Who is most associated with the steel industry?

______ was the term used for industrialists who dominated their industry through hard work and focused their efforts to make their company / corporation better and stronger than their competitors.

______ was a movement within literary circles to wanted people to see the harsh realities of life for the lower classes, like with Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle, and Jacob Riis’s visual pieces.

those industrialists who had amassed their fortunes by market manipulation, swindling investors & companies, bribery, “insider trading”, and cheating on contracts, taxes & debt

business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.

Refers to when a company controls roughly 70% or more of production in an industry.

Which one of the robber barons does the following best describe: developed modern banking practices that affected individuals and business, invested in industries that defaulted on his loans?

Which one of the robber barons does the following best describe: developed the oil industry with his Standard Oil & Trust, controlling almost 90% of all U.S. oil?

This author focused on concepts of right vs. wrong, the greatness of the individual & their nobleness, and “true” friends

Which one of the tycoons does the following best describe: a true rags-to-riches entrepreneur who started out in railroads and then focused on steel mills to construct support parts for the railroad?

leaders / party bosses of political machines, concept of being stout & strong

What event allowed the Democrats to regain control of Congress in 1874?

Which one of the following is NOT a reason why industrialists donated to philanthropy efforts?

Republicans who left the party to “go over and support” Gov. Cleveland in the 1884 POTUS election

Wrote "The Jungle" which portrayed the horrors and grotesque nature of the meat packing industry

name given to Republican reformers, charged w/ spoils patronage in creating chaos and jobs for their supporters

where people are where they are in their life according to their circumstances beyond their control

The Whiskey Ring and the Tweed Ring scandals hurt the Republican Party during Grant’s Presidency making the Republican Party appear ______.

______ is the late 1800s philosophy that encouraged the potential power of each person in society where they could rise as high as their talents and commitments would take them.

Thomas Nast attacked political corruption in newspapers by using ______ in explaining the problems associated with political machines and corruption in New York City.

In 1873, the political fallout from the Panic of 1873 and the Tweed Ring corruption gave the ______ Party the chance to gain many seats in Congress to control new legislation.

Leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine in New York City