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33 Cards in this Set
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Explain how the rise of big business changed the national economy |
Produced goods for the national and international market |
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What was the Transcontinental Railroad? How did its construction affect the national economy? |
The most extensive rail network in the world. Allowed bug business to produce for the national economy. |
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Who was John D. Rockefeller? |
Owned John D. Rockefeller's standard Oil Company |
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How did the Standard Oil Company become so wealthy? What kind of business was Standard Oil said to be? |
Negotiated special low rates from railroad to transport standard's oil. Also took control of oil prices. Standard oil was said to be called trusts/monopolies. |
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Who invented the light bulb? How did this invention affect American life? |
Thomas Edison Factories could work around the clock, streetlights reduced crime, and allowed for nighttime leisure activities. |
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Who introduced a version of the gasoline-powered automobile in 1896? |
Henry Ford |
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Who staged the first successful airplane flight in 1903? |
The Wright Brothers |
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How did the invention of the motion picture affect Americans' lives? |
Made it available to millions of lower class Americans |
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How many immigrants came to the U.S. between the years of 1865 and 1920? Through which entrance did most of them arrive? How did they travel here? Where did they settle? |
10 million The East Coast Traveled by boat Settled along the East Coast and Chicago |
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How did the arrival of so many immigrants affect wages in the American work force? |
Wages went down |
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What is the goal of a labor union? What is collective bargaining? |
To increase wages A group of workers negotiated wages rather than an individual |
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What was the American Federation of Labor? Who was its founder? |
It was the most successful labor union and only accepted skilled workers Samuel Gompers |
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Explain the circumstances and result of the 1894 Pullman Strike |
Pullman- company that made sleeper cars for railroads Cut wages to $1 a day A strike disrupted mail deliveries President Cleveland sent the army and the confrontation killed 13 people |
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How did the construction of railroads affect western settlement? |
Expanding railroads brought many settlers into the west |
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In what ways did the Native American population react to white settlement of the western territories? |
Some indians resisted violently, some signed treaties, some sold their land and went to live on reservations |
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What was the cause and result of the First Sioux War? |
The U.S. wanted the land of the Black Hills, but the Sioux Nation forced them out and signed a peace treaty that the land would be Sioux property "as long as the grass shall grow" |
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What was the cause and result of the Second Sioux War? |
Gold was founded, miners went into the Black Hills, Sioux nation prepared for War, Army was sent to protect the miners, and Army moved to Little Big Horn. |
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Explain the role of Chief Sitting Bull in the Indian Wars: |
He led the Sioux Nation to begin to prepare for war |
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Explain the circumstances surrounding Custer's Last Stand |
Custer and his troops found themselves surrounded and one by one the tribes of the Sioux Nation were tracked down and surrounded. U.S. Army took possession of the Black Hills. |
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Explain the circumstances surrounding the Massacre at Wounded Knee: |
Sioux Nation were attempting to surrender, a gunshot went off, U.S. troops opened fire and 200 were shot. Was the end of the Indian Wars. |
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What was the overriding goal of the Progressive Movement? |
To bring progress to American Society |
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How did the Progressives seek to fix society's problems? |
Called for expanded governemtn |
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Describe urban living conditions in the early 20th century |
Poverty, overcrowding, open sewers, vermin. 6 in 10 babies died before their first birthday |
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What was the difference between workers and business owners during this time period? |
Workers earned a few hundred a year for working extremely long hours and dangerous work environments. Caused many workers to become politically active. Business owners lived extravagant lifestyles |
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What was the result of the publication of Jacob's Riis' How the Other Half Lives? |
Shocked the American population into supporting reform of the tenements |
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Explain the practice of payment piecework |
Those who worked fastest earned the most money |
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Explain the concept of Division of labor |
Factory workers performed one small task over and over
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What was the goal of the workplace reformers? |
Demanded that the government take an active hand in the American workplace |
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What were five reforms achieved through the efforts of the workplace reformers? |
Unemployment insurance Worker's compensation Health insurance Abolition of child labor Fire-marshal and safety inspections |
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Who were the Muckrakers? |
Journalists who altered the public to wrong doing in business and politics |
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What was the result of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle |
Led to the creation of a federal meat inspection program 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act |
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What was the role of Ida Addams in the Muckracker Movement? |
Published "The History of the Standard Oil Company". Accused John D. Rockefeller of using unfair and illegal business practices. |
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