industrial and economic Flashcards

1
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Capitalism

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*Free market economy *Business are own by private citzens

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2
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Corporation

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a economic market

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3
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Stock

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A busniess owned by investers

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4
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Competition

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econmic parctices to free market econmoic

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5
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Mass Production

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A increase in quality for cheaper and faster prodect

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6
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What happened to the cost of automobiles when were mass produced?

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car prices were reduced

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7
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Why did workers organized unions?

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To get better pay , better working conditions, less hours

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8
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What was the impact of the triangle factory fire?

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Gave safe rules to protect workers

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9
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List new technology developed during the second Industrial Revolution?

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telephone
refrigration

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10
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Immigration push factors

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11
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Immigration pull factor

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12
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Steerage

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cheapest way of transport on boat to US most immigrants booked steerage

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13
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Nativists

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Americans who wanted limit immigrantion and perseve the union for the native - white

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14
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Purpose of the civil service commission

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Candidates had to pass an exam for a federal job

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15
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Muckrakers

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Journalists who expose busnieses and political practices

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16
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example of muckrakers

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Jacob Rills exposed tereible living in tenements
Upton Sinclair shocked media by details in the meat proccing system

17
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Florence Kelley

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Used boycott fight against child labor

18
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Nineteenth Amendment

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women rights