jobs
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act
Name one major labor Union of the time
What are;
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
This entrepreneur dominated the railroad industry
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt
Belief that expanding across the U.S. was justified
What is Manifest Destiny
This type of control involves buying up the competition. Practiced by Rockefeller
What is a horizontal monopoly
How did Railroads help big businesses grow?
What is connecting markets, transporting goods quickly, and lowering costs
Name one conflict between settlers and Native Indians
What are:
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee
Little Bighorn
Why were political machines so powerful in cities?
What is:
They provided jobs/services in exchange for votes.
What was a major cause of labor strikes?
What were
Low wages, long hours, unsafe conditions
He was the leader of the American Federation of Labor
Who was Samuel Gompers
A term for business leaders who use unfair practices
What are "Robber Barons"
Who said it:
" A man must have his fuel and he must have it cheaply"
Who is:
John D. Rockefeller
Why did monopolies hurt consumers?
Higher prices/Less competition
How did railroads impact Native Americans?
What is:
Destroyed land and Buffalo
Instigated conflict
What problem did the Pendleton Civil Service Act seek to correct?
What is: Corruption in hiring, preferential treatment, (Spoils System)
Why did the government often side with businesses in strikes?
What is
Protect the economy
Fear of civil unrest
He promoted Vertical Integration (Vertical monopoly) in steel
Who was Andrew Carnegie
What is controlling all parts of the production process called?
What is Vertical Integration/Monopoly
This 1872 scandal involved the bribing of several government officials by the Union Pacific company to run up the costs of construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Used by the press for years afterward to tarnish the reputations of Republicans
What was:
Credit Moblier
Explain one positive and one negative effect of industrialization?
What are;
Positive: Job/economic growth
Negative: Poor conditions/inequality
How did the Homestead Act change the United States?
What is:
Encouraged Settlement
Displaced Native Americans
Why was political corruption rampant during the Gilded Age
What are;
Rapid Growth
Machine Politics
Weak regulations
Compare the Knights of Labor vs. the American Federation of Labor
What is:
K.O.L. comprised of ALL laborers
A.F.L. Only skilled laborers
He coined the phrase "Gilded Age."
Who was Mark Twain
Define "Gilded Age"
What is: Wealth on the surface, problems underneath
The New York Political Machine ran by William Marcy Tweed
What was:
Tammany Hall