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A political cartoon, showing the rich monopoly owners in the Gilded Age of America.

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The Gilded Age was a huge boost in money for the rich, and the exact opposite for the poor. It resulted in no money for the poor.

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The Laisee Faire Economics makes it so the government has very little power in the economy.

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A monopoly is a business in which the buyer has no other substitute but to buy from them, which lets them price and own it as much as they want.

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The theory of evolution, by Darwin. But put into the economy.

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The belief that people are rich in society just because they are better or more worthy.

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Another political cartoon, of the owner of Standard Oil, Rockefeller.

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A Robber Baron is someone who takes from the economy to gain more money, while a Captain of Industry gives back and helps other people.

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Two different types of producing, shipping, and selling.

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Horizontal integration is where someone would buy all of the businesses required for making their products, and vertical integration is producing through their own.

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One of the richest Americans of all time, owned and monopolized oil. His business was Standard Oil. Seen to be a Captain of Industry.

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A monopoly owner in the 19th century who monopolized steel and built his business empire from that.

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J.P. Morgan was a financer, and investment banker who during the Gilded Age, he was king of banking and Wall Street.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was a American man who made his money from shipping companies items, like Standard Oil from Rockefeller. He also owned most of the trains in America.

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Two very smart scientists, who were both fighting to create the most oustanding invention. Both of them very creative minds who both put a lot of research into Electricity.

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Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company and built a monopoly empire from making automobiles/cars. He was so successful because he made affordable cars.

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When workers had poor living conditions, they tried to fight for better work hours, pay, and safety. These movement of people were known as Labor Unions.

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On July 1st, 1892 Labor Union workers decided to stand up for their work conditions. Sadly, all of these workers were not successful in their attempts.

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The Sherman Antitrust Act, in 1890 prevented Monopoly owners from running their businesses and taking all of the money. It had many loopholes. Senator John Sherman made this act.

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Push and pull factors were things that pushed immigrants to the country or pulled them away. Examples of push are, freedom, opportunity to make money. Pull factors are, Bad living conditions, huge upset in economy.

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In the span of 60 years, over 12 million immigrants were processed through this island. Arriving from the port of New York and New Jersey.

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In the San Francisco Bay, from 1910 to 1940, this island was used to process over 500,000 immigrants trying to come into the United States.

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Nativism is when citizens of one country will prioritize their needs, over the needs of the indigenous or immigrants also in the country.

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In the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese people were excluded from coming into the country. There were many Americans who supported this rule, as they saw the Chinese were stealing labor.

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This is when a lot of people get condensed into one small area or city. This is usually to create an economy. An example of this is modern day New York City.

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Very cramped, small, poor condition apartments that housed people in the Gilded Age. Among these people were immigrants and laborers.

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Boss Tweed was a man who ran the first "Mafia" in New York City. These were the first types of organized crime that we saw, and many others like Tweed were out there too.

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In a Manhattan Sweatshop in 1911, 146 workers were burned and killed in a factory disaster. This led to better labor and safety laws in the United States.