Gilded Age
The most common, and effective, method used by labor unions
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business and government
What is Muckrakers
This banking tycoon became known as a Robber Baron.
J Money $$ J. P. Morgan
Organization formed to advocate for factory laborers
Union
Tenement
DAILY DOUBLE:: Tammany Hall (Boss Tweed) was an example of this type of political group
What is a Political Machine
Settlement Houses were set up by supporters of the social gospel, like this woman
Who is Jane Addams
This robber baron BUILT the railroads!
Vanderbilt
Forcing Native Americans and immigrants to act m ore like Americans (language, religion, dress, etc)
What is Assimilation
People who come to America for better opportunities
Immigrants
These men were entrepreneurs who the created modern industrial economy and were called this by critics because of their ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low
What is a Robber Baron
Scathing novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat packing industry
What is The Jungle
This steel tycoon was not like other "robber barons" because he was a philanthropist.
Man of Steel that doesn't Steal
Andrew Carnegie
Women's suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment
This was completed in 1869 to connect both sides of the United States
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
Method used to own all means of production, from resource extraction to retail store
What is Vertical Integration
Law passed by Teddy Roosevelt to protect consumers from contaminated food
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
This amendment gave citizens the opportunity to directly elect their senators.
17th
When city populations grow
Urbanization
DAILY DOUBLE:: Teddy's famous nickname referencing his numerous suits against monopolies
What is "Trustbuster"
John D. Rockefeller became a billionaire after he started this company
What is Standard Oil Co.
This system gives your friends jobs regardless of their qualifications (or lack thereof).
Spoils system
This man wanted African-Americans to earn their civil rights by the way they lived.
Booker T. Washington
This government agency was created to regulate prices of railroads
The I.C.C. (interstate commerce commission)
Organization created to earn civil rights through laws and the court system
NAACP