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25 Cards in this Set
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James B. Duke
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Rapid system to manufacture cigarettes
One of his brand was "Lucky strike" Like Vanderbilt, Carnegie and Rockefeller, he was a philantropist |
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Charles Alfred Pillsburg
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Developed a system in which flour could be manufactured in large quantities and in a faster way
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Henry J. Heinz
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Heinz Ketchup
Pickles All women workers |
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Joseph Campbell
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Campbell soup company
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John T. Dorrance
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Condensed soup
Time saver for people who had to cook for families |
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Gustavus Swift
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Manufactured sausage and pork-base products
He came with a great invention- the refrigerator line cart This cart helped reduce the price at which sausage could be sold to the public Swift Bacon Female workers |
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Isaac Singer
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Sewing machine
Wealthy man Bigamist |
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Isabella Eugenie Boyer
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Inherited Isaac Singer's wealth after Singer died
She came from Europe She probably served as the model for the Statue of Liberty |
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William C. Procter and James Gamble
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Candle and soap business
They got wealthy during the civil war when they were rewarded with the procession for giving soap and candles to the army Ivory soap Ivory soap floats-most distinguishing characteristic They still produce many products today tide, charmin, toilet paper, etc |
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Federal government made a deal with the central pacific and union pacific railroad companies
Much of the track had to relayed and was layed hastily. The government was paying workers to lay the track as quick as possible This provided an unbroken route to the pacific ocean |
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James J. Hill
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Great Northern Railway
It ran from St. Paul, Minnesota all the way to Seatle and to the western frontier of the United States This railroad did not want any help from the government He was independent of government aid |
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A Gilded Age "Summer Home" in Newport, Rhode Island
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"Conspicuos consumption"
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The Biltmore Estate in Ashville, N.C.
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The Biggest Gilded Age Mansion
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How the other half lives?
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A book by Jacob A. Riis
He came from Scandinavia He was the world's first photo journalist He revolutionized the use of photography His most famous photograph involved more neglected childre who huddled together to stay as warm as possible |
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The Inner City Tenement
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Tenement houses
People were packed into tenement houses to sleep in with only few inches to spare |
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Sweat Shops
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People work in their own homes
Whole families tended to work together, including children |
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Terrence Powderly and the Knights of Labor
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First union
Unions were delegate to trades (plumbers, steel workers, etc) The goal of this union was to gather as many members as possible regardless of the occupation that the members had |
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The Knights of Labor
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They wanted to gather all groups in a big union, and through strength in numbers, influence the government to make reforms in the poor working environments. They proposed the end to childlabor
The Knights of Labor included women, African Americans, etc Bankers, lawyers, stockbrokers, and gambles were excluded from membership |
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The Haymarket Square Riot
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On May 3rd, there was a union protest in Chicago.Shots rang out and a couple of workers were killed. This lead to a mass-meeting on May 4th.
The mass meeting went on as planned and the police was ordered by the governor of Chicago not to halt the meeting. The police decided to march on the protesters Someone threw a bomb at a police office which killed him In the end, 8 mmen were charged with responsability for the riot. All men were found guilty. Four of them were hanged and executed The other commited suicide Three were sent to prison 3 years later, the authorities acknowledge themselves that they had no really evidence that these men actually committed crime These men became martyrs for the pro-union cause The Knights of Labor were blamed for this event and lost popularity |
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Samuel Gompers
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He founded the American Federation of Labor
His movement did not emphasize political reforms but rather the individual unions and their relationship with individual lawyers. They emphasized the need for unions to negotiate intelligently with their bosses and sign contracts that would guarantee their bonuses He was against anarchism, socialism, and other types of radical social/politicalism |
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Homestead Strike of 1892
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Homestead was a steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania
This was owned by Andrew Carnegie. He appointed Henry Frick to handle his affairs in this plant Frick locked the plant and wanted to replace them with non-union labor Replacemen workers =scab workers The workers took over the plant Frick hired the pinkereton Detective Agency. Employees of pinkerton company headed into homestead to try to first recapture the plant and allow the non-union labored workers to work again The pinkertons arrived in barges. A cannon and other artillery was given to the workers from a townsman. The pinkertons were fired at by the workers and the pinkertons fought back in retaliation ....continue..... |
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Homestead Strike of 1892
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Homestead was a steel plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania
This was owned by Andrew Carnegie. He appointed Henry Frick to handle his affairs in this plant Frick locked the plant and wanted to replace them with non-union labor Replacemen workers =scab workers The workers took over the plant Frick hired the pinkereton Detective Agency. Employees of pinkerton company headed into homestead to try to first recapture the plant and allow the non-union labored workers to work again The pinkertons arrived in barges. A cannon and other artillery was given to the workers from a townsman. The pinkertons were fired at by the workers and the pinkertons fought back in retaliation ....continue..... |
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Telephone inventor
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Thomas Alba Edison
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Greatest inventor in US history
Over 1,000 patents Invented the incandescent light bulb, phonograph |
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George Lestmen
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He helped to create a motion picture
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