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