Gilded Age

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

• Large monopolies

• small private business

• political machines

• labor unions

theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market

• Cul-de-sac
• Laissez-Faire
• Fleur de Lis
• Achtung

inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Knights of Labor
• Thomas Edison
• John D. Rockefeller

What does this image say about the control of political bosses?

• political bosses wanted to squish the opportunities in New York

• political bosses control all of New York City

• Political bosses were showing their approval with a "thumbs up" image

• New Jersey did not have political bosses

What concept does this image refer to?

• political machines

• nativisim

• labor unions

• graft

What does this image say about the control of Stand Oil?

• Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

• Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

• Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

• Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

• labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

• Labor unions decreased nativism

• Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

• Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated fair competition

• Gospel of Wealth
• Corporation
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Sherman Antitrust Act

prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes

• Interstate Commerce Act
• Child Labor Laws
• Philanthropy
• Sherman Antitrust Act

founded “AFL” in 1881

• Samuel Gompers
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison