History Test 2 Flashcards
The social trend that caused the demand for beef to rise immediately following the Civil War was that cities in
the ______
East and West increased in population.
Corporation
A business that is owned by investors
Collective Bargaining
The right of unions to negotiate with management for workers as a group
A major result of the Homestead Act of 1862 was ________
increased development of western lands.
Pool
Railroad companies divided up the business in the area, then fixed their prices at a higher level
Monopoly
Control of all or nearly all the business of an industry
Hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children were killed by the U.S. army at ______
Wounded Knee.
Capitalism
Business are owned by private citizens
The primary goal of the _____ was to encourage American Indians to become farmers.
Dawes Act
Miners in the West created groups of ______
vigilantes to enforce laws and punish criminals.
Sweatshop
a workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
The chronological order of the following events are _____
Haymarket Riot; Homestead Strike; Pullman Strike;
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Resist
to fight against
The economic practice that helps motivate companies to keep prices low and improve product quality is called _____
competition.
Many African American inventors were unable to benefit from their discoveries because of _______
difficulties getting
patents.
The area that airplanes first proved to be of practical value was for
military operations.
___________ linking the West and the East enabled people and supplies to move cheaply
contributed MOST to this process toward statehood.
The expansion of major rail lines
Transcontinental Railroad
one that stretches across the country from one coast to another
Morrill Acts
set aside federal lands to create colleges to “benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts
Inflation
increasing the money supply causes increased prices and wreck the economy
Moving assembly line
method of production where workers stay in one place as production moves along a
belt
Mass Production
making large quantities of product quickly and cheaply
Patent
Licenses for new inventions
Triangular Fire
Fire that killed over a 150 people mostly women at the Triangular Shirtwaist Factory, a
sweatshop in New York City
