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Definition: American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909

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Definition:  a New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure's, called Tweed Days in St. Louis, that would later be published together in a book titled The Shame of the Cities

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Definition: AFL American Federation of Labor: first leader

Samuel Gompers led movements that helped workers gain more rights. He helped unions become accepted.

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Definition: First to mass produce automobiles

Henry Ford figured out industrial efficiency which had people move less, lower cost of production because of cheap labor, and

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Definition: Inventor best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system

Tesla had a lot of significant inventions, but doesn't get much recognition.

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Definition: Inventor of the light bulb in 1882

Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph and the kinetoscope. He started Edison General Electric.

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Definition: multi-millionaire

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the largest steamboat operator and got into the railroad business, making him more money.

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Definition: banker and entrepreneur

JP Morgan founded General Electric.

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Definition: Man in the steel industry

Andrew Carnegie funded products to make steel cheaper.

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Definition: Richest man in the world

John D. Rockefeller started the company, Standard Oil, which is 90% of US refineries and pipelines. He found a monopoly loophole that gained him more money.

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Definition: guaranteed women's suffrage

The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote.

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Definition: A progressive amendment

The 17th amendment was meant to end political corruption through the direct election of Senators

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Definition: personal income tax

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Definition: Carnegie wrote essay referred to as the gospel of wealth

The gospel of wealth was written with the idea that the wealthy should pay higher tax.

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Definition: The people's party

The populist party started a movement which was by farmers, to increase their political power.

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Definition: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection applied to human society

Robber Barons believed survival of the fittest in Social Darwinism which was used as an excused for injustice between rich and poor.

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Definition:  The Industrial Revolution period

The Gilded Age name was by Mark Twain meaning a layer of glitter over a cheap base.

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Definition: buy out competitors

Horizontal integration would buy out competitors when made less competition and more money for a certain company.

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Definition: when a company owns all the different businesses on which it depends for ts operation

Vertical integration was used instead of paying different companies for production

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Definition: a group of corporations run by one board of directors

Trusts were used to buy out competitors.

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Definition: a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

Laissez Faire was used when the government doesn’t bother businessmen and focused on big businesses rather than the worker