Industrialization & Big Business
This term describes the period of rapid economic growth in the late 1800s that hid deep social problems.
The Gilded Age
Most immigrants entered the U.S. through this New York Harbor processing center.
Ellis Island
This organization formed to fight for better pay and safer conditions.
Labor Union
These journalists exposed corruption and social problems.
Muckrakers
The Progressive movement aimed to solve problems caused by this era.
Industrialization
These business leaders, like Rockefeller and Carnegie, were often called this for their ruthless tactics.
Robber Barons
This law was the first major restriction on immigration in U.S. history.
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to new laws improving this aspect of workplaces.
Safety
He wrote The Jungle, which exposed unsanitary meatpacking conditions.
Upton Sinclair
This amendment allowed citizens to elect U.S. senators directly.
17th Amendment
This economic idea argued that the government should leave business alone.
Laissez-Faire
This belief favored native-born Americans over immigrants.
Nativism
Many children worked long hours in mines and factories during this era.
The Gilded Age
This muckraker exposed political corruption in Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
The fight for Woman Suffrage resulted in what?
The Right to vote for women/19th Amendment
The construction of this connected the east and west coasts, boosting trade and migration.
Transcontinental Railroad
Immigrants often lived in these overcrowded apartment buildings in urban areas.
Tenements
This economic class grew rapidly as industrial jobs increased in cities.
The Working class
Her photos and book How the Other Half Lives showed poverty in urban slums.
Jacob Riis
The Temperance Movement led the fight against what?
Alcohol/Prohibition
This idea claimed that the “strongest” businesses or people would naturally succeed.
Social Darwinism
Immigrants formed these types of neighborhoods to maintain cultural traditions.
Ethnic neighborhoods
Name one reason why unions often faced strong opposition.
Fear of strikes or belief they were "Un-Americans"
The exposure from The Jungle led directly to the passage of these two federal laws.
Meat Inspection Act/Pure Food and Drug Act
What was a key goal of Progressive political reformers?
Increase citizen participation in government