Unit 6 APUSH

2. Machines - Organizations that controlled local politics through corruption and patronage.
5. Integration - Business strategy involving the acquisition of competitors to create a monopoly.
6. Darwinism - Application of "survival of the fittest" to human societies and businesses.
9. - Overcrowded apartment buildings in urban areas housing many poor immigrant families.
15. Oil - Dominant oil company established by Rockefeller, known for its monopoly.
17. Unions - Organizations formed by workers to advocate for better wages and working conditions.
18. of Wealth - Essay by Carnegie promoting the responsibility of the wealthy to give back to society.
19. Integration - Business strategy where a company controls all stages of production.
20. Immigrants - Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe who arrived in the late 19th century.
21. Exclusion Act - 1882 law that prohibited Chinese labor immigration.
22. Workers of the World - Radical labor union advocating for worker control of industry.
23. Act - 1883 law that reformed the civil service system and ended the spoils system.
24. Carnegie - Steel magnate who advocated for philanthropy in his "Gospel of Wealth."

1. - Economic policy of minimal government interference in business.
3. Commerce Act - 1887 law aimed at regulating railroad rates and practices.
4. D. Rockefeller - Founder of Standard Oil and a key figure in the rise of monopolies.
7. of Labor - Early labor union open to all workers, skilled and unskilled.
8. Federation of Labor - Labor union for skilled workers, led by Samuel Gompers.
10. Riot - 1886 labor protest in Chicago that turned violent, damaging the labor movement.
11. Tweed - Leader of New York City's Tammany Hall, known for political corruption.
12. Strike - 1894 railroad strike that disrupted national rail traffic and led to federal intervention.
13. Strike - Violent 1892 strike at Carnegie Steel plant in Pennsylvania.
14. Antitrust Act - 1890 law aimed at breaking up monopolies and maintaining market competition.
16. Island - Main processing station for immigrants arriving in New York.
18. Age - Period of rapid economic growth and industrialization marked by political corruption and social inequality.