APUSH - The Gilded Age and West

Andrew Carnegie

US Steel

Interstate Commerce Act

1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses

Andrew Carnegie

US Steel

Interstate Commerce Act

1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses

JD Rockefeller

owner of the Standard Oil monopoly and trust

Social Darwinism

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

Monopoly

A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.

Gospel of Wealth

The belief that, as the guardians of society's wealth, the rich have a duty to serve society; promoted by Andrew Carnegie

Sherman Antitrust Act

First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions

yellow dog contract

an agreement some companies forced workers to take that forbade them from joining a union. This was a method used to limit the power of unions, thus hampering their development.

anarchist

person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority

Haymarket Riot

In this location, a bomb was hurled toward police officials, and police opened fire on the demonstrators; numerous policemen and demonstrators were killed and wounded; response in nation's press was decidedly anti-union.

AF of L

A labor union created by Samuel Gompers that was the ONLY labor union that only accepted skilled workers

Knights of Labor

1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed

Grange

an association formed by farmers in the last 1800s to make life better for farmers by sharing information about crops, prices, and supplies

company town

community whose residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and shopping

Carlisle Indian School

in Pennsylvania to educate and civilize Indians, motto = "Kill the Indian and save the man" = policy of assimilation

Dawes Act

1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners

Battle of Little Bighorn

In 1876, Indian leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated Custer's troops who tried to force them back on to the reservation, Custer and all his men died

Joseph Glidden

Invented barbed wire

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian in the early 20th century best known for his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" in which he argued that the spirit and success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion.

Long Drive

General term for the herding of cattle from the grassy plains to the railroad terminals of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming

barbed wire and railroads

two main inventions which helped to destroy the grazing range of the American Bison which led to their near extinction

A Century of Dishonor

Written by Helen Hunt Jackson, it detailed the injustices made to Native Americans during US expansion