The Gilded Age 1

American politician who was the Boss of Tammany Hall--major role in politics, majorly corrupt!

Business practice of a company buying out its competition in order to dominate the industry.

The thought Americans had the "right" to settle land from Atlantic to Pacific.

A political philosophy that favors the common person's interest over those of the wealthy.

Organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government.

An economic system in which businesses are privately owned rather than government owned.

Adopting the culture of a nation or a group.

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, involving bribery.

When a single company gains control of an entire market.

Causing someone to acquire American traits and characteristics...to melt into one culture

Share of a company.

Leader of the Transportation Industry, Railroads and Steamships

Leader of the Steel industry

Social process where cities grow and societies become more urban.

Business practice that buys out suppliers to reduce cost and makes every PART of the product.

What drew people to the cities?

A wealthy industrialist from the Gilded Age who exploited resources to gain wealth.

Name 3 layers of a Political Machine:

A policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.

Which one was a famous Robber Barron?

12 Million immigrants come to America during the Gilded Age.

Creating larger industries/machine production of goods using factories.

Era of rapid economic & population growth--industrialization, corruption and immigration.

A policy favoring the interests of native born Americans over immigrants.

A tax on imported goods.

People who risk their capital (money/resources) to organize or run a business.

Government rules for business.

The most infamous Political Machine.

Leader of the Banking and Finance industry.

A period of dramatic changes in the factory systems of American Industrialization.

Leader of the Oil Industry.

Total value of all goods and services produced by one country.