The Gilded Age
This phrase, popularized by Mark Twain, suggested America looked well but it had deep social problems.
What is The Gilded Age?
This steel industrialist wrote the "Gospel of Wealth."
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The 1877 strike that began on the railroads and spread nationwide.
Journalists like Jacob Riis and Ida Tarbell were called this for exposing corruption.
What are muckrakers?
He photographed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives.
Who is Jacob Riis?
This Supreme Court case upheld "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This banker helped consolidate industries and finance large corporations.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This migration northward during the 1900s was fueled by job opportunities and escaping segregation.
What is the Great Migration?
The Progressive Party platform in 1912 supported reforms like women’s suffrage and these protections for workers. List 2
What are minimum wage laws, child labor laws, or safer working conditions?
This author set out to expose the working conditions of immigrants in the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This belief applied the theory of "survival of the fittest" to human society and business.
What is Social Darwinism?
This economic philosophy argued the government should not interfere with the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
This 1886 strike turned violent after a bomb went off in Chicago.
What is the Haymarket Riot (Affair)?
This Supreme Court case struck down limits on bakers' working hours, showing resistance to labor reform.
What is Lochner v. New York (1905)?
This Progressive Era president is known for his Square Deal and conservation efforts.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This law created exams for government jobs to reduce corruption and ensure people were qualified.
What is the Civil Service Act of 1883?
Tony’s Pizzeria bought out several other local pizza restaurants in the city, allowing Tony’s to dominate the pizza market and reduce competition. This is what form of integration.
What is horizontal integration?
This 1892 strike at a steel plant in Pennsylvania involved a violent clash between strikers and Pinkerton agents.
What is the Homestead Strike?
Settlement houses provided services such as these (name two).
What are education, child care, health care, job training, English lessons, etc.?
This president's "New Freedom" program focused on regulating business and reforming banks.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This law was the first federal attempt to limit monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Bean & Brew purchases coffee bean plantations, a roasting facility, and a chain of cafés, controlling every step from farming to serving customers. This is what form of integration.
What is vertical integration?
This 1894 strike began in a company town and led to a nationwide rail disruption.
What is the Pullman Strike?
Name the three Progressive Era constitutional amendments and what each did.
16th - Created a federal income tax
17th - Allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators
19th - Allowed for women to vote
This party gained support from farmers and workers in the late 1800s with its calls for labor reform.
What is the Progressive Party?