Key Terms
This key term describes a grant by the federal government giving an inventor the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time
What is a patent?
An oil tycoon who made deals with railroads to increase his profits
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A process for purifying iron resulting in strong, but lightweight, steel. (Named after it's inventor)
What is the Bessemer process?
American general and commander of Allied forces during World War II
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
This key term describes the belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
What is Americanization?
A form of group ownership in which a number of people share the ownership of a business
What is a corporation?
Founder of the Fascist Party and Italian dictator
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Placed the national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
An application of Charles Darwin’s work which held that wealth was a measure of one’s inherent value and those who had it were the most “fit”
What is Social Darwinism?
The movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the industrial North
What is the Great Migration?
This radical communist leader who took over Russia in March 1917 (Leader before Stalin)
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
A steel tycoon who used vertical integration to increase his power (Railroad and Steel Businessman)
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Former Republican vice president under Eisenhower who ran for President in 1960 and lost
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
An economic and political philosophy that favors public, instead of private, control of property and income
What is Socialism?
Gave citizens the power to propose laws. This key term was part of government reform during the Progressive Movement.
What is initiative?
British prime minister during World War II
Who is Winston Churchill?
A nationwide strike in 1894 of rail workers that halted railroads and mail delivery
What is the Pullman Strike?
Secretary of Commerce; favored voluntary cooperation between businesses and workers (Later blamed for not helping Americans during The Great Depression)
What is Herbert Hoover?
Belief that following Christian principles could bring about social justice
What is the Social Gospel?
This key term describes a policy which allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation
What is laissez faire?
Muckraking photographer and author of How The Other Half Lives, exposed the condition of the urban poor
Who is Jacob Riis?
A system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications
What is the Spoils System?
Elected president in 1920 by promising Americans a “return to normalcy”
Who is Warren G. Harding?
Payments for war damages
What is reparations?