History- The Gilded Age

Ruthless business man; petina of unscrupulousness to him

built around steal and internal combustion engine; modern science emerges

Robber Baron; starts poor. becomes wealthy by transporting people in boats. Buys judges. Expands to railroads. "Colossus of Roads"

strong and more flexble than iron. Couldn't mass produce until 1850's (Bessemer Method). Used to build skyscrapers

"Steel Tycoon" from Scottland. Grows up poor. Saves and invests. Becomes wealthy, invents "U.S. Steels"

practice in Carnegie's time. Own legal personhood. provides buffer between company and employer

Corporation of corporations

Makes money in oil. Controlled 90% of oil in America and lowers prices. Gas engines become popular.

Founded by John Rockefeller

Produce male order catalog. National market to consumers

workers collectively bargain with management for better wages and working conditions

type of journalism exposing business practices, corrupt governments, poor social conditions, etc. Hallmark of progressive movement.

Reeformers who believe in using the power of government to affect what they see as positive social change

acheivement of progressives in the late 1800's; children should go to school instead of working.

U.S. Grant's aministration attempts to buy all the gold (corner the market). One of the worst financial scares.

Farmers/ people in rural areas who dislike and try to limit the influence of banks, big businesses, and railroads.

Great, uneducated scientist from New Jersey who invented the functioning incandescent light bulb, film, and record player. Resented educated scientists.

Comes to America to work. Later works for Thomas Edison. Profects Alternating Current as a method of transmitting electricity. Has a photographic memory and synesthesia.

process of establishing connections between homes, businedsses, and powerstations; known as "The Grid".

Invented by Herman Hollerith. Punches holes to record data. Looks similar to scantron.Without this machine, nothing BIG was possible.