New Frontier Flashcards
What lands were given to the United States following the Spanish-American war?
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippians
The Landrush occurred in what state?
Oklahoma
What were the aims/goals of the American Federation of labor? How did they protest?
I wanted to control hours and wages the workers went on strike
In what ways did the refrigerated railroad car change consumerism in the late 1800s?
Made easier for people to buy things made more money
How did large company solve the problem of overseeing their operations in the late 1800s?
More managers
More departments
Why was Rockefeller able to demand rail shipping rates of $.10 a barrel for oil compared with his competitors $.35?
Completely dominated oil company
What were the accomplishments of the populist party in the 1892 election?
Fell into the depression making populous more attractive
Who is the best example of vertical introversion and why?
Carnegie he buys up all the facets of production
What what are the new resources found in the west?
Gold
Silver
Timber
What three things led the breakdown of native American culture in the United States?
Kids sent to boarding schools
Were separated into two reservations
Dawes severalty act
What is the term used to describe that the United States have the right to expand its memories from coast-to-coast
Manifest destiny
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
Nome stead
When the _________ was completed in 1869 railroad companies encouraged eager farmers to buy some other enormous land holdings
Transcontinental railroad
What natural disaster that occurred in the Great Plains cause bankers to foreclose on farmlands leaving thousands of homesteads deserted
Drought
What is a robber baron?
Very wealthy people
Mary Harris “mother” jones
Accepts all employable people Eight hour days Equal pay Women could work Union knights of labor
John D. Rockefeller
Oil business owner
Samuel Gompers
American federal of labor Skilled workers only Strikes a boycotts 10 hour days Six-day week
Andrew Carnegie
Business owner of steel
Thomas Edison
Over 1000 inventions
Light bulbs
Phonograph
Electric distribution
William Jennings Bryan
Ran for president democrat turn populousist
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of navy led Roughrider
Why didn’t the US give the Philippines their independence after the Spanish-American war?
Mckinley didn’t want war
Did the Spanish blow up the USS Maine?
No it was a faulty boiler on the ship
What did the war with Mexico results in?
One gave them 15 million for land
What role did the press have helping start the Spanish-American war?
Words are going to stir AMS into wanting war
For what reasons did Americans want to expand in the late 1800s?
New lands
New businesses
New Markets
Explain the difference between vertical and horizontal integration. In the late 1800s who were the best examples of each and how so
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
What were some characteristics of cowhand culture?
Mostly men work
Seasonal
More integrated than other parts of society
