Robber Barons
Steel; used vertical integration
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
People moved to these areas in order to work in factories
What are cities?
The Populist party wanted this, or backing the dollar with gold and silver
What is bimetallism?
This is a refusal to work until demands are met
What is a strike?
The Progressive movement saw an increase in this getting more involved with business, in contrast to laissez-faire economics
What is the government?
Oil; used horizontal integration
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
People, usually immigrants, were forced to live in these tightly-packed buildings with other families
What are tenement houses?
The Populist party was made up of the "common man," or these two groups of people
What are farmers and factory workers?
This is a refusal to buy goods until demands are met
What is a boycott?
Jacob Riis wrote a book titled this, which documented the huge contrast between the rich and the poor
What is How the Other Half Lives?
This type of monopoly is when someone own all pieces of a business
What is vertical integration?
Factory smokestacks would shoot smoke into the air, creating this in cities
What is pollution?
The Populist party wanted this, which would happen with the 17th amendment
What is the direct election of senators?
Factory managers would often replace striking workers with these. Ouch!
What is a scab?
This man was known as the "trust-buster" by breaking up monopolies and encouraging competition between businesses
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This type of monopoly is when someone owns all business that make the same product
What is horizontal integration?
New immigrants came from these two regions of Europe to start a new life in America
What are south and east Europe?
This man made his famous "Cross of Gold" speech that was in support of bimetallism
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
If you refuse to work your shift at the factory, you better hope your name doesn't end up on this, which lets other companies know not to hire you
What is a blacklist?
These people were undercover journalists who would dig up the dirt on corrupt business and expose them to the public
What are muckrakers?
Railroads
Who is Vanderbilt?
Most immigrants who landed in New York were processed through this area
What is Ellis Island?
Bimetallism increased the money supply, which lead to this, or an increase in prices
What is inflation?
The government tended to side with business owners when their workers would form labor unions by sending these to break up the unions
What are troops/police?
Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," a fictional story that detailed the true horrors of this business; this would eventually lead to the Pure Food and Drug Act
What is the meatpacking industry?