Gilded Age

Time period from 1865 to Early 1900s in which industrialization created a large increase in wealth

• Civil War

• Robber Baron

• Gilded Age

• Industrial Age

An influential banker. He bought US Steel and funded the US government for a time.

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who made money from Steel and creating US Steel.

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

He created Standard Oil and became the wealthiest man in America.

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)

• JP Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.

• Robber Baron

• Entrepreneur

• Captain of industry

• Philanthropist

Charitable donation to public causes

• Robber Baron

• Entrepreneur

• Captain of industry

• Philanthropy

Business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also increased prices on goods without competition.

• Robber Barons

• Entrepreneur

• Captain of industry

• Philanthropists

Law that allows the government to break up companies with control of a market; prevents monopolies

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 15th amendment

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• The Roosevelt Corollary