Sections 1 and 2
What two minerals were found during the Comstock Lode in 1859?
Gold and Silver.
Act that encouraged Indians to become farmers and for the distribution of land to American Indian families.
Dawes Allotment Act
The first labor union in the United States that started in 1869 and was led by Terence Powderly beginning in 1879.
Knights of Labor.
Who did Populist party look to as their candidate in the 1896 election?
William Jennings Bryan
Who used a process with oxygen to purify molten ore into steel.
Henry Bessemer.
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad stretch from?
Sacramento to Omaha.
What city in the United States become the steel making capital of the nation?
Pittsburgh
Event that led to New York and other states to change their safety laws within the workplace.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
Where did the Union Pacific and Central Pacific hire workers from?
Union Pacific-Ireland. Central Pacific-China.
Occurred at a steel mill in Pennsylvania in 1892 when the mill cut wages and chose not to collectively bargain with workers.
Homestead Strike.
How did the Morrill Acts impact higher education in the United States?
It made public universities and college more affordable to students.
Why do owners of stocks face less risks than an owner of a corporation?
Stockholders only lose what they invest. They don't have to pay the debts like a corporation.
What three things did the American Federation of Labor push for?
1. Higher wages 2. Shorter work hours 3. An improvement in the working conditions.
What did Rockefeller to drive out his rivals?
Lowered his prices against competitors to drive them out.
What process did Andrew Carnegie use to control all aspects of production.
Vertical Integration.
Describe three impacts that the Transcontinental Railroad had on the United States?
1. Faster transportation throughout the country 2. Demand for products grew overtime 3. Thousands of people were employed 4. Businesses grew 5. Cities and towns grew exponentially.
What do trusts eliminate in society?
They eliminate competition among businesses.
How did the assembly line impact workers and companies?
1. Workers could specialize or stay in one place 2. Companies would be able to increase production and reduce time needed to make products.
Banned the formation of trusts and monopolies.
Sherman Antitrust Act
What challenges did workers face during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
1. They faced forests, deserts and mountains 2. Low pay/wages 3. Had to use explosives to break through mountains 4. Had to pass through the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains 5. It was difficult to get food and supplies to workers.
What were three things that Populists demanded?
1. Free silver 2. Government to raise farm prices 3. Regulate railroad rates 4. An income tax 5. Eight hour workday 6. Immigration Limits
What do business in a capitalist society have to determine?
1. How much to produce 2. Where to sell products 3. What prices to charge.
What were three things that the Knights of Labor pushed for?
1. Shorter workday 2. End to child labor 3. Equal pay for men and women 4. Profit sharing between the employer and employees.
What was one of the main influences of the Panic of 1893?
The railroad industry.
Designed a new air brake for the railroad car in 1869.
George Westinghouse.