gilded age Flashcards
Monopoly
-A monopoly is a situation in which is one supplier or seller who can do a service that no one else can do.
Spoil system
-The spoil system is when the government gives out jobs as a reward when people do political services.
Muckraker
They were early American journalists who reported scandal and political wrongdoing.
Labor Union
A group of common workers who negotiate hours, wages, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
Poll tax
-a tax that each adult has to pay in order to vote in an election
Suffrage
-The right to vote in political elections
Industrial revolution
-the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation when the use of machines replace the work of humans
Imperialism
-a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Who was Boss Tweed and how was he connected to Tammany Hall?
Boss Tweed was the grand leader of Tammany. Boss Tweed and his group demanded bribes from contractors who did business with the city.
He had a lot of political power, he stole millions of dollars from the city of New York.
Who was Upton Sinclair and how was he responsible for improving conditions in meat packaging plants?
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform. Sinclair uncovered the working conditions in meat packing plants. He was a muckraker wrote the book “The Jungle”.
What three things came from the compromise of 1877?
- The north got President Hayes
- South got less interference by the North in governing their people.
3 Blacks in the south lost all civil rights with the creation of the “Jim Crow” laws.
How did “Jim Crow” south set people apart from one another?
They established laws like separate schools and different drinking fountains.
How was the National American Suffrage Womens Association formed?
Two suffragist organizations that had pursued opposite policies in the years following the Civil War. Their main goal was to fight for women’s right to vote.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Gave the right to President Jackson to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi or if they stay where they are and go by the politicial rules.
How did the railroads help with the distribution of goods?
The railroad made shipping large amounts of products faster and easier over long distances.
Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick Diplomacy”.
To speak softly, and carry a big stick.The idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the “big stick”, or the military, ties in heavily with the idea of pursuit of political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals.
Describe one example that proved the USA had become world power.
They forced Hawaii to surrender themselves, they got Japan to open their ports, they bought Alaska for their natural resources.
Henry Ford: Make money Technology production Technology distribution Technology consumption
A. Henry Ford sold automobiles
B. The assembly line helped by making Ford’s cars faster.
C. Technology improvements helped ship cars all over the world.
D. As Ford cars gained more horsepower the demand for them increased.
