Chapter 22 Flashcards

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Progressivism

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The movement in the late 1800s to increase democracy in America by curbing the power of the corporation. It fought to end corruption in government and business, and worked to bring equal rights of women and other groups that had been left behind during the industrial revolution.

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RE Olds

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He was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named

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Model T

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First affordable car built by Henry Ford; sturdy, reliable, inexpensive, only came in black

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Tin Lizzie

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Perfected version of Ford's Model T.

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United Fruit

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The United Fruit Company was an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Third World plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 from the merger of Minor C. Keith's banana-trading concerns with Andrew W. Preston's Boston Fruit Company

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General Electric

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Company which created one of the first corporate labs in 1900 to lessen their gov't dependency

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Frederick Winslow Taylor

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American mechanical engineer, who wanted to improve industrial efficiency. He is known as the father of scientific management, and was one of the first management consultants

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"Principles of Scientific Management"

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Also referred to as Taylorism, scientific management sought to reduce waste and inefficiency in production by measuring every movement and regulating every step of the work process

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Triangle Shirtwaist Co.

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March 25th, 1911, building fire on the top floors, 146 workers were killed (mainly women) because there was no way to escape; brought attention to the poor working conditions and led to better workplace safety and the formation of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

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WTUL

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Women's Trade Union League and National Consumers League; Gave female reformers a national stage for social investigation.

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RFD

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Rural Free Delivery, began offering this in 1896 to any group of farmers who petitioned their congressman

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Rockefeller Sanitary Commission

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In 1901, Rockefeller created an organization to study the cause and prevention of disease. The Institute later became Rockefeller University.

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Newlands Act

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1902 act authorizing federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land development projects, mainly in the dry Western states

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David Graham Phillips

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Muckraker who wrote series arguing for direct election of U.S. senators to combat corruption in Congress: "The Treason of the Senate"

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Sheppard-Towner Act

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U.S. Act of Congress providing federal funding for maternity and child care, a response to the lack of adequate medical care for women and children

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Margaret Sanger

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United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood

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Niagara Movement

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In 1905 Dubois started this movement at Niagara Falls, and four years later joined with white progressives sympathetic to their cause to form NAACP, the new organization later led to the drive for equal rights.

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to work for racial equality

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Guinn v US

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1915 the supreme court struck down Oklahoma's grandfather clause, which had been part of the states attempt to disenfranchise blacks

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Buchanon v Worley

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Residential segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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Padroni

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Italian labor contractors

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Leonidas Skliris

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So called "King of Greeks" in Utah

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Birds of Passage

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Temporary migrants who came to the United States to work and save money then returned home to their native countries during slack season.

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Americanization

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Process of assimilating immigrants into American culture by teaching English, American history, and citizenship

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Coyotes

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Mexican Labor contractors

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Barrios

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A district of a town in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries

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Samuel Gompers

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United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)

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IWW

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A former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States

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Bill Haywood

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Leader in western federation of miners and in the IWW

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Five Dollar Day

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Started by Henry Ford in order to give him his pick of the work force

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Amoskeag

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textile mill; produced nearly 50 miles of cloth per hour; looked for total loyalty in return of treating workers as children; employess took pride in their work - well-turned-out product provided dignity and self-esteem

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Irving Berlin

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United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)

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DW Griffith

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First man to be only a director; introduced parallel editing, trucking, star system, new camera angles, music specifically composed for films, full length movies; Birth of a Nation

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ASCAP

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American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

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Ashcan School

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Also known as The Eight, a group of American Naturalist painters formed in 1907, most of whom had formerly been newspaper illustrators, they beleived in portraying scenes from everyday life in starkly realistic detail.