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24 Cards in this Set
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Big business |
Term used to describe the corporations of monopolies since the industrial revolution of the late 1800s. |
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John D. Rockfeller |
An American industrialist and philanthropist. |
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Phonograph |
A machine that reproduces sounds by means of stylus in contact with grooved rotating disk By Thomas edison. |
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Steel industry |
Help fuel industrialism in america and the manufacturing center was Pittsburgh |
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Trusts |
Firms or corporations that combine for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices. |
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Pullman strike |
A nationwide railroad strike in the united States on may 11 1894. |
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Wounded knee |
A creek in south Dakota where united states soldiers killed large numbers of Dakota native Americans Sioux in 1890. |
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Hull house |
A settlement house in the united States that was cofounded in 1889 by jane Addams and Ellen gates star. |
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Jim crow |
A former practice of segregating black people in the u.s. |
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Plessy v. Ferguson |
Was a landmark united States Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" |
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Referendum |
A general vote by the electoric on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision |
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Monopolies |
The exclusive possession or controll of the supply or trade in commodity or service |
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Thomas Edison |
An american inventor and businessmen |
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American federation of labor |
Was a national federation of labor unions in the united states. |
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Samuel Gompers |
An English born cigar maker who became a Georgist labor union leader and key figure in american labor history. |
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Conservation movement |
Seeks to protect natural resources including animals ,fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future. |
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Ida Tarbell |
Was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is thought to have pioneered investigative journalism. |
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Muckrackers |
To search for and expose. |
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Electric light bulb |
Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or transluscent glass housing containing a wire filament that emits light when heating by electricity. |
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Motion pictures |
A series of pictures projected on a screen in rapid succession with objects shown in successive positions slightly changed so as to produce optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move. |
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Standard oil company |
An american producing, transporting, refining and marketing company. Founded by John d Rockefeller |
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Transcontinental railroad |
A train route across the united States finished in 1868. |
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Ellis island |
Served as a prime immigration station of the country. |
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Sitting bull |
Tribal cheif who led his people during years of resistance to the united States government policies. |
