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_____________________________ 1. Way of making a stronger, more purified type of steel.
_____________________________ 2. What oil was refined into in the late 1800s.
_____________________________ 3. Concept developed by C.F. Dowd to synchronize all train schedules.
_____________________________ 4. Midwestern city that was transformed by the railroads as it became a
hub for eastern products to be sent to Midwestern consumers.
_____________________________ 5. Type of capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without
intervention by the government.
_____________________________ 6. Philosophy that justified the practices of many industrialists. Said that
inequalities were part of a natural order.
_____________________________ 7. What was created when a trust gained complete control over an industry.
_____________________________ 8. The type of business entity whereby an owner takes over the different
steps involved in producing a product.
_____________________________ 9. The tycoon who used the principles in #8 to take over the steel
industry.
_____________________________10. The type of business entity whereby a business takes over other
companies that produce the same product.
_____________________________11. The industrialist who used the tactics described in #10 to take over
and control the oil industry.
_____________________________12. The idea of giving away large sums of money to charitable causes or
to have projects built for the public’s enjoyment.
_____________________________13. The investment banker who was probably the most powerful business
man in America at the turn of the 20th century.
_____________________________14. The Captain of Industry who dominated railroads and shipping on the
east coast.
_____________________________15. Term used to describe how the entrepreneurs profited unfairly by
squeezing out competitors and paying workers very meager wages.
_____________________________16. New type of store found in cities where many types of products were
sold under one roof. Led to more convenient “one-stop” shopping.
_____________________________17. New way of buying products for rural customers where they could order
goods from the comfort of their own homes and have it delivered.
_____________________________18. First law passed by the government to regulate or control trusts. It was
not very successful due to its vague terminology.
_____________________________19. Cramped workshops set up in shabby tenement buildings.
_____________________________20. Organizations that tried to protect the rights and improve the conditions
of workers.
_____________________________21. First effective labor union, accepted unskilled laborers, women
and African-Americans. Led by Terrence Powderly.
_____________________________22. The most common way for workers to try to get their demands met when
management would not give in to their requests.
_____________________________23. The major strike in Chicago that marked a major setback for
organized labor as it gave unions a bad name and associated them
with radical immigrants.
_____________________________24. A list of people perceived as troublemakers, a tool used by owners
to control their workers.
_____________________________25. The most powerful union created in 1886 by Samuel Gompers.
_____________________________26. First type of public transportation systems that carried large numbers of
people and made regular stops along established routes.
_____________________________27. Inventor of the telephone.
_____________________________28. “The Wizard of Menlo Park” who said “genius is 1% inspiration and
99% perspiration”.
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_____________________________29. Place where many immigrants entered the Eastern United States.
_____________________________30. Anti-immigrant attitude that was prevalent in the late 1800s.
_____________________________31. Law that banned Chinese immigration for 10 years.
_____________________________32. America’s best known landscape architect who tried to keep some
elements of the countryside within the city.
_____________________________33. A place where immigrants could receive services and learn skills they
could use to get them out of poverty.
_____________________________34. Founder of Hull House, best known settlement house.
_____________________________35. The idea that religious faith should be expressed through good works.
_____________________________36. Name given to the organizations that controlled city politics during
the Gilded Age. Provided services to people in exchange for votes.
_____________________________37. The most notorious political machine in NYC.
_____________________________38. Famous artist whose political cartoons did more to weaken Boss
William Tweed than any reporters could do in newspaper articles.
_____________________________39. Railroad scandal where a company built part of the transcontinental
railroad at 3 to 4 times the actual cost and split profits with congress.
_____________________________40. Scandal involving the embezzlement of tax revenues on whiskey.
_____________________________41. Law passed in response to the assassination of James Garfield.
_____________________________42. Social Organization for the farmers which spent most of its time
fighting railroads. Formerly known as the Patrons of Husbandry.
_____________________________43. Act passed in 1887 that marked the first time Congress passed a law
regulating an industry, the railroads.
_____________________________44. Movement begun in Omaha, NE in 1892 that would organize Farmers
and other workers to give the People a greater voice in their
government. Would become a major 3rd Party in politics.
_____________________________45. Idea that Gold AND Silver should be used in exchange for paper
currency. It became a major platform of the Populist Party and was a
key issue in the election of 1896.
_____________________________46. Democratic nominee and Populist leader who delivered the well-known
“Cross of Gold” speech. Was defeated by McKinley in 1896.
_____________________________47. Court case that legalized segregation of the races.
_____________________________48. African American leader who thought blacks should accept segregation
for the moment. Should learn farming and vocational skills.
_____________________________49. African American leader and co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P.
____________/________________50. Two other ethnic groups who were denied fair treatment in America.