All Flashcards
What is mass production?
Producing goods on a large scale using technologies like the assembly line, making products cheaper and more accessible.
What is a 'Robber Baron'?
A wealthy individual who controlled huge businesses and monopolies during the Gilded Age, often characterized by ruthless tactics.
What is collective bargaining?
Negotiation between employers and a group of employees (often through a union) to determine terms of employment.
What does 'free silver' mean?
A major policy advocated by the populist party, calling for the unlimited coinage of silver.
What is Social Darwinism?
The application of natural selection to social and economic issues, often used to justify inequality during the Gilded Age.
What is Eugenics?
Aimed to improve the human race through selective breeding. A very problematic and harmful movement.
What is Realism (in literature)?
A literary movement focusing on social issues and corruption, aiming to depict life as it truly was.
What is Naturalism (in literature)?
A literary movement that attempted to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings.
What is the Aesthetic Movement?
An 'Art for Art's Sake' movement, a reaction against materialism, emphasizing beauty and art.
What is a political machine?
An organization that controls city governments through bribery and voter fraud.
What is the assembly line?
A manufacturing process where parts are added sequentially to create a finished product in a much faster way.
What is consumerism?
The increasing focus on purchasing goods and services, fueled by department stores, catalogs, and advertising.
What was the National Labor Union (1866)?
An early labor union that aimed for better wages, shorter hours, and worker rights.
What was the Knights of Labor (1869)?
A labor organization that tried to unite all workers, regardless of skill, advocating for a more inclusive labor movement.
What was the American Federation of Labor (1881)?
A labor federation focused on skilled workers and collective bargaining to achieve practical gains.
What was the Grange Movement (1867)?
A movement focused on education, cooperation, and political action to help farmers.
What was the Populist Party (1891)?
A political party that advocated for policies like free silver, a graduated income tax, and nationalizing railroads.
What was the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
A political scandal involving bribes to Congress for favorable railroad contracts.
What was the Panic of 1893?
A major economic downturn caused by over-speculation and deflation.
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North seeking better opportunities and escaping discrimination.
What was the impact of westward expansion?
Led to the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands and conflicts with other ethnic groups.
What was Tammany Hall?
A notorious political machine that controlled New York City politics through bribery and voter fraud.
What was the eight-hour workday movement?
A labor movement that fought for and achieved some success in establishing an eight-hour workday.
Who was Mark Twain?
A writer who focused on social issues and corruption during the Gilded Age through Realism and Naturalism.
Who was Henry James?
A writer who focused on social issues and corruption during the Gilded Age through Realism and Naturalism.
Who was Edith Wharton?
A writer who focused on social issues and corruption during the Gilded Age through Realism and Naturalism.