Chapter 19 - Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age 1865-1900

1869

1869

Founded in ________ by a group of Philadelphia garment cutters, the Noble and Holy Order of Workers became the biggest workers 'organisation.

American Federation

The 1886 events marked the rise of the ________ of Labor, a very different kind of organization (AFL)

African American

The "rag "quickly became the main element of entertainment in the new cabarets and nightclubs, which was introduced in many northerners by the ________ composer Scott Joplin at the 1893 Chicago World Fair.

rapid growth

The ________ of industry, particularly steady production mechanization, dramatically changed relations between employers and employees, and created new categories of workers.

Centennial Exhibition

The 1876 ________ in Philadelphia was not so much a celebration of the United States Revolution as a century earlier industrial and technological pledge.

Central Park

________ in New York opened in 1858 for skating ice, providing the model for the systems of urban parks throughout the US.

southern Virginia

There were no greater effects of modern industry than in the Piedmont, from ________ and Carolina central to northern Alabama and Georgia.