Sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low

Hoped to create a single national union of skilled and unskilled workers, demanding an 8 hour work day, safety codes, better pay, and organized strikes to get companies to grant demands

Inventor best known for his invention of the telephone and the company that would become ATT

Wrote "How The Other Half Lives" which described the horrible living conditions of the cities.

Growth of large cities

A new national political Party representing the "common man"- farmers, industrial workers and miners. Promoted progressive income tax, government ownership of Railroads and free silver

Neighborhoods made up of people of similar nationality, language and culture

Favoring people born in the US vs. Immigrants

Democrat elected president in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican Party