Big Business
an American industrialist and philanthropist.
who is Andrew Carnegie
successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical.
who is Robber Barons
the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants.
What is nativism?
A bloody confrontation ensued between the workers and the hired Pinkerton security guards, ultimately killing 16 people and causing many injuries.
what kind of union is homestead strike?
the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
what is Philanthropy
an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Eugene Victor Debs was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
who is Eugene Debs
a term that was used to describe Americanization in which immigrants adopt American culture and abandon culture from their home country
what is Melting Pot
n Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
who is mary harris jones
s a law passed by Congress to promote competition within the economy by prohibiting companies from colluding or merging to form a monopoly.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
founded the American Federation of Labor and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.
samuel gompers
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
Tenement
is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
Ellis Island
a labor union representing nearly 9000 workers across North America.
industrial Workers of the World
was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author.
jane addams
was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.
john d. rockefeller
was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
bessemer process
the concentration of human populations into discrete areas.
What is Urbanization
an organized group of workers who unite to make decisions about conditions affecting their work.
Labor Union
was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
Great Chicago Fire
the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
vertical intergation
the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
Social Darwinism
in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
Sweatshop