Social Studies Chap 20

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Trust

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legal way of getting a lot of stock in the same industry

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American Federation of Labor

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Led by Samuel Gompers
only people belonging to certain crafts

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Knights of Labor

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Led by Uriah Stephens
open to skilled/unskilled

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

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Led by John Lewis
all skilled/unskilled workers in 1 industry

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Edwin L. Drake

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First person to get oil from drilling

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Petroleum

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oil oozing from under ground

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Gilded Age

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era of wealth- actually full of corrupt politics and poverty

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Philanthropists

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People who give large sums of money to charity

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Carnegie

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Ruled the steel industry
philanthropist

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Rockefeller

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Ruled the oil industry - monopoly
philanthropist

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Union Pacific

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Builders of the transcontinental railroad that started in the east and worked west

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Central Pacific

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Started in the west and moved east

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Incorporate

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become a legal corporation

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dividends

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part of the profit

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Stock

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part ownership in a corporation

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Capital

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money

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Corporation

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organization legally entitled to own property and make contracts as if it were an individual person

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Rail Roads changed U.S. in what ways?

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-linked economies of west and east.
-helped ppl settle
-gave more environmental control

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Standard Time

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divided U.S. into 4 time zones
Eastern, central, pacific, and mountain.

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Centennial Exhibition

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Graham bell showed telephone convention in Philadelphia

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Invented the telephone

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Patent

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Legal document that secures your invention for a certain amount of time

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Business Cycle

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A series of ups and downs in a busines
boom- up
bust- down

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Bessemer Steel Process

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Made production of steel more efficient less coal was needed to melt iron Ore

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Generator

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machine that produces an electrical current

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Thomas Edison

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Created the light bulb

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Samuel Morse

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Invented the telegraph

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Sweatshops

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places where workers worked long hours with bad conditions

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Socialism

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in an economic system all members are equal owners of all businesses- they share the work and the profits

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Haymarket Affair

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A union protest in which about 100 people died after and unknown person fired a bomb and the police opened fire.

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Pullman Strike

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a nation wide railway strike that spread through the rail industry.

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Eugene V. Debs

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American Railway Union President.Put in jail after Pullman Strike

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Samuel Gompers

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helped found a new national organization of unions called the American Federation of Labors

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American Federation of Labors

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Focused on improving working conditions by using boycotts, negatiations, and strikes.

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Stock Certificate

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Document that states you own a share in a business

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Limited Liability

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refers to the limited risk one takes when investing in a corporation, if the corporation fails, the investor only loses what ws invested, not his personal assets

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Agarian

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Refers to a society of region in which farming is the main industry.

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Charles Darwin

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British scientist who wrote "The Origins of Species" talks about evolution of different species

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Social Darwinism

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theory that claims some people are born with certain traits that allow them to be successful and others are born without those traits.

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Regulate

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to place restictions on something. The U.S. government began to regulate trusts that were monopolies.

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Mary Jones

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effective labor leader who organized meetings, gave speeches, and helped strikers.

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Robber Baron

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someone in charge of a monopoly (Rockefeller)

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Elias Howe

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Created many inventions (sewing machines) and had many patents.

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Munn v. Illinois

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Supreme court case dealing with agriculture and corporate rates

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Grangers

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Organization made for farmers

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Pinkertons

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Armed gaurds that were hired to stop striking workers

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Homestead Strike

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Carnegie cut wages and the workers went on strike, Pinkertons went to keep out peacefully-Battled 10 dead

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Grover Cleveland

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the current president during this time("Gilded Age")