Industrialism Test Flashcards
Andrew Carnegie
Invested in steel
John D Rockefeller
Oil industry, wealthiest of all time
Mary Harris “mother” jones
Teacher and dressmaker, helped coordinate major strikes- children’s march- most dangerous women in America
Eugene V Debs
American union leader, socialist party candidate
Henry Bessemer
Invented steel process that was much cheaper and faster
Thomas Alva Edison
Invented light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor- first telephone
William Jennings Bryan
Populist position, cowardly lion, golf speech
Dawes act
A law that a tribe couldn’t own reservation lands as a group
Exodusters
African-American migrants to new places
Populists
People who follow a philosophy that favors the common person over wealthy people
Homestead act
Provided Pieces of land to settlers in the west
Transcontinental RR
A railroad that spanned the continent
Pacific Railway act
Series of acts of Congress that promoted construction of trans continental railroad
Vertical integration
A company that owns all parts of the process
Horizontal integration
Controls all companies selling a certain product
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fittest, discourages government regulation
Interstate commerce act
Required rates must be “reasonable and just”, didn’t fix specific rates
Urbanization
Population shift from rural to urban
American Federation of labor
National Federation of labor unions
Haymarket affair
The aftermath of a bombing at Haymarket Square in Chicago, labor demonstration
Homestead strike
Strike at Homestead steel works
Pullman strike
Railroad strike against pullman company
Labor movement
Labor unions fought for better wages, hours, and working conditions
Gilded age
Serious social problems that didn’t look bad from the outside
Ellis island
New York immigration
Angel Island
California immigration, San Francisco
Chinese exclusion act
Prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
Steerage Passengers
Had to go through inspection at Ellis island, poor people
Railroad strike of 1877
First time government had to break a strike
What did Carnegie do to separate himself?
Bought our suppliers and competitors
Bimetallism
Money in exchange for golf and silver, put more money into circulation
What did trusts do?
Got rid of competition
Monopoly
A company completely dominates an industry
