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The Gilded Ages Flashcards

1
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everything looked prosperous, opulent, and shiny on the surface

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gilded

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2
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positive of the gilded age

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industrialization
economic growth
new inventions
growth of middle class and suburbs

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3
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negatives of the gilded age

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working conditions 
poverty and living conditions
gap between rich and poor increases 
farmers struggle
political corruption 
lack of rights for women
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4
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scandals

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grant

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5
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killed reconstruction

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Hayes

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6
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assassination

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garfield

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7
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assassinated

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McKinley

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developed around 1850 injected air into molten iron to remove impurities and make steel lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant

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Bessemer process

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what is steel used for

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railroads
farm equipment
canned goods

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10
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engineers use steel to create what

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skyscrapers and longer bridges

Brooklyn bridge

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stimulated the growth of other industries
helped cities grow
helped increase westward expansion
standard time zones were created to get everyone on correct time

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railroad benefits

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12
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charged much higher rates to who

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westward farmers

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13
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credit mobilizer scandal (grants administration)
Union Pacific
take construction company
bribed members of congress

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corruption

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14
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perfected the light bulb
motion picture
organized power plants
organized first research lab

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Thomas Edison

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15
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telephone (1876)

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Alexander graham bell

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16
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camera

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George Eastman

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17
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oil

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John d Rockefeller

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18
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steel

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Andrew Carnegie

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19
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railroad

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Vanderbilt

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20
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began US steel
became first billion dollar corporation
responsible for General Electric bailed out the US economy on more than one occasion

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industrialists

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21
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process in which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities

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urbanization

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22
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why did new immigrants begin to move

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for work

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23
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what began to replace farmers

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farm machines

24
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who left the south

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African Americans

25
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poor standards of sanitation

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housing shortages

26
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struggled to keep up with growth

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transportation

27
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difficult to produce and transport

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clean water

28
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challenge and often neglected

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waste removal

29
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very common
great Chicago Fire
1871

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fires

30
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began to rise with urbanization

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crime

31
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the new rich

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nouveau riche

32
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spending money to show off their wealth

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conspicuous consumption

33
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a rundown apartment used to have large numbers of low income families

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tenement

34
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children as young as what worked for up to 14 hours a day

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5

35
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an organized group of people that controlled the activities of a political party

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political machines

36
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head of political machines

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city boss

37
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city bosses controlled jobs in what

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police
fire
sanitation departments

38
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city bosses controlled agencies that granted licenses to what

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businesses

39
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city bosses controlled money to fund

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large construction projects

40
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loved immigrants

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political machines

41
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rigged elections
became wealthy from kickbacks and illegal payments
control police force to stay out of trouble

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political machines

42
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used fake names and voted multiple times

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voter fraud

43
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granting favors in return for political support

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patronage

44
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return of money in exchange for a business

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kickbacks

45
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bribes

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graft

46
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became head of tommany hall, nycs powerful democratic political machine
led the tweed ring (group of corrupt politicians)

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William M tweed

47
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takes down tommany

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Thomas Nast

48
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Supreme Court decision
separate facilities did not violate the 14th amendment as long as they are equal
1896

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plessy v Ferguson

49
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between 20 million Europeans
mostly from southern and Eastern Europe
most were Jewish/ Catholic
more came from Mexico, Caribbean, and China

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new immigrants

50
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movement to ensure that native- born Americans recovered better treatment than immigrants

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nativism

51
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first union that accepts all people

8hour work day

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the Knights of labor

52
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accepted only skilled white males, won higher wages and shorter weeks for its members

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the American federation of labor

53
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head of AFL

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Samuel Gompers

54
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RR workers strike to protest wage cut

violence erupted in many cities for a week

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great railroad strike of 1877

55
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term came from mark twains book “a tale of today”

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the gilded age

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