Industrialization/ Gilded Age

Gilded Age

The period from the 1870s to the 1900s known for economic growth and stark wealth disparity.

Wealth Disparity

The massive division between the wealthy and non-wealthy, leading to unequal job opportunities.

Labor Unions

Organizations formed by workers to improve conditions, wages, and hours.

Pullman Strike of 1894

A nationwide railroad strike that escalated into a confrontation with federal troops.

Eugene V. Debs

Founding member of the American Railway Union and an advocate for labor rights and socialism.

Samuel Gompers

Founder of the American Federation of Labor, focused on skilled workers' rights.

John L. Lewis

President of the United Mine Workers of America, significant in organizing industrial unions.

Mother Jones

Labor organizer known for her activism on behalf of coal miners and child laborers.

William D. Haywood

Founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, promoting socialism.

Food Safety Issues

Concerns over contaminated food and drink, including unsafe water, chemicals in food, and spoiled canned goods.

Health Risks

Diseases from contaminated water and public health hazards due to inefficient trash collection.

Education Challenges

Only 20% of high school students earning diplomas and overcrowded classrooms for teachers.

Air Quality Issues

Smog in urban areas, wrongly believed by doctors to cure lung diseases.

Traffic Issues

Accidents from overcrowded trolleys and lack of traffic control.

Housing Conditions

Poor living conditions for immigrants, leading to ghettos and neglect of infrastructure.

Andrew Carnegie

Founder of Carnegie Steel Co. and a notable philanthropist.

JP Morgan

Investment banker instrumental in forming major companies and railroads.

John D. Rockefeller

Founder of Standard Oil, known for establishing a monopoly in oil.

Henry Ford

Innovator of assembly line production in auto manufacturing.

Thomas Edison

Inventor known for the lightbulb and numerous other inventions.

Wright Brothers

Pioneers of aviation, known for the first powered flight.

Phonograph

An invention by Thomas Edison in 1877 used for recording sound.

Light Bulb

Thomas Edison's invention in 1880 that revolutionized artificial lighting.

X-ray

Invented in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, used for medical imaging.

Airplane

First successfully flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903.