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The American Dream
National ethos of the United States. It is said that "all men are created equal". -
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How the West Was Won
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Boss Tweed
Boss Tweed was a man mostly reffered to as "Boss Tweed". He was an American politician most notable for being the boss of the Tammany Hall. -
Federal Indian Policy
Was the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes. -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American Steel industry. -
John D. Rockefeller
Was an American philanthropist and industrialist. DOminated the oil industry when it first came. -
Bessemer Process
First industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Was an American Union leader and a Candidate of the Socialist Party of America. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Was the 26th President of the United States. -
New Inventions
The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining. -
Urbanization
The urbanization of the United States during the Gilded Age was not completely positive nor negative. -
Homestead Act
The purpose was to liberize the homesteading requirements of the Preemption Act of 1841. -
Settlement of the West
Group of farms established by Norsemen and Iceland. It was north than west of it's companion. -
Industrialization
Gilded Age industrialization had its roots in the Civil War, which spurred Congress and the northern states to build more railroads and increased demand for a variety of manufactured goods. -
Labor Unions
Craft-oriented labor unions, such as carpenters, printers, shoemakers and cigar makers, grew steadily in the industrial cities after 1870. -
Eugenics
The theory and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population. -
Growth of Railroads
The growth of the railroad network. Railroad construction tended to increase dramatically. -
Manifest Destiny
Was a belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the contient. -
Barbed Wire
The expansion of railroads and the invention of barbed wire and improvements in windmills. -
Political Corruption
In spite of the terrible losses during the war, the census of 1870 reported a population of 39 million Americans, up over 25% from the decade before. -
Social Darwanism
The application of Darwinism, the concept of survival of the fittest, to everyday social circumstances. -
Immigration
Approximately 10 million immigrants came to the United States in what is known as the new immigration. -
Upton Sinclair
American author who wrote to hundreds of books all kinds of genres. -
Assimilation
Expansion into the plains and mountains by miners, ranchers and settlers led to increasing conflicts with the Indians of the West. -
Nativism
Nativism typically means opposition to immigration and support of efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups -
Haymarket Riot
Refers to the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square[2] in Chicago. -
Automobile
One of the very first inventions during the Gilded Age. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the U.S. to survey American Indian tribal land. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The last battle of the Indian Wars. -
Trusts and anti-trusts
Business and industry were undergoing enormous changes in the U.S. during the 1890s. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Was a key of Progression Era legislation. -
Assembly Line
Manufacturing process. Assembly lines are designed for the sequential organization of workers, tools or machines, and parts.
