Unit 6... what was I made forrrrr ): Flashcards
1982 Homestead Lockout
An industrious labor dispute that broke out between iron and steel workers and Carnegie melon
Gospel of Wealth (Social Darwinism)
The strong survive and the weak die.
Basically the skilled people will rise to the top and the unskilled people will stay at the bottom forever.
Strong companies should eat weak companies strong nations defeat weak nations
However, Carnegie argued that the rich had a duty to give back to society. Use what they needed on their family and then give it back to society
Management Revolution
large corporations divided themselves into 3 categories
Executive/ managerial/ laborers
White vs blue collar workers
Managerial were middle class
Gustavus Swift
An American entrepreneur who was in the meat marketing business. Due to his innovations, we have the modern meat packing we have now.
Created a refrigerated railroad system; allowed for meat to last longer and for its nation wide distribution
Vertical Integration
A practice where a company oversees/acquires all the complementary industries that support its business (used by Andrew)
Was able to buy all the companies that handled steel production; the mines; the transportation.
John D Rockefeller
Owner of oil corporation. (standard Oil) controlled most of all oil companies
Horizontal Integration
A tactic to eliminate competition by buying out all other competitors till their company is the big dog. #monopoly (used by rock D feller)
Deskilling/Assembly Line
deskilling, the process where jobs become simpler because of it gets broken down into simpler more repetitive jobs; machines take over complex tasks.
Assembly line is a mass market method where products are put together in a sequence with each worker performing a specific task.
Trust
A business arrangement where multiple businesses are controlled by a single board. This is basically a monopoly. This reduces competition and increases profit.
Frederick W Taylor Scientific Management
Taylorism: aimed to optimize efficiency by first observing workers to see which ones they excelled at. He would time them and had them finish a certain tasks in a set amount of time.
Gilded Age
A period of mass production due to industrialization
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-1943
A lot of Asians were coming in, MOSTLY BC OF THE EFFECTS OF THE GOLD RUSH
ALL IMMIGRANTS WERE LOCATED IN CITIES BC OF WORKING. IN TENEMENTS
BC OF NATIVISM THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT
PANIC OF 1873, PPL BLAMED THE CHINESE
BANNED ALL CHINESE IMMIGRATION
Great Railroad Strike 1877
Railroads were really rising. Government gave SO MUCH money to railroad companies: Land grants and subsidies
EAST AND WEST WERE SO EASILY accessible
- Covered in gold but was a turd underneath
-Railroad workers were cutting wages to save money during a economical recession
Unionized railroad workers went on strike to protest their workers pay
Protest grew so big that the federal government had to come in and respond by sending in troops.
However, this worked and railroad corporations began to negotiate to improve working conditions
Knights of Labor
A national union that had the main goal to destroy all trust and monopolies. and the abolition of child labor.
Haymarket 1866
A riot where knights gathered at haymarket to protest.
However a bomb exploded and the American public associated the bombing with knights of labor.
This caused the union movement to shit perspectives. THEY WERE NOW ALL SEEN AS RADICAL AND DANGEROUS
Farmers Alliance
The Granger Movement
- Started because farmers and ppl needed railroads to ship their stuff to markets however trains were charging unnecessary prices. OVERLY HIGH so the farmers were revolting
Pushed for regulation on railroad
Granger Laws
1887 Interstate Commere Act
Required railroad rates and just
- PUSHED BY GRANGERS
GRANGER LAWS:
ESTABLISHED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISION
American Federation of Labor
A national labor movement that advocated for more regulation on corporations. Wanted better wages, and better working conditions. only wanted skilled workers
Herbert Spencer
Developed social darwinis
Eugenics
A method for for improving the human quality by selective breeding. The rich with rich, poor with poor
Comstock Act 1873
A federal law that banned the distribution of immortal material
Maternalism
A idea that emerged emphasizing women’s role as care givers and nurturers. It justified womens’ reforms by linking them to traditional gender roles. Advocated that mothers had a role in protecting and improving society through public welfare programs, labor laws, and public health initiatives.
Women’s Christian Temperance Movement 1874
Women formed this to advocate to for the total abstinence of alcohol because mostly men were getting drunk and then they would abuse the women.
worked by protesting and lobbying Congress to pass laws.
A lot of drunk males. caused low class impoverishment
Upton Sinclair The Jungle
a muckraking novel that exposed the truth of the meat packing industry.
It highlighted the exploitation of immigrants workers and shocked the public with graphic imagery of the unsanitary conditions. This led to the progress of food safety regulation
