Law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for 10$ if they lived on the land for 5 years

and improved it.

Invented the telephone.

Famous inventor who perfected the

incandescent lightbulb and well as

many other products.

Method of forming a big business by having several

companies act as one, but in reality they are separate

companies.

Method of forming a big business by

combining several companies into one.

Famous author who wrote many

popular dime novels of the

period.

This is a group that controls the activities

of a city by dominating the voting process.

Often times greed and corruption where

common partners of this type of system.

Famous political machine that

controlled New York City in the late 1800’s. Was

exposed by the political cartoons of

Thomas Nast.

Law that officially dismantled the spoils system and created a

system of examinations to determine the hiring of

civil service workers. Passed in 1882 after the

assassination of President Garfield by a disgruntled

job-seeker.

System of examinations that

gave jobs to the most qualified person for

the job. Maintained a competent civil service system.

Replaced the old spoils system.

Areas where many immigrants with the same background

would settle in large urban areas. Gave

them a place of security and comfort.

Cramped, poorly built apartment

buildings inhabited by many immigrants

in the large urban cities.

Wrote a book about the living conditions

of the poor called “How the Other Half

Lives”.

Middle Class reformer who

founded Hull House as a place to help

immigrants in their new home.

Places where immigrants and the

poor could find help in the large urban areas.

Early examples were the Hull House founded by

Jane Addams in Chicago and the Henry Street House in New York.

Union that only accepts skilled

laborers. Led by Samuel Gompers

Leader of the AFL. Accepted only

skilled labor into the union.

Type of union that only accepted

members who were from the same

industry. Led by Eugene V. Debs.

Leader of the Industrial Union

Movement where all workers of a

particular industry belonged to the

same union.

This was a change in the pattern of

immigration, as many people from eastern and southern Europe began to immigrate

to the U.S.

Idea that the best businesses and

businessmen will rise to the top. A belief in

the survival of the fittest in business.

Was a theory widely supported by the

successful.

Practice of giving away large sums of wealth to charitable causes. Practiced by

men such as Rockefeller and

Carnegie.

Law that attempted to regulate the efforts of big business by

declaring trusts to be illegal. Passed in

1890.

Labor Union led by Terence Powderly that accepted all types of workers.

Labor strike where someone threw a

bomb into the crowd killing several people. Happened in Chicago

in 1886.

Method of forming a big business by controlling all of the same type

business.

Method of forming a big business by

owning or controlling all businesses that are related to your primary business.

Owner of Standard Oil Company. One of the richest men in America. Criticized

because of his business tactics.

One of the leading RR owners in the

nation. Consolidated many smaller

railroads into a large monopoly on

northeastern RR traffic.

Leader of the American steel

industry. Believed in Social Darwinism as a

means of justifying his wealth. Gave away millions of

dollars in philanthropy.

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Homestead Act Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison Trust Merger

Horizontal Integration

Vertical Integration John D. Rockefeller Cornelius vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie

Social Darwinism Philanthropy Sherman Anti-trust Knights of labor Haymarket Square

Horatio Alger Political Machine Tweed Ring / Tammany Hall

Pendelton Act Merit System

AFL Samuel Gompers Industrial Union Eugene V. Debs New Immigration

Ethnic Neighborhood Tenements Jacob Riis Jane Addams Settlement Houses