Gilded Age Study Guide Below are key terms and ideas that will be particularly useful for the test. Understand the term, as well as any specific information you can provide! There will be 50 questions on the exam Terms Why did new immigrants settle in cities? Why is it called the “Gilded Age”? Why were children often unable to Urbanization attend school? Industrialization Populism Corporation Standard Oil Laissez-Faire US Steel Capitalism Child labor Nativism Railroad Trusts Monopoly Pooling Horizontal Integration (example?) Problems with Urbanization Vertical Integration (example?) Cartel Westward Expansion Entrepreneur Indian Wars Social Darwinism Battle of Little Big Horn Tariff Treaties Trust Farm Issues Sherman Anti-trust Act Mining in the west Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission People JP Morgan Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt Grover Cleveland Nikola Tesla Thomas Edison Samuel Gompers Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons Unions Pullman Strike Knights of Labor IWW Haymarket Riot/Affair Homestead Strike 3 main goals of labor unions Events, Ideas, and Businesses Living Conditions in Cities Prevalence of immigrants in cities and businesses Nativists New v. Old immigrants & Nativism
Gilded Age Study Guide Below are key terms and ideas that will be particularly useful for the test. Understand the term, as well as any specific information you can provide! There will be 50 questions on the exam Terms Why is it called the “Gilded Age”? Urbanization Industrialization Corporation Laissez-Faire Capitalism Nativism Monopoly Horizontal Integration (example?) Vertical Integration (example?) Cartel Entrepreneur Social Darwinism Tariff Trust Sherman Anti-trust Act Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission People JP Morgan Andrew Carnegie John D. Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt Grover Cleveland Nikola Tesla Thomas Edison Samuel Gompers Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons Unions Pullman Strike Knights of Labor IWW Haymarket Riot/Affair Homestead Strike 3 main goals of labor unions Events, Ideas, and Businesses Living Conditions in Cities Prevalence of immigrants in cities and businesses Nativists New v. Old immigrants & Nativism Why did new immigrants settle in cities? Why were children often unable to attend school? Populism Standard Oil US Steel Child labor Railroad Trusts Pooling Problems with Urbanization Westward Expansion Indian Wars Battle of Little Big Horn Treaties Farm Issues Mining in the west