Industrialism Test Flashcards

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Andrew Carnegie

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Invested in steel

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John D Rockefeller

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Oil industry, wealthiest of all time

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Mary Harris “mother” jones

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Teacher and dressmaker, helped coordinate major strikes- children’s march- most dangerous women in America

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Eugene V Debs

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American union leader, socialist party candidate

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5
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Henry Bessemer

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Invented steel process that was much cheaper and faster

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6
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Thomas Alva Edison

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Invented light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Inventor- first telephone

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William Jennings Bryan

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Populist position, cowardly lion, golf speech

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Dawes act

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A law that a tribe couldn’t own reservation lands as a group

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10
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Exodusters

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African-American migrants to new places

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11
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Populists

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People who follow a philosophy that favors the common person over wealthy people

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12
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Homestead act

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Provided Pieces of land to settlers in the west

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13
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Transcontinental RR

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A railroad that spanned the continent

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14
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Pacific Railway act

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Series of acts of Congress that promoted construction of trans continental railroad

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15
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Vertical integration

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A company that owns all parts of the process

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16
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Horizontal integration

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Controls all companies selling a certain product

17
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Social Darwinism

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Survival of the fittest, discourages government regulation

18
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Interstate commerce act

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Required rates must be “reasonable and just”, didn’t fix specific rates

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Urbanization

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Population shift from rural to urban

20
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American Federation of labor

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National Federation of labor unions

21
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Haymarket affair

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The aftermath of a bombing at Haymarket Square in Chicago, labor demonstration

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Homestead strike

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Strike at Homestead steel works

23
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Pullman strike

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Railroad strike against pullman company

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Labor movement

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Labor unions fought for better wages, hours, and working conditions

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Gilded age
Serious social problems that didn't look bad from the outside
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Ellis island
New York immigration
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Angel Island
California immigration, San Francisco
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Chinese exclusion act
Prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
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Steerage Passengers
Had to go through inspection at Ellis island, poor people
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Railroad strike of 1877
First time government had to break a strike
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What did Carnegie do to separate himself?
Bought our suppliers and competitors
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Bimetallism
Money in exchange for golf and silver, put more money into circulation
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What did trusts do?
Got rid of competition
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Monopoly
A company completely dominates an industry