Moguls
An 1800s railroad company owner and investor who grew his wealth and power by purchasing smaller companies. Especially known for his palatial homes.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This was the main power source that drove the 2nd Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age.
What is steam power?
The name for the organizing of labor and all the steps of production into one location.
What is the Factory System?
A late 1800s political party that attempted to improve the situation for farmers.
What is the People's Party?
A new type of vessel, in the 1800s, that allows much larger amounts of cargo to be transported more rapidly than by traditional sail power.
What is the steamship?
He was a person whose company provided massive amounts of steel to construct 1800s steel railways, skyscrapers, bridges, and ships.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
An 1800s innovation in power that spurred the second round of industrial growth and allowed for the invention of countless powered tools and conveniences .
What is electricity?
A new business innovation, in the 1800s, that made it easier for consumers to purchase products from companies via the mail.
What are catalogs?
A collective group of farmers that successfully procured discounts on farm machinery, set maximum prices for grain storage, and won a cash-only storage policy free of financing or price swindling.
What is the Grange?
A powerful an economic downturn in the United States during the 1890s.
What is the Panic of 1893?
He became one of the richest men in history by controlling the oil industry during the Gilded Age.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
An 1800s innovation in energy during the second round of industrial growth leading to the combustion engine.
What is Petroleum?
A new business innovation that made it easier for consumers to purchase a wide variety of products from multiple companies in one place.
What are department stores?
Two situations where the U.S. military forced striking workers to return to work in order to ensure the economy and its transportation systems remained intact.
What are the Pullman and Homestead Strikes?
An informal political group or party that supports individuals elected to office by listening to constituents and lobbying on their behalf - often when benefiting personally.
What is a Political Machine?
He was the banker who bought out many railroads and communication companies between 1893 and 1897 and successfully maintained and regulated these companies.
Who is JP Morgan?
An 1800s innovation in raw materials and iron production that supplied the base building material for second round of industrial growth.
What is steel?
The manufacturing technique that greatly decreased the time and production costs for steel production.
What is the Bessemer Process?
This was a worker union formed in 1886 under Samuel Gompers and was successful in meeting simple demands such as hours and pay.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
A collusive alliance between political leaders and businessmen in which politicians accept bribes or campaign money in return for financial favors or contracts to the businessman or their company.
What is crony capitalism?
He was the boss of the most infamous political machine in New York history.
Who is Boss Tweed?
An 1800s innovation in the science of the elements and compounds that advanced the second round of industrial growth.
What are chemicals?
Two aspects of American life that greatly increased, in the 1800s and early 1900s, over the long-term due to laissez-faire free-market policies.
What are median wages and living standards?
The two primary unions started in the 1860s that failed because of frequent wildcat strikes, too many demands, and an inability to unify laborers.
What are the National Labor Union or Knights of Labor?
A Supreme Court case in 1877 set the max price on grain storage.
What is Munn v. Illinois?