Unit 6: Gilded Age & Progressive Era Vocab

Time period after the Civil War in which society looked good but had issues. Industrialization occurred during this period. Captains of Industry Gained more Power.

• Gilded Age

• Social Darwinism

• American Federation of Labor

• Political Machine

These leading businessmen were also known as robber barons. They often had control of Monopolies and Trusts. They made a lot of money compared to their worker.

• Social Darwinism

• Captains of Industry

• Labor Unions

• Communism

idea that applies "survival of the fittest" principles to society that was used to justify the gap between rich and poor

• Political Machines

• Robber Barons

• Pendleton Act

• Social Darwinism

Andrew Carnegie's belief that the rich should provide to the poor in regards to creation of libraries and other public institutions.

• Social Gospel

• Muckraker

• Gospel of Wealth

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Political belief, often associated with unions and "new" immigrants, that gives complete control of the economy and citizens to the government.

• Captains of Industry

• American Federation of Labor

• Political Machines

• Communism

Moderate labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, represented skilled laborers.

• American Federation of Labor

• Political Machines

• Urbanization

• Social Gospel

Growth of Cities, which led to issues of overcrowding, nativism, and cultural conflict with rural areas.

• Reservations

• Urbanization

• New Immigrants

• Gilded Age

People who came from southern and eastern Europe and Asia; often experienced nativism.

• "Old Immigrants"

• Communism

• "New Immigrants"

• Urbanization

movement that emphasized the Christian duty to help the poor and immigrants.

• Social Darwinism

• Social Gospel

• Gospel of Wealth

• Gilded Age

corrupt political organizations that were exposed by Thomas Nast and (later) Lincoln Steffens. They tried to get support from immigrants.

• Gilded Age

• American Federation of Labor

• Social Gospel

• Political Machines