| Term | Definition |
|---|
| steel | Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in what industry? |
| oil | John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in? |
| meat packing | Gustavus Swift & Philip Armour are associated with what industry? |
| robber barons | This term applies to people who "stole" their fortunes by paying low wages |
| captains of industry | The term used for men who steered the country in the direction of economic prosperity |
| anarchists | Political radicals opposed to any form of government are called |
| Knights of Labor | This group/union sought to organize all workers - male and female, black & white, skilled & unskilled |
| American Federation of Labor (AFL) | Union that focused on very specific worker's issues such as wages, working hours and working conditions |
| "push factor" of immigration | Religious persecutions & mandatory military service |
| "pull factor" of immigration | Prospect of finding work and the promise of greater political & religious freedom |
| Angel Island in San Francisco | What is the name of the port where most Asian immigrants landed? |
| urban | Relating to, or characteristic of a city |
| Ellis Island | Most immigrants disembarked in the port in New York |
| entrepreneurs | People with new, innovative ideas and thinking |
| suburbs | residential areas surrounding the cities |
| the Gilded Age | Implied that under the glittery, or gilded, surface of prosperity lurked troublesome issues like poverty, unemployment & corruption |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws that separted blacks & whites |
| Plessy v. Fergusson | The Supreme Court upheld segregations s long ast states maintained "separate but equal" facilites for both races |
| Indian Removal Act | Forced tribes in the Southeast to move beyond the Mississippi River to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | This law temporarily banned further immigration from China for 10 years |
| the gold standard | Monetary policy favored by both Republicans & Democrats |
| monopoly | The complete control over an industry by one person or company is known as? |
| tariff | Tax on imported goods is called? |
| Interstate Commerce Commission | Oversaw rail charges for shipments that passed through more than one state |
| progressivism | Movement that emerged in response to the pressures of industrialization & urbanization that promoted reforms to bring about social justice |
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