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Boss Tweed
William M. Tweed was an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall -
Nativism
Protecting the interests of Native-born immagrants. Nativism was very common in the Gilded Age. And the date above was estimated and it actually never stopped -
Bessemer Process
The first inexpensive process for Mass production of steel. -
Eugene V. Debbs
November 5, 1855- October 20, 1926
An American Union Leader, one of the founding members of the industrial Workers of the World -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He was a strong leader in the progressive movement. -
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Acts were laws that gave someone ownership of land at little to no cost. It was 160 acres of land within state boundries -
Haymarket Riot
after math of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration -
Assimilation
The state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family. Forced assimilation was common in the Gilded Age. Some Native children were forced to attend carlise schools to make them become "more anglo" -
Industrialization
Industrialization occured from 1869-1901. Industrialization is when an industry developes on an extensive scale. -
John D. Rockefeller
Was an american industrialist and philatropist founder of standard oil -
Federal Indian Policy
The Federal Indian Policy referts to the relationship between the Indians and the U.S. Government. This policy exists within the borders -
Barbed Wire
Steel fencing constructed with sharp edges and point arranged. -
Factory System
The factory system was a method of manufacturing first adopted in England at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1750s and later spread abroad. The Factory system incresed in the Gilded Age -
Urbanization
The way the states changed during immagration and the mixture of colors is urbanization. started in 1877 to about 1917 -
Immigration
The history of immigration and emigration in the United States is closely linked to the history of railroads. Immigrants were not only integral to the construction of the transcontinental railroads that facilitated western expansion, but they also used the railroad to migrate west and to form new immigrant settlements in western states and territories -
Americanation
Process of an immagrant to theUSA becoming a person who shares american values. They tried to change people from the culture they are in to the culture of the "Americans" -
Eugenics
The desire to improve the heredity qualities of the human population. -
New Inventions
During this time period there were many new inventions. There were two that greatly impacted the time period. Alexander Graham inventor of telephone. And Henery Fords invention of an automoblie and many more -
Upton Sinclair
The author of The Jungle. An famous author during the Gilded Age. He exposed the meat packing industry. The date above is his birthday. -
Growth of Railroads
Between 1860 & 1900 America's population grew more than 400% due to technology advances, transportation, financial innovation and new business practices. The transportation was improved by railraods making it easier to transport goods across the continent more efficiently. -
Invention of the Automobile
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen, by German inventor Carl Benz. Motorized wagons soon replaced animal-drafted carriages, especially after automobiles became affordable for many people when the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act authorized the President to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it for individual Indians. The Act was Amended in 1891 an again in 1906. -
Settlement of the West
There was no definate date but it was in the late 1800's that Americans expanded their settlements in the western part of the country. When they did this they claimed the Native Americans land. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
It was a mascrete that occured near Lakota Pine Ridge, around 300 natives were killed and 51 were injured and 25 soldiers also died. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny occured in the 1900's and it was a widely held belief that American settelers were destined to expand across the continent. -
Political Machines
Informal political group designed to gain and keep power in urban areas… they gave the people what the city government could not in order to get public support. The political Machines began in the 20th century. -
Andrew Carnegie
Exapansion of the american steel indusrty in the late 19th century -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Provided federal inspection for meat industry. The meat packing industry used to be unsanitary and this act helps -
Assembly Line
Invented by Henry Ford, to make putting together cars easier -
The American Dream
The traditional social ideals of the US, such as equality, democracy, and material prosperity. The definition of the American Dream was thought of by James Truslow Adams in 1931 -
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fittest. says that government should not regulate buiesness ect. -
Labor Unions
On going event recogized as representatives of workers in many industries in the United States. -
Trust
firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. -
Anti-Trust
Of or relating to legislation preventing or controlling trusts or other monopolies, with the intention of promoting competition in business -
Vertical Integration
The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies. -
Horizontal Integration
Absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level -
Political Corruption
Political Corruption is when the government uses its power for a private gain and this is an on going event
