Black-6 Flashcards
Steel
Needed lots of this for railroads; had to find cheap way to produce it; made skyscrapers possible
Railroad Companies
Sold low cost land to farmers to increase railroad use
Standard Oil Company
Founded by John D. Rockefeller
monopoly
Single company that controls a market; Standard Oil Company was a monopoly
Thomas Edison
Invented electric light bulb and system for distributing electricity
Sitting Bull
Sioux leader who fought Army troops; led Sioux in a religious movement aimed at eliminating white men
Wounded Knee
Massacre that ended the long battle between settlers and Natives
Immigrants after Civil War
Came from eastern and southern Europe, were Jewish or Catholic, spoke little English, which made it harder to assimilate into American society
Ellis Island
Immigrant reception center in New York Harbor
Samuel Gompers
Labor leader-president of AFL
AFL
Labor union: American Federation of Labor- worked for better pay and working conditions
Pullman Strike
Made business and government dislike labor unions
Progressive Era
People tried to make improvements in business and industry- muckrakers
Ida Tarbell
Exposed unfair business practices of the Standard Oil Company
Upton Sinclair
Exposed contaminated foods
Hull House
Founded by Jane Addams- helped poor immigrants
Initiative
Idea for a new law (started during the Progressive Era)
Referendum
Vote on an initiative (started during the Progressive Era)
Recall
Removing elected officials before their term is done (started during the Progressive Era)
Direct Election of Senators
17th amendments (during the Progressive Era)
Theodore Roosevelt
started conservation movement during the Progressive Era
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that required separate facilities for Black Americans
Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld constitutionality of Jim Crow
NAACP
organized to fight Jim Crow
