Unit 1- The Gilded Age
Test Review Guide
Below are the topics you NEED to know for the test. When looking at the topic be able to answer “What/Who
it is, What is the importance of it/What did they do, How did it/they impact history?”
Industry Comes of Age
The Gilded Age
Laissez-faire
Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
Rise of Big Business
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt
Monopoly/Trust
Robber Barons
Captains of Industry
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Social Darwinism
Labor Unions & Strikes
Knights of Labor
Haymarket Square Riot
Pullman Strike
Immigration & Cities
Ellis Island & Angel Island
Ethnic Neighborhoods
Jacob Riis
Chinese Exclusion Act
Corruption & Reform
Pendleton Act & Civil Service Commission
Political Machines
Thomas Nast
Sherman Anti-Trust Act