Gilded Age Era

3. – Practice of donating money to social causes by wealthy figures like Carnegie.
5. – Belief in protecting native-born Americans over immigrants.
8. – Common practice involving underage workers in factories and mines.
11. – Attractions like jobs or freedom that drew immigrants to the U.S.
12. – Economic philosophy that promoted minimal government interference.
14. – Complete control of a product or service by a single company.
15. – Violent labor conflict at Carnegie’s steel plant in 1892.
16. – Group primarily processed at Ellis Island.
17. – Nationwide transportation project that connected the East and West.
19. – Reform law that ended the spoils system and introduced merit-based government jobs.
22. – Political leaders who controlled city governments and exchanged favors for votes.
25. – Corrupt New York political boss known for controlling Tammany Hall.
26. – Organizations formed by workers to fight for rights and better conditions.
28. – Nickname for powerful industrialists like Rockefeller and Vanderbilt.

1. – Theory used to justify wealth inequality during the Gilded Age.
2. – Conditions like poverty or war that drove people to emigrate.
4. – Oil industry tycoon and founder of Standard Oil.
6. – Growth of factories and manufacturing during this era.
7. – Rapid growth of cities during the Gilded Age.
9. – Carnegie’s belief that the rich should use their wealth to benefit society.
10. – 1887 law aimed at regulating unfair railroad practices.
13. – Immigration station in New York Harbor (cross-reference for alternate clue style).
18. – Large company with many investors and limited liability.
20. – Large business combinations that often led to monopolies.
21. – Founder of Hull House, helped immigrants and the urban poor.
23. – A work stoppage used by labor to demand improvements.
24. – Overcrowded apartments where many working-class families lived.
27. – Industry dominated by Andrew Carnegie during the Gilded Age.