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What lands were given to the United States following the Spanish-American war?

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Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippians

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The Landrush occurred in what state?

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Oklahoma

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What were the aims/goals of the American Federation of labor? How did they protest?

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I wanted to control hours and wages the workers went on strike

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In what ways did the refrigerated railroad car change consumerism in the late 1800s?

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Made easier for people to buy things made more money

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How did large company solve the problem of overseeing their operations in the late 1800s?

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More managers

More departments

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Why was Rockefeller able to demand rail shipping rates of $.10 a barrel for oil compared with his competitors $.35?

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Completely dominated oil company

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What were the accomplishments of the populist party in the 1892 election?

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Fell into the depression making populous more attractive

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Who is the best example of vertical introversion and why?

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Carnegie he buys up all the facets of production

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What what are the new resources found in the west?

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Gold
Silver
Timber

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What three things led the breakdown of native American culture in the United States?

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Kids sent to boarding schools
Were separated into two reservations
Dawes severalty act

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What is the term used to describe that the United States have the right to expand its memories from coast-to-coast

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Manifest destiny

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Although the land was free in the Oklahoma Landrush the settlers would have to _________ or settle on the land and farm it’s for a number of years before they could own it

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Nome stead

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When the _________ was completed in 1869 railroad companies encouraged eager farmers to buy some other enormous land holdings

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Transcontinental railroad

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What natural disaster that occurred in the Great Plains cause bankers to foreclose on farmlands leaving thousands of homesteads deserted

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Drought

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What is a robber baron?

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Very wealthy people

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Mary Harris “mother” jones

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Accepts all employable people
Eight hour days
Equal pay
Women could work
Union knights of labor
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John D. Rockefeller

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Oil business owner

18
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Samuel Gompers

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American federal of labor
Skilled workers only
Strikes a boycotts
10 hour days
Six-day week
19
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Andrew Carnegie

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Business owner of steel

20
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Thomas Edison

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Over 1000 inventions
Light bulbs
Phonograph
Electric distribution

21
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William Jennings Bryan

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Ran for president democrat turn populousist

22
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Theodore Roosevelt

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Secretary of navy led Roughrider

23
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Why didn’t the US give the Philippines their independence after the Spanish-American war?

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Mckinley didn’t want war

24
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Did the Spanish blow up the USS Maine?

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No it was a faulty boiler on the ship

25
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What did the war with Mexico results in?

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One gave them 15 million for land

26
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What role did the press have helping start the Spanish-American war?

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Words are going to stir AMS into wanting war

27
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For what reasons did Americans want to expand in the late 1800s?

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New lands
New businesses
New Markets

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Explain the difference between vertical and horizontal integration. In the late 1800s who were the best examples of each and how so

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Vertical integration is where you buy up all facets of product like carnige because he didn’t just own his business he also owns everything that got it there or made it.
Horizontal integration is when you buy up competitors like Rockefeller because he was a good businessman people thought of him as a robber baron

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What were some characteristics of cowhand culture?

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Mostly men work
Seasonal
More integrated than other parts of society

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