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Test 4 (Industrial Revolution) Flashcards

1
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2 resources of revolution

A

Oil

Steel

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2
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Who used steam engines to drill for oil?

A

Edwin Drake

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3
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Invented Direct Current electricity

A

Thomas Edison (also light bulb)

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4
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Invented typewriter

A

Christopher Sholes

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5
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what brought new workers?

A

Immigration

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6
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What increased population density

A

Immigration

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7
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What increased trade across cities

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Railroads

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8
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Who invented compressed air brakes

Operated an AC power plant

A

George Westinghouse

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9
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Describe the Credit Mobilier Scandal

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Union Pacific Railroad formed the Credit Mobilier Contatrunction company bribed congressmen with shares to approve federal subsidies for cost of construction

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10
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Union of farmers that fought railroads to lower shipping prices

A

The Grange

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11
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The Interstate Commerce Act

A

Government gains more control of railroads

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12
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Laissez-faire

A

Let the people do as they chose
Less government regulations
Competition at free market

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13
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Used vertical integration and owned almost entire steel industry

A

Andrew Carnegie

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14
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Owned standard oil. Monopoly. Formed trust. Used horizontal integration

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John D Rockefeller

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15
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Trust

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Several companies turn stock into one group of trustees who work as one mega company

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16
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Three negative aspects of big businesses

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Too much power in hands of too few men
Once monopoly formed-prices skyrocket
Mistreated workers

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17
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Oligarchy

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Too much power in hands of too few

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18
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3 causes of second industrial revolution

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Large supply of natural resources
New inventions
Growing cities

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19
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What did Samuel Gompers do?

A

Formed American Federation of Labor

A union that used strikes and collective bargaining

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20
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What is collective bargaining?

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Negotiations between workers and business owners

21
Q

Who is a German Philosopher that lived in England and argues against capitalism?

A

Karl Marx

22
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Who believed that the ____(haves) benifitted from capitalism while the ____ (Have nots) suffered?

A

Karl Marx
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat

23
Q

Marxism used what two communism principles?

A

No individual ownership of property

Property and means of production are owned by a community

24
Q

What move my preached salvation through helping the poor?

A

Social Gospel Movement

25
Q

Populism is often in contrast to what group?

A

Elite upper class

26
Q

In 1890 Farmers and workers unite to fight mega-trust companies. They call themselves…. With a….

A

Populist party

Anti-trust agenda

27
Q

____ vs ____
Smallest popular vote in US history
Won by___

A

Garfield (R) vs. Hancock (D)

2000

28
Q

Garfield was assassinated ____ after being elected

A

200 days

29
Q

___ vs____
Who was popular?
Who wins electoral?-real winner

A

Harrison (R) vs Grover Cleveland (D)
Grover Cleveland won popular
Harrison won electoral- real winner

30
Q

Known as “an effort to cure American society if the ills developed during the industrial revolution

A

Progressive Movement

31
Q

Rejected social Darwinism
Man is capable of improving society
Government should have a role in improving society
Government corruption should be removed
Government should include people more directly

A

Progressives

32
Q

What was “The Jungle” about and who wrote it

A

Uptown Sinclair

Exposed labor abuses in meat packing industry and disgusting conditions

33
Q

Roosevelt took the place of ___ because he was assassinated by___

A

McKinley (Leon Cz…)

34
Q

Used bully pulpit and wanted all to have a Square Deal

A

Theodore Roosevelt

35
Q

Roosevelt believed in balancing the interests of what three people

A

Business, consumer, labor

36
Q

Trust busters

A

Break up monopolies like JP Morgan and railroad barons for violating Anti-trust act

37
Q

We draw the line at___ not wealth

A

Misconduct

38
Q

Gives voters right to propose laws

A

Initiative

39
Q

Gives voters right to vote on “proposed laws” (see other card)

A

Referendum

40
Q

Gives voters right to force politics to be re-elected

A

Recall

41
Q

Name 16-21 amendments

A

16- Legalized income tax
17- popular election of Senators
18- prohibition
19- women’s suffrage
20- beginning and ending of presidential terms clarified
(21- prohibition repealed)- not part of progressive amendments

42
Q

First black to graduate from Harvard. Believed blacks should be politically active. Supported civil rights. Had an interest in Africa. Helped to unify black leaders

A

Web DuBois

43
Q

NAWSA

A

National American women’s suffrage association

44
Q

Strong leader of women’s suffrage

A

Susan B Anthony

45
Q

Women’s suffrage legalized

A

June 4 1919

46
Q

Speakeasy

A

Illegal liquor club

47
Q

Prohibition was followed by

A

Increased crime organization

48
Q

Naturalist and writer convinced Roosevelt to start parks and rec department

A

John Muir

49
Q

Roosevelt pushed for ___

A

Conservation of land

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