Miscellaneous
Steel & Oil
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100
What is a patent?
A patent is formal documentation of an idea/product that prohibits anyone else from taking/making money off of that idea.
100
Process for creating steel that is stronger and cheaper
What is the Bessemer Process
100
Where did many European immigrants first arrive when getting to the U.S.?
What is Ellis Island
100
Define robber baron in one word
Greedy, selfish, etc.
200
What is a labor union?
Group of workers that formally "band together" to protect their rights as workers.
200
Steel was used to build....
What is skyscrapers and other buildings
200
Where did many Asian immigrants arrive when first coming to the U.S.?
What is Angel Island.
200
Define Captain of Industry in one word
Innovative, generous, helpful, etc.
300
What is laissez-faire?
lack of government regulation
300
Owner of the Standard Oil Company
What is John D. Rockefeller
300
Where did many immigrants settle once they were granted U.S. citizenship?
What is ghettos.
300
What is a strike?
stoppage of work/labor protest
400
What was the first major industry in America?
railroads.
400
Owner of the U.S. Steel Company
What is Andrew Carnegie
400
What were many immigrants subject to when arriving to the U.S.?
What is health and work exams
400
Define horizontal monopoly.
buying OR absorbing the competition
500
What is social Darwinism?
survival of the fittest
500
Owning all phases of production
What is Vertical Integration/Monopoly/Consolidation
500
Define nativists
What is someone who is "native" to America (2 or more generations) and dislikes immigrants coming into "their" country.
500
What was one of the main reasons why many nativists did not like immigrants?
perception that immigrants were taking their jobs; immigrants cultures/languages/religions
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