Gilded Age
What is the period after Reconstruction?
The Gilded Age
Who was the Oil Tycoon during the Gilded Age?
John D. Rockefeller
What is the name of the main passageway that immigrants came through to get into the U.S.?
Ellis Island
How long could factory workers expect to work before any labor reform?
12-16 hours
What is the 16th Amendment?
Allowed Congress to levy a Federal income tax.
What is the name of the first mass produced automobile?
Model T (Henry Ford)
Who was the steel tycoon in the Gilded Age?
Andrew Carnegie
What is Nativism?
The belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers.
What holiday came from labor unions?
Labor Day!
What is the term for the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol being made illegal?
Prohibition
What was the Homestead Act (1862)?
Gave 160 acres of land to people who would move out west, farm, and take care of the land for 5 years.
Who was the banking tycoon in the Gilded Age?
JP Morgan
Where were the "new immigrants" from?
Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Russia, Hungary)
How many hours were labor unions advocating for in a day of work?
8 hour day.
What is the amendment that allowed voters to directly elect US Senators?
17th Amendment
What is the complete control of a market or industry by one company or a group of companies?
Monopoly
Which tycoon paved the way for tycoons like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and JP Morgan?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Where were the "old immigrants" from?
Eastern and Western Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia)
What is a Company Town?
Planned industrial town built to house workers of a company. It includes all of the things you would expect like schools, churches, hotels, playgrounds, etc.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What happened at Custer's Last Stand?
The U.S. entered into a conflict with the Lakota Sioux Native Americans because they wanted the gold in the black hills of SD. The Native Americans outnumbered the American soldiers and ultimately won the Battle of Little Bighorn, with Custer dying.
Why was Henry Ford so successful?
Henry Ford revolutionized the business industry with his ideology of promoting worker happiness and his use of the Assembly Line.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)?
Law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers.
Describe what happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
A fire broke out in the factory while the fire escapes were locked to prevent stealing. As a result, 146 people were killed in the fire. This event led to labor reform.
Who are the women who led the suffrage movement during the Progressive Era? (Name 2)
Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.