US History II ACCESS-Unit 1
Captain of Industry/Robber Barons
A captain of industry is a description given to entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie who did great things for business and the country. Andrew Carnegie was also a philanthropist, giving away money to schools and libraries. • A robber baron is the name given to entrepreneurs who get ahead by abusing the workers with bad working conditions, long hours, and little pay.
Gilded Age
A name for the late 1800s, coined by Mark Twain to describe the tremendous increase in wealth caused by the industrial age and the ostentatious lifestyles it allowed the very rich. The great industrial success of the U.S. and the fabulous lifestyles of the wealthy hid the many social problems of the time, including a high poverty rate, a high crime rate, and corruption in the government.
labor unions known for its acceptance of only skilled workers
AFL-CIO
Homestead Act
Act provided 160 acres of free land to anyone who would live on the property and farm it for five years.
Electricity
Allowed businesses to stay open later
Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed New York City Immigrants
Gilded Age president
Chester Garfield Grover Cleveland Theodore Roosevelt
Election of 1896
Cross of Gold speech farmers and union workers united behind a single candidate the election marked the end of the Populist Party
Silver
Currency matters were critically important to late 19thcentury farmers.
increased production
Effect did the development of new technology have on mid-western farming
Of the persons listed below, which one was noted for his socialist views and leadership of the IWW?
Eugene V. Debs
Populist Movement
It inspired future reform efforts
Socal Darwinists believe
It's acceptable for Business A to takeover Business B because it is stronger.
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Gilded Age
Literacy increased Educational opportunities expanded The government was scarred by political corruption
Rockefeller
Monopoly in oil refineries
Populists
Party was the first nationally organized political party representing farmers' interests.
Carnegie and Morgan
Steel leaders of the United States
William Jennings Bryan
The Populist candidate in the 1896 presidential election
Pullman Strike ended when
The federal government intervened
Pendelton Civil Service Act
This act required that all federal employees be hired on the basis of merit
Haymarket Strike
Violence and public opinion against unions
Wright brothers
airplane
Political Machines
are organizations run by a political boss that provide services to their supporters in exchange for votes.
Gilded Age past times
baseball football boxing
An increase in production led to a decrease in prices
cause and effect answer that best describes farming on the plains
Gilded Age politics
corrupt
Horace Mann
education
Gilded Age education
education laws were adopted in most states. most teachers had specialized training in teacher education. the nation's literacy rate had improved dramatically
challenging
farming on the plains
Grange
first organization formed by farmers
spoils system
give jobs to political friends and supporters
Problems endured by frontier farmers
insects, wildfires, extreme weather
Trust
limit competition and government started with hands off
Bessemer Process
mass production of steel
Gilded Age transportation
move outside of the city
As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
new regulations were implemented to make factories safer
William Randolph Hearst
newspaper
Labor Unions
organizations designed to help and support workers.
Farmers supported all of the following policies
silver coinage low tariffs direct, popular election of Senators
Gilded Age innovations
skyscrapers indoor plumbing electricity
Vaudeville
stage entertainment made up of various acts, such as dancing, singing, comedy, and magic shows
All of the following are associated with labor unions
strikes Samuel Gompers Knights of Labor
Farmers in the late 1800s were concern
the high prices on railroad shipping.
debt
the key issue that worried most American farmers was
Factories of the late 1800s
their poor working conditions. their hiring of men, women, and children. paying low wages
