Gilded Age Vocabulary

Named due to the immense wealth and lavish lifestyles (Twain’s book said wealth was earned through greed and corruption.)

• Robber Barons
• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Oil Barons

Corruption in government. Positions were given to friends instead of based on qualifications.

• Meritocracy
• Cronyism
• Favoritism
• Patronage/ Civil Service Reform

  
  

To make similar to another culture.

• Cultural assimilation
• Assimilation

• Cultural integration
• Cultural appropriation

Dishonest behavior from people in positions of power.

• Fraud
• Corruption
• Deception
• Misconduct

Corrupt groups who led major city’s government.

• Philanthropists

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barons

• Political Machine

The process used by Carnegie to make steel cheaper, lighter, and stronger.

• Bessemer process
• Newton process
• Tesla process
• Edison process

People born in the U.S. who do not like immigrants since they are culturally different.

• Intolerant
• Racist
• Xenophobic
• Nativism

Someone who gives to charity.

• Donator
• Philanthropist
• Benefactor
• Altruist

The government does not get involved with the economy.

• Socialism
• Laissez-faire
• Communism
• Anarchy

A company who has complete control over supply of a product or service.

• Oligopoly
• Competition
• Monopoly
• Monopsony