American history

Rockefeller

Developed a new way of doing business with railroads- made him the richest man in U.S

(ICC) Interstate Commerce Committee

Developed the ICC- ____________

Chinese

Did exclude one type of immigrant

Sherman Antitrust Act

Banned the combination of companies to form a trust that would restrict trade

American Protective Association

Blamed the hard times of 1890's on immigrants

1.) superintendents 2.) foremen 3.) workers

Board of directors

Samuel Dodd

Created this huge industry for Rockefeller- called a trust- several companies band together regulate production and get rid of competition

Statue of Liberty

First site after 1886

Industrial expansion

Had made America seem like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Machines

Helped raise salaries and brought goods to the homes for less

Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead Strike of 1892

Gilded age

Mark twain called this time the ____________ (shiny on top, just base metal below)

Brooklyn bridge

Most famous- ____________- 13 yrs to build- designed by John roebling- finished by his son Washington

Trust

Most of the time the court sided with the

300 armed men

Pinkerton detective agency

Henry Clay Frick

Running Carnegie Steel- Carnegie in Scotland

Rockefeller

Stock holders turned over their stock to a group called trustees-_____________ controlled the trustees

Entrepreneurs

The leaders of all these new businesses and factories were called

American hero

The successful entrepreneur was the new

Chinese Exclusion Act

Was passed- no new immigrants for 10 yrs