apush gilded age for savannah

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

placed a ban on all new immigrants from China

Andrew Carnegie

industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892; dominated the American steel industry.

Gospel of Wealth

called on those who accumulated wealth to share their riches for the betterment of society; philanthropy

John D. Rockefeller

Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known in history

J. P. Morgan

Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel. Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for WWI and was payed back. Was one of the "Robber barons"

Boss Rule

A certain political machine influencing politics by manipulating the votes of groups of immigrants.

Tammany Hall/Boss Tweed

Tammany Hall was the most powerful urban political machine, located in New York. Boss Tweed controlled the New York State Democratic Party and Tammany Hall

Tenements

Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived

Nativism

A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

Thomas Edison

inventor of the lightbulb and electricity, allowed factories to work at night

Alexander Graham Bell

invented the telephone, allowed people to communicate over long distances

push factor

reason why someone may leave their country

laissez-faire

economic policy of having no rules for industry to follow

philanthropy

giving money to charities