Satirized term for an era of serious social problems masked by a couple of success stories by rich businessmen.

the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

Removing carbon impurities from iron with high heat to make steel.

Designed to regulate the railroads from becoming monopolies.

Supreme Court upheld power of government to regulate private industry.

Industrialists who made positive changes to society.

Industrialists who made negative contributions to society, especially by abusing labor or government policies.

Monopolized railroads and shipping.

Monopolized oil.

Monopolized steel.

the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.

the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain.

used to justify little government intervention with the poor, imperialism, and racism and to discourage reform.

Carnegie, a steel magnate, argued that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society.

an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.

setback for the organized labor movement in America, at least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing.

goal was to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.

tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers

Federal troops put down strike at B & O Railroad to continue rail service.

Immigrants from western and northern European nations, such as England, Germany, and Norway.

Immigrants from southern and eastern European nations, such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Russia.

Neighborhoods formed by immigrants with similar origins.

Immigrants from Europe processed here.

Immigrants from Asia processed here.

Anti-immigrant political group/ ideology

first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States because of perceived threat to job availability.

Continued some immigration from Japan instead of a flat ban

Growth of cities.

process of an immigrant to the United States of America becoming a person who shares American values, beliefs and customs by assimilating into American society.

known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; wrote "How the Other Half Lives"

Founder of the Hull Settlement House

authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

Political corruption popular in the Gilded Age.

established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.

those who had enjoyed the right to vote prior to 1866 or 1867, or their lineal descendants, would be exempt from educational, property, or tax requirements

a tax to be able to vote.

determines the qualification of a voter based on his/her his ability to read and write or ability to read.

Upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Voting restriction, high rates of lynchings, and oppression of African Americans in the South normalized by these.

2nd President assassinated.