American History - Glided Age Test Flashcards

the glided age - study guide

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Mark Twain

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Coined the term “glided age.”

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Corrupt with the exception of ore/ non- corrupt president.

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Jane Addams

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Founder of the Hull House for Women and Children

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4
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Andrew Carnegie

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“Steel worth $350”

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5
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William Booth

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Founder of Salvation Army

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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“railroads” bill worth $76

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7
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George Williams

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“Founder of the YMCA”

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John D. Rockefeller

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“Kerosene oil”

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Jacob Riis

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a social reformer journalist/ photographer showed “how the other half lived.”

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William Tweed

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boss tweed was a political machine (Boss Tweed)

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11
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Henry Ford

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“automobile tycoon”

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Monopoly

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large companies that controlled most of the industry
(single seller, and controlled all)

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Populist Party

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party of the working class
“Founder James Weaver”

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Working Class

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people working “low” paying Jobs/ dumbbell tenements.

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15
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Horace Mann

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Founder of public school education

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16
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Unions

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people standing together..

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Thomas Nast

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drew political cartoons, expose the corruption of bosses and robber barons

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18
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Strikes

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“Stoppage of work”

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19
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Railroads

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“lin Chopin” (connected America) made it go more (move goods and people)

20
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JP Morgan

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Financial Tycoon

21
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Emma Lazarus

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American Poet

22
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Muckrakers

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Exposed the evils of society.

23
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Capitalism

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Industry controlled by private owners.

24
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Robber Barons

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To limit the power of the industrialists

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Graft
illegal use of political influence for personal gain.
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Dumbbell Tenements
(multi-family dwellings) overcrowded and unsanitary
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Row Houses
'middle class's very small
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Gentlemen's Agreement
Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the US
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Nativism
Promoting Native Cultures/ anti-immigrant settlement
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Assimilate
"Become like" the rest of American society.
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Urbanization
Moving from the country to a city
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Ethnic Islands
Area Populated by the ethnicity. (same ethnic groups)
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Sweatshops
Factories in the Clothing Industry / (dark, crowded, and unsafe)
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Stopped Chinese Immigration of 30 Years
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American Party
Political Party designed to restrict and stop immigration.
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Immigrant Act of 1917
Required them to be able to read and write before they can enter the country.
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Ellis Island
Immigration station in NYC
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Angel Island
Immigration station in San Francisco
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Golden Door
The Statue of Liberty
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Prohibition
Prohibiting by Authority
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Statue of Liberty
"Opportunity and freedom" meaning the Golden Door
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Mass Transit
designed to move large groups of people.
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Thomas Edison
Creates the First Light Bulb
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Proletariat
Industrial Workers "working class"
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Bourgeoisie
Private Business Owners/ Big Business controlled by robber barons.