Economics of the Gilded Age
Innovations and Inventions
Labor Movements and Struggles
Urban Development and Migration
Society and Culture in the Gilded Age
100
Known as the "Commodore," this magnate dominated the shipping and railroad industries. (Hint: There is a university named after him!)
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
100
Samuel Morse is best known for inventing this communication system, which used dots and dashes to transmit messages over long distances.
What is the telegraph?
100
This labor organization, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on securing better wages, hours, and working conditions for skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
100
This term describes the process of immigrants adopting American customs and values during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is Americanization?
100
This term describes the blend of various cultures into a single, unified society in America.
What is the "melting pot"?
200
This term refers to wealthy industrialists accused of exploiting workers and corrupting the system for personal gain.
What are Robber Barons?
200
This resource was essential to the rise of the oil industry and the economic development of the United States in the late 19th century.
What is petroleum?
200
This event in Chicago in 1886 turned violent when a bomb was thrown during a labor rally, leading to the deaths of several policemen and civilians.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
200
This infamous 1882 law restricted the immigration of a specific Asian group to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
200
This economic theory, applied to American capitalism by William Graham Sumner, suggested that wealth was a measure of an individual's fitness to survive and thrive.
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What is Social Darwinism?
300
This business strategy focuses on minimal government intervention and promotes individual entrepreneurship.
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What is Free Enterprise or Laissez-Faire Economics?
300
This material, crucial for construction and manufacturing, became more widely available thanks to the Bessemer process.
What is steel?
300
This labor leader founded the American Railway Union and led the Pullman Strike in 1894.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
300
These overcrowded and poorly maintained apartment buildings were home to many urban working-class families.
What are tenements?
300
This era, characterized by rapid economic growth and stark social inequalities, took its name from a Mark Twain novel.
What is the Gilded Age?
400
These business practices involved collusion to control markets and eliminate competition, often resulting in monopolies.
What are Trusts and Cartels?
400
This natural resource, found in abundance in the United States, fueled the steam engines that powered the Industrial Revolution.
What is coal?
400
These poorly ventilated, overcrowded workplaces were notorious for their dangerous conditions and long hours.
What are sweatshops?
400
These two islands served as major immigration processing centers on the East and West Coasts, respectively.
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What are Ellis Island and Angel Island?
400
This media mogul’s sensationalist style of journalism helped shape public opinion and is known as "yellow journalism."
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
500
This form of taxation was used to protect American industries from foreign competition.
What are Protective Tariffs?
500
Known for his work on alternating current (AC) power systems, this inventor's contributions were pivotal in the widespread adoption of electricity.
Who is George Westinghouse?
500
This process involves workers negotiating with their employers as a group to secure better pay and working conditions.
What is collective bargaining?
500
This phenomenon refers to the movement of predominantly white populations from urban centers to suburban areas in response to increasing urban diversity.
What is White Flight?
500
Known for his innovative newspaper techniques and sensational headlines, this man was a major influence on the American press. (Hint: They named a Prize after him!)
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?