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second industrial revolution unit three Flashcards

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Jesse Chisholm

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drove a herd of cattle from Texas to Kansas and made a map of his route

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Wild Bill Hickok

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hired to keep law and order in Abilene, shot 2 men including his deputy

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George Pullman

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made the railroad carts for rich people fancy and comfortable

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Mark Twain

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author, story teller, came up with the “gilded ages”, wrote adventure of huckleberry finn

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Jim Crow

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fictional character, character in a song, his name came to stand for an evil policy-separation of races (segregation)

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Jim crow Laws

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legalized segregation, bad punishments were given for not following them

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homer plessy

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man arrested because of Jim Crow policy (separate but equal)

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John Marshall Harlan

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supreme court justice who believed segaragration is unfair

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Andrew Carnegie

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Started a affordable mass production of steel and seceded

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J.D. Rockefeller

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Philanthropist, gave most of his money to the poor more than anyone else ever, !st oil industry billionaire, accused of being a monopolist by his competition

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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leader of railroad industry and tycoon, one of the richest men

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Elisha Otis

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invented safety elevator, created rugged and wild places

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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ancestors came on an early Puritan ship, beleveis that democratic cities should have large parks for recreation and quite walking, wrote “we need institutions that shall more directly assist the poor…to elevate themselves”

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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occupation architect

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Washington Roebling

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civil war hero, eninger, invented suspension bridges like the brooklyn bridge with electricity

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Joseph Pulitzer

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american newspaper publisher and writer help establish the modern new paper, led funding for Lady Liberty to be displayed at Centennial Explosion

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Thomas Edison

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made the lightbulb, first big invention was the telegraph sold it for $30,000

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Susan B. Anthony

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activist for women’s suffrage

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Menlo Park Laboratory

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the world’s first research and development lab, edison used it to invent the lightbulb

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Texas Longhorn

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Hybrid bread of spanish and texas cattle, connected to the Chislum trail

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Centennial Explosion 1876

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held at world’s fair in Philadelphia

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UT

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an abbreviation for utah

23
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Promontory

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a part of land that juts out of water

24
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Temperance

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avoid alcohol

25
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Amount of immigrants entered america in 1840-1914

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40 million main reason was opportunity most are from italy, Russia, Hurguway, Austria

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Huck Finn

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best novel of all time by Mark Twain

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Golden spike of transcontinental railroad

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hammered in Utah

28
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Chicago population

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45.000-one million

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market economy

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capitalism, a system in which good are bought and sold and prices are determined by the free market, with a minimum of external government control

30
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command economy

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represent north korea, organized by the government, communism (dictatorship can vote out bad ruler) and socialism (usually democrats)

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Traditional economy

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represents the native americans pre columbian, women work at home, do what your parents did

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Hybrid economy

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mixture

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Monopoly

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can have negative consequences, is when one company takes over an entire industry

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Tariff

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a tax on imported goods, domestic producers benefit, bad for consumers, Republicans favored them

35
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materials used in a toaster

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mica steel plastic copper nickle

36
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what are the four parts of a pencil

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rubber, led, wood, metal

37
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how many people contribute to making a pencil

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over a million

38
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how did tcr affect the us in culture

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supported project that built upon an extended cultural knowledge across boarders

39
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how did tcr affect the us in economics

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economic and consumer power, affected many companies and helped the Second Industrial Revolution flourish- especially through steel

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how did tcr affect the us in technology

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seller productivity increases, many other inventions were created through this, led to the internet we have today (which helps a lot in communication)

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how did tcr affect the us through politics

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leaders of implications of the chinese and foreign languages have ownership over The Campaign Registry

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what is the difference of the coast to coast before tcr and after tcr

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before: 6 month
after:10 days

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why is from 1866-1900 called the industrial revolution

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because during the second industrial revolution there were many discoveries and inventions such as mass production and industrialization (the development of industries in a country)

while the first industrial revolution factories and agriculture became more populated

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compare and contrast the first and second industrial revolution

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the first revolution centered on textile manufacturing and the innovation of the steam engine, the second revolution focused on steel production and the automobile and advances in electricity. the discoveries in technology improved the communication

45
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1890s were called

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Agicalture golden age

46
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why was there such an increasing demand for farm products during the agicalture golden age

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the growth of cities

47
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in 1880—% of the us population lived in cities, in 1900 —-%. in 1920—%

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1880 20%
1900 30%
1920 68%

48
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so in 40 years (1880-1920) the us population went from predominantly —- to ———

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predominantly rural to largely urban

49
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why did john green put “scientific theories” in quotes? What does this mean?

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it means they were making up “scientific things” lies to discriminate some immigrants and it was one way to be unfair to the citizens.

50
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between 1840-1914 —- imigrants came to the us

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40 million

51
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chicago’s population
1840:
1870
1890

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1840-4500
1870-300,000
1890-1,099,850

52
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hte firest coast:—-lives and —- buildings

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coasts 300 lives and 17,000 buildings

53
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the key ingredient of rebuilding chicago, thanks to andrew carnegie

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steel

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