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Rise of Industry
The Railroads
Big Business
Unions
Influental People
100

This is the meaning of the term “Gilded.”

What is something made of a cheap metal, but covered in gold?

100
Term that refers to a railroad line that links the nation from coast to coast.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
100

A term used to describe powerful industrialists who used ruthless tactics to eliminate competition, exploit workers, and amass huge fortunes at the expense of the public.

Who were the Robber Barons?

100
The act of "walking out" on your job to fight for better working conditions or a pay increase
What is a strike?
100
He invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham BELL?
200

A corporate expansion strategy in which a business brings together many firms in the same business. 

What is horizontal integration?

200

Name the two major railroad companies that built the Transcontinental Railroad.

What are the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad?

200

A term used to describe wealthy business leaders who helped expand the U.S. economy, created jobs, and contributed to society through philanthropy.

Who were the Captains of Industry?

200

A worker who replaced other union workers who were on strike. 

What is a “scab”?

200
Oil tycoon who made a fortune by creating a formidable trust that controlled over 90% of the oil industry
Who is John D. ROCKEFELLER?
300

A type of business consolidation that involves buying out the supply chain in order to minimize production costs

What is vertical integration?

300

Railroads did this to contribute to the growth of other industries during the Gilded Age.

What is facilitate the transport of goods and raw materials, boosting industries such as steel and agriculture?

300

This term describes the practice of one company controlling an entire industry, eliminating competition.

What is a monopoly?

300

The settlement of a disagreement by an impartial third party.

What is arbitration?

300

Billionaire steel tycoon who opened the largest steel factory the world had ever known in Pittsburgh, PA

Who is Andrew CARNEGIE?

400
The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.
What is Social Darwinism?
400

This system was established in 1883 to standardize different sections across the United States.

What is the creation of time zones?

400

A business that owns and controls shares of multiple companies, which allows for influence over multiple businesses.

What is a holding company?

400
This method of negotiation is often used by unions instead of strikes to try to gain better working conditions and wages for employees.
What is collective bargaining?
400
Leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), his organization excluded unskilled workers and certain ethnic/racial groups from that union.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
500

This french term refers to how the government should not regulate business because it would only stifle innovation and progress.

What is “Laissez-fair” economics?

500

These people were hurt and debilitated by the railroads.

What are indigenous tribes?

500

A business arrangement where multiple companies in the same industry are placed under the control of a board of directors, which reduces competition and creates a monopoly.

What is a trust?

500
The first major national union, it accepted all workers into its membership regardless of race or gender.
What is the Knights of Labor?
500
He led the American Railway Union and started the American Socialist Party.
Who is Eugene V. DEBS?