terms (Gilded Age) Flashcards
coined by "golden in the outside but corrupt underneath"
mark twain
coined by “golden in the outside but corrupt underneath”
jane addams
founder of the hull house for women/children
william booth
founder of the salvation army
george williams
founder of YMCA (young men’s Christian association)
jacob riis
social reformer journalist/photographer showed “how the other half lived”
henry ford
automobile- worth $200 B (Model T)
populist party
party of the working class
horace mann
started public school education
thomas nast
journalist- drew political cartoons to expose corruption of the bosses and robber barons
ulysses s. grant
least corrupt president during this period
andrew carneige
steel- worth $350 B
cornerlius vanderbilt
railroads- worth $765 today
john d. rockerfeller
kerosine/oil- worth $400 B
william tweed
made millions of $ illegal, eventually went to jail for it
monopoly
single sellers/ controls all
“working class”
“have-nots” industrial workers
unions
protected workers