dika
carnegie's right hand man - henry clay frick
robber barons = monopolies - carnegie (steel),
rockefeller (oil), jp morgan (banking), vanderbilt (railroads)
iww = wobblies
flophouses - immigrant houses (cheap housing) panic of 1873 - resulted from overexpansion in railroads and industries, leading to a severe depression lasting until 1879; triggered severe economic depression in the U.S. and europe. began with the collapse of jay cooke & company, a major investment bank, leading to bank failures, stock market crashes, and widespread unemployment,
lasting until 1879
panic of 1893 - RR bubble > RR collapse > banking failure > run on gold; biggest depression; caused by over speculation in RR and related financial industries; resulted in pullman strike and other financial/class struggles bessemer steel
trust = monopoly
hay market riot labor unions monopolies
republicans dominated the gilded age (used federal funds to build the transcontinental railroad, henry clay's american system)
meat trust- swift, armour
inflationary policies- policy that increases the money supply, which can lead to inflation
northern cali- stanford
2 land grant schools- ohio university, cornell, virginia state university
The Morril Act of 1862- gave land grants to schools
tennesee robber baron school- vanderbilt univsersity
california robber baron school- stanford
meat packaging city- chicago
terrence v powderly- knights of labour
samuel gompers- AFL (american federation of labor) monetary policy