The Gilded Age

profits, greed, and capitalism

To which of the following did the Transcontinental Railroad contribute?

English

Which nationality, by far, had the least to do with the actual construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Rags-to-riches

What did Horatio Alger write about?

Nelson Aldrich

He was a powerful senator from Rhode Island at a time when big money brought government at all levels and seldom interfered.

American Federaion of Labor

In the late 1800s, by refusing to pursue a radical program for political change, this union maintained the support of the government and public.

Samuel Gompers

This man was the leader of the above labor organization

Eugene V. Debs

This individual was the leader of the Socialist Party in the United States

False

True or False: From 1860 - 1920 Americans living in urban areas dropped from 50% to 17%

Indoor plumbing, shopping opportunities, yellow-fever and cholera, and the air, rivers, and people stank

What characterized a growing segment of the American population in the late 1800s?

Irish and German

Which nationalities made up the “old immigration” during the early and middle 1800’s?

False

True or false: generally speaking, Americans welcomed the “new immigrants” more than the “old immigrants”.

Thomas Nast

He was a political cartoonist who exposed illiterate / semi-literate New Yorkers to their city government graft. (The abuse of political power for personal financial gain)

Frances Willard

During the middle and late 19th century, upper-middle-class, college-educated women, were not content with the cult of domesticity of the early 1800’s. They took part in society (jobs, movement) and/or led the temperance movement. Such was the case with the women.

Oliver Kelley

In 1867, this obscure farmer led the Patrons of Husbandry and formed an organization designed to address farmers’ social issues and isolation.

Barbed Wire

By the 1870’s, the development of numerous railroad lines and Joseph Glidden’s invention of _____________ contributed greatly to the decline of the open frontier.

William Jenning Bryan

In 1896, this member of the Democrat / Populist Party called for money to NOT have to be backed by gold, and for many reforms designed to help the ‘commoner’ be passed into legislation. This “Great Commoner” lost the election.

True

True or False: Frederick Douglass, a former slave, abolitionist, and black suffragist, demanded immediate federal action to grant suffrage to adult women as well.

False

True or False: By 1910, most women of the west had been granted suffrage.

Lincoln Steffens

This “Muckraker” author wrote Shame of the Cities, exposing how city officials worked in tandem with big business to maintain power while corrupting the public treasury.

Upton Sinclair

This author wrote The Jungle, exposing unsanitary and unsafe condition in the meatpacking industry.

Ida Tarbell

This author wrote History of the Standard Oil Company, documenting the cutthroat business practices behind John Rockefeller’s meteoric rise

Reporters

President Roosevelt coined the derisive term “muckraker.” To what does the term reference?

Robert Lafollette

The Wisconsin Governor made his state a laboratory for progressive ideas.

Booker T. Washington

This person advocated that increasing vocational education was the best method to achieve equality for African Americans

Booker T. Washington

In 1895, this Black political activist delivered a speech which outlined his belief that social and political equality must be achieved before economic equality would become a reality.

Booker T. Washington

His Atlanta Compromise Speech, which called for blacks to focus on practical vocational education instead of Latin and the classics, was well received by white Americans.

W.E.B. Dubois

This person admired Washington’s intellect and accomplishments but strongly opposed the position set forth by Washington in his Atlanta Exposition Address. He saw little future in agriculture as the nation rapidly industrialized and felt that immediate integration should still be the goal of African Americans.