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| The South's tobacco entrepreneur |
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| Oil refinery entrepreneur |
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| reformed the civil service system |
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| THe great commoner & free silver crusader |
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| 1st democratic president since the civil war & champion commerce reform |
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| corrupt New York politician who controlled the customs house |
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| Radical leader of the socialist party |
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| Reforming president who was assassinated |
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| Was a weak president monopoly reformer |
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| Built great northern railroad without government money or help |
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| Winner of the 1st modern president |
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| Leader of the knights of labor |
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| developed the theory of natural selection |
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| Severe depression hit America during Grover Cleaveland's 2nd administration |
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| Midwestern free silver party became prominent in the 1890's |
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| Court order forbidding action |
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| Advocates the collective government ownership or regulation of the means of production |
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| Why John Rockefeller choose to invest in oil refining? |
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| Refining was a safe investment |
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| Cause of American Industrial growth during the Gilded Age? |
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| When materialism was popular? |
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| America's first important labor union |
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| Industrialization allowed |
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| Middle class American's to afford high quality stylish clothing |
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| Reform Darnwinists believed |
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| THe man was inherently good |
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| Civil Service commission was designed to |
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| Stop the abuses of the spoils system |
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| Most effective strike in the history of American Labor |
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| American's thought of federal regulation of the railroads as |
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| THey were for federal regulations of railroads |
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| What slowed the expansion of American industry |
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| Major elements of American society during the Gilded Age |
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| urbanization, new immigration and materialism |
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| Goal of the Grange during 1870 |
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| state regulation of railroads |
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| discredited the Knights of Labor |
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| Main cause for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act |
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| What dominated politics during the Gilded Age? |
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| Twin Pillars of the "New South |
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| Main plank of the Populist party platform |
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| Happened when the American railway union defied an injunction by federal court |
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| government act that serves the nation's economy |
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| Why the tariff of 1883 was called "Mongrel Tariff" |
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| Numerous amendments made the tariff revisions ineffective |
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| Biggest achievement in communications of the Gilded Age |
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| 1st major trust that became the inspiration for others |
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| most prolific gospel hymn writer in the 19th century |
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| Explanation for Moody's success |
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| 3 causes of American industrial growth after civil war |
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1 nations population was growing
2. Invectives spirit pervaded society
3. Among the beneficial developments were new sources of power |
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| Why many Americans feared the new immigration |
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| Americans labor leaders feared that immigrants would take jobs from Americans for longer hours and less pay |
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