businessmen
Co founded banking firm named Morgan & Co.
J.P Morgan founded what bank firm?
hate toward people not born in the u.s
nativism favors who?
the Bessemer process made steel production cheaper
what made steel cheaper to make?
Labeled "the most dangerous woman in america" by the u.s attorney general. She was a hell-raiser whom fought for the poor.
what is marry M. Jones nickname?
estimate value of work done by a worker.
whats the value of a labor unit?
labor organizer and socialist party candidate for the u.s presidency 5 times. He was also imprisoned under the sedition act.
Eugene Debs was imprisoned under what?
a mixture of people from different cultures and race, who end up mixing up with each other.
what is the melting pot?
single family homes that have 2-3 families living in them. Living areas were unsafe and unsanitary.
tenement had how many families living together?
When immigrants move to the Americas, before their allowed to locate into the states their checked and observed.
What do immigrants do on Ellis and Angle island?
against Carngie steel plantations. union would protest and so the company would lock them out. Carngie would hire private police to break strike.
the homestead strike targeted whom?
self-made multi-millionaire in the 19th century. He had shipping and railroad tycoon.
Cornelius Vanderbilt owned what businesses?
growing populations in cities caused new ways of transporting large groups of people. streetcar system built in 1873 SF, CA, electric subway built in 1897 Boston, MA, NYC subway opens in 1904.
Mass transit caused what innovations?
Private donations to other peoples welfare and good causes, is most money donations.
what is philanthropy?
To organized skilled workers into national unions consisting of others in the same trade.
AFL organizes what?
rally in hay market square was about work hours until a bomb was let out during the crowd and 8 people died.
how many people died during the haymarket affair?
Scottish-american industrialist and philanthropist. He also led the expansion of the american steel industry in the 19th century.
Andrew Carnegie led what expansion?
rapid growth in population in cities. Immigrants and African Americans migrated to cities to get away from discrimination.
what is urbanization?
Scottish-american inventor, scientist and engineer. who has made the telephone.
Alexander grandam invented what?
In 1859, the first oil well was drilled in PA. In 1863 an oil refinery was bought. In 1870 a standard oil trust was created. With the money that he collected from the oil he bought oil lines, barrels manufactures and railroads.
John D. Rockefeller owns what percentage of oil in the u.s?
Chinese immigrants made up large proportions of the job force. people opposed the Chinese and were attacking them to stop them from coming. By 1882 the u.s had banned the Chinese refugees from entering.
what effects did the Chinese exclusion act have?
wealthy entrepreneur who gained control over industries by using his ruthless tactics. he also used his wealth to for philanthropy to build hospitals, schools and other things.
Robber Barons did what with his money?
developed by Herbert Spencer and William graham in the 19th century. it was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, racism, and to help only the businessman and not the poor. They discourage intervention and reform.
what is social darwinism?
immigrant women working long harsh hours each day. fire had broken out and the women only had one exit and it was blocked by fire, they tried the other door and it was locked due to the owners didnt want them to steel so girls left through the fire escape and then the fire escape broke and those girl fell to their deaths, other girls went on the elevator squishing everyone in there. Girls were jumping down instead of burning alive then the glass broke and dead bodies were falling down it was everywhere for everyone to see.
the triangle shirt waist factory caused what series of safety procedures?
She founded the first hull house in Chicago. The purpose of the house was to help educate women, and share their knowledge/skill. The hull house also provided job-training, English classes and other services. They also made a kindergarten and daycare.
Jane Addams founded what?
A federal statute which prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. Did not care about the "good", or "bad" trusts.
the anti-sherman act does what to business?