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35 Cards in this Set
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Edwin L. Drake
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the man who drilled the first oil well in the U.S.; located in Titusville, Pennsylvania
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Bessemer Process
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new way to make steel; developed in the 1850s that led to a dramatic increasing in steel productivity
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Thomas Edison
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self-educated inventor who patented over 1,000 items
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Christopher Sholes
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inventor of the typewriter
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Alexander Graham Bell
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inventor of the telephone
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Transcontinental Railroad
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a railroad line which stretched across the U.S.
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George M. Pullman
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the man who invented the sleeping car on railroads
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Interstate Commerce Act
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established the right of the federal gov't to supervise railroad activities
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Andrew Carnegie
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Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the railroad
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Vertical Integration
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when a company buys the raw materials, transportation systems, and suppliers needed to manufacture and transport its product
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Ellis Island
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the main immigration station in the U.S. from 1892-1924
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Angel Island
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the primary west coast immigration station
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Nativism
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favoritism given to people born in the U.S.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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virtually stopped Chinese immigration
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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an agreement in which Japan limited emigration of unskilled workers into the U.S.
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Social Gospel Movement
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an early reform movement which preached salvation through service to the poor
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Jane Addams
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an influential member of the settlement house movement
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Political Machine
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an organized group which controlled a political party in a city
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Graft
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the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
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Boss Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, New York City's Democratic political machine
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The Gilded Age
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a term used to describe the 1870s-1890s when life was shiny and bright on the outside but corrupt and ugly on the inside
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Progressive Movement
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a movement of the late 19th and early 20th century that sought to correct the social and political ills of the time
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Prohibition
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to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol
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Muckrakers
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journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life
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Robert M. La Follette
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Republican governor from Wisconsin who led progressive reforms against business
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Seventeenth Amendment
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passed in 1913 that allowed the people to elect their state senators
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Susan B. Anthony
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a leader in the suffrage movement
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the meatpacking industry
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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
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became president in 1901 when McKinley was assassinated and was the first progressive president
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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Square Deal
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president Teddy Roosevelt's plan to see that common people were not victimized by business and politicians
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Meat Inspection Act
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part of Roosevelt's Square Deal that set cleanliness and inspection requirements for meatpackers
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John Muir
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conservationist who persuaded Roosevelt to begin the National Park System
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NAACP
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1909 and its goal was full equality among races
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W.E.B Dubois
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helped establish the NAACP and was in favor of voluntary segregation
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