WWI Flashcards
steel industry mogul immigrated from Scotland and monopolized industry through vertical expansion aka buying up all iron mines
Andrew carniege
oil industry mogul horizontally expanded into a monopoly buying up all his competitors
John D. Rockerfeller
competitor to Kerosene oil smelled better had similar price yet lost due to increase taxation on alcohol, major ingredient raised price oil called
camphene oil
1884 strike paralyzed 27 states threatened American economy
Pullman Railroad car srtike
animal near extinction due to both hunters killing them and railroad disturbing migratory patterns
buffalo
act written by abe lincoln allow individuals claim up 160 acres unclaimed public and anyone with family or 21 years of age both men and women
homestead act
state deciding cote weather 19th amendment right for women vote pass as federal amendment
tennessee
law in 1890 broke up business trust be considered cartels or monopolies
sherman anti-trust law
later anti-trust law in 1914 formally closed off legal loopholes “security holdings” in prior anti-trust legislation
clayton anti-trust law
president responsible establish nationalparks ensure preservation nature around country
theodore roosevelt
assassination of figure 1914 served as backdrop to beginning wwi
franz ferdinand
pan slavic terroist organization carry above assasination
black hand
selective service act 1917 legislation that
require formal period military training known now as boot camps
schools established by independent protestant organizations federal funding order to “civilize” assimilate native American children
Indian boarding schools
growth and development railroads in turn encourage development ranches, employed
cowboys
regiment decimated battle little big horn under armstrong caster and responsibility
7th calvary
term “gilded age” coined by
mark twain
immigration after civil war largely came from
southern and eastern europe
publisher friend of FDR bodybuilder responsible for creation physical culture such hit series “true crime”
Bernarr Macfadden
immigrants on average 1920s made 60% urban American population
true
jim crow before name used as word oppressive anti-black law name was
comedic character archetype
period american imperialism can be described
all of the above
president responsible construction panama canal
theodore roosevelt
sinking of ship started spanish-american war
USS Maine