Study Pack Industrialization and Gilded Age EOC Texas

Founded American Federation of Labor in 1881

Vast government center in New York City where most immigrants were processed into the US

Act of charitable giving

Favoring navtive-born Americans over immigrants

Businesmen known for their positive contributions to the modern industrial economy

A company charted by a state and recognized in law as a seperate person

He made his fortune refing oil; founded Standard Oil

Sometimes used ruthless tactis to destroy competiition and keep worker wages low

Movement by cowboys of cattle to rail stations in the north to connect to markets in the east

Inventor best known for his invention of the electric light bulb

Limited memership to crafts and skilled workers creating a federation of unions

Scottish immigrant made his fortune in steel making, known for " Gospel for Wealth"

Wrote "How the other Half Lives" describing the deplorable conditions of the cities

Unofficial city organization designed to keep a party in power usuallly led by a single boss

Linked goods and services through technology and transportation making commerce more affordable

1862, law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens who met certain requirements

Manipulated New York City politics for his own benefit

Made all Indian citizens of the United States

Complete control of a product or service; the elemination of fair competition

Divided reservations into plots, each family received 160 acres to farm

Mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe; mostly catholic and Jewish

Hoped to create a single national union of skilled and unskilled workers, demanding a 8 hour work day, safety, and pay

Theory that the rich were obligated to help communitites by giving back to the community, not directly to individuals

Prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes

Economic philosophy based on the "Survival of the Fittest"

Used to move, clean or fix large machines since they were small enough to fit between the parts

Line between areas for settlement and those areas dominated by nature and Native Americans

Neighborhoods made up people of similar nationality, language, and cultural characteristics

Organized workers to act as a group not as an individuals to leverage for better working conditions

Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek Massacre

Completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, making it possible to travel by land to California

In 1896, miners were attracted to the area by dicovery of precious metals

Process which made steel more affordable and profiable

Primary reason for the growth in the US by the early 1900's doubling in number of US cities in excess of 500,000

Growth of large cities

Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture

War, famine, drought, ecomomic opportunity, and education

Corrupt city government officials promising to provide services and jobs in exchange for votes

Inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T

Theory that government should not interfere in the operation of free market

Area of the country settled by farmers brought to the area by the Transcontintitental Railroad

Individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish

Single room apartments often without heating, lighting, or sewage