Industrialization Study Guide Flashcards

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what are monopolies and how do they benefit big businesses

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when one person controls and industry or entire market, benefiting the companies b/c they can control the prices

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in the late 1800s what was the gov. position on labor unions

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skeptical cause they associated it with marxism and anarchism

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why did factory owners prefer to hire women and children

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could pay them less

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4
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what changes were labor unions able to make for workers

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establish min wage
8hr work day
closed shops
child labor laws 
courts ordered laborers back to work
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5
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whats the Monroe doctrine

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doc. stating president Monroe’s annual message to congress. declared that US and European powers to extend their system by any means for the U.S.’s peace and safety

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Henery Ford’s assembly line resulted in _______ of automobiles and greater ______ of vehicles

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mass production

number

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how did business owners try to stop workers from making demands for better-working conditions and wages

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yellow dog contracts, blacklists, lockouts,strike,breakers and scab laborers

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describe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

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Caused from cigarette,doors were locked, many women who were fighting for better wages, conditions etc. could not or did not escape

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describe the Pullman Strike

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Recession in Pulmn comp. caused comp. to cut wages, causing workers to be unable to pay for basic needs, workers that complained were fired, strike began, tieing up RRs and threatened econ.

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10
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describe Haymarket Riot

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Union organizers called for a strike for 8hr wk day. clash between striker and police left one dead. Next day strikers protested, someone threw a bomb, police fired, and workers fired back. 7 police and 4 workers killed. Caused Knights of LAbor pop. to decrease…to 0.

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laissez-faire

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belief that gov shouldnt be involved in business

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robber barons

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RR entrepreneurs who built their wealth by creating, lying and stealing from investors, tax payers gov. officials etc.

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Knights of LAbor

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1st nationwide, industrial union, called for 8hr wk day, gov. bureau of labor logistics, equal pay for women, abolition of child labor,creating of worker-owned factories. Supported arbitration and preferred boycotts

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assembly line

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production system by machines and workers. Arranged so each person performs same task over and over, and hands off item to the next

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Eugene V. Debs

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LEad American Railway Union. One of the companies they unionized was the Pullman Pallace Car Comp.

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16
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Andrew Carnegie

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Bought shares in iron mill, and factories that made cars and locomotives invested in comp. that built RR bridges. Opened company in Pittsburgh

17
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blacklist

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names of workers who tried to organize a union or strike

18
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lockout

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locked workers out of the property and refused to pay them

19
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collective barganing

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Unions that collective bargained over wages and hours

20
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John D. Rockefeller

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owned standard oil which was a highly efficient company., shipped so much oil, he was able to negotiate rebates, reuds from RR that wanted his business, pressured other companies to sell out to him.