Period 6: Gilded Age & Political Corruption 1865-1900 Flashcards
In 1880, Thomas Edison created the
lightbulb
Henry ford engineered a manufacturing system scheme that focused on __________
mass production
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan are named:
captains of industry or robber barons
Which Robber Baron had the New York Central Railroad?
Cornelius VandderBILT
Which robber baron had the US Steel Corporation?
Andrew CCCarnegie
Car-Cor
Which Robber Baron had the Standard Oil Company
rOckefeller
Which robber baron had the JP Morgan and Company (bank)
J.P. Morgan
Industrialization impacted society by minimizing their _______________
independence
employers paid ____ wages with ___ hours
low, long
employers cut costs by hiring ____ & ____
women and children
union of skilled workers who were trying to create idealistic working conditions
Knights of Labor
riot in Chicago with the focus of an 8 hour work day, but quickly got violent once a bomb went off in Haymarket Square
Haymarket Riot 1886
protesting policies (rent, cost of living, etc.) were workers were REQUIRED to live
Pullman strike
P for Policies
Social Darwinism advocated for
survival of the fittest (AKA Laizze-faire)
written by Andrew Carnegie took on social darwinism: people who have wealth are the guardians of society
Gosepl of Wealth
Who was the Populist Party
farmers who wanted to get their voices heard to the gov.
sharecropping made farmers ____
mad and poor
