Vocab
Robber Barons
Rich businessmen who often used underhanded or even coruption tactics to get money
The garate plines was good for raising What?
Cattle
What was the biggest city in the US in 1870
New York
What were 3 inventions of Thomas Eddison
Lighbulb, Phonagraph, Movie Camera, Ect.
The head of the most famous political machine
Boss Tweed
Sherman Antitrust Act
Why did the U.S. government want to get rid of the buffalo?
To Forice indians to become farmers
What happens to the number of immagrents between 1870 and 1900
it doubled
Why did workers want their company to be profatable
so they would't loose their job
Why did the populust party form
Because food prices were too low and farmers couldn't make a living
The idea that the rich deserve to be wealthy and the poor deserve to be poor
Social Darwanism
How did homesteading work?
You live on and improve land for at least 5 years and it becomes yours for free.
What was the population density of New York’s Lower East Side?
700 people per square mile
How many parents did Thomas Eddison apply for
1093
What was the goal of the populist party
To have the US dollar backed by both Gold and Silver
Laissez-faire
The government staying out of the economy
When was the Homestead act passed
1862
Where did immagents come from in the 1860-1900s
Southern and Eastern Europe
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads
How did Tamany Hall work
They gave immagents jobs and food in exainge for votes
A new better prosses of making steel
Bessemer process
"What did Kill the Indian save the man" mean
To destroy the indian's culture and traditions but not kill them
Someone who would be hired to help immigrants get housing and a job they would sometimes take advantage of them
What is Horizontal and Vertical integration
Horizontal buying other companies that do the same thing
Vertical buying companies that are part of your supply chain
What was the spoils system
A system where supporters of a politition would be rewared with goverment jobs